September 11, 2025
(Axios) – Abortion politics are colliding with ongoing efforts in Congress to extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage. Why it matters: Renewing the premium subsidies even for a year beyond their Dec. 31 expiration was always going to … Read More
September 11, 2025
(Wired) – Gene-edited pancreatic cells have been transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes for the first time. They produced insulin for months without the patient needing to take immunosuppressants. In this experiment, edited cells produced insulin for months … Read More
September 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Research about the effect on a fetus is sparse; pot has become more potent An analysis of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that cannabis use during pregnancy has risen in … Read More
September 10, 2025
(News 4 San Antonio) – Governor Greg Abbott addressed the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals fall conference in Austin, where he ceremonially signed House Bill 18 and House Bill 3000 into law. These bills aim to enhance healthcare … Read More
September 10, 2025
(AP) – Lyme disease can cause serious harm, but so can bogus tests and treatments. The complexity of diagnosing the tick-borne disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and unproven alternative treatments that experts say should … Read More
September 10, 2025
(UPI) – Google is celebrating the start of the 2025-26 school year with a DNA-themed Doodle on Wednesday. This Back to School Doodle looks at deoxyribonucleic acid, also known as DNA, “a molecular polymer that carries the genetic instructions for … Read More
September 10, 2025
(Forbes) – “I want to see women step into equal power and influence at every level of society, from their homes to their workplaces to our government and economy. But there is no path to that future if women are … Read More
September 10, 2025
(Medpage Today) – A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplantopens in a new tab or window, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human … Read More
September 9, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – Today, the number is around 60 percent. Even patients scheduled for major surgery at a hospital, and destined for what is called “planned admission,” often come to the operating room directly from home. With roughly half … Read More
September 9, 2025
(The Guardian) – Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made bad choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a disease Smith belongs to … Read More
September 9, 2025
(TechCrunch) – Technologists and policymakers are reckoning with a generation-defining problem on the internet: While it can be a revolutionary force for unprecedented education and connection across the globe, it can also pose dangers to children when they have completely … Read More
September 9, 2025
(Comment) – In Bioethics After God: Morality, Culture, and Medicine, a misbegotten if earnest attempt to reframe the discipline from within the standpoint of traditional Christian morality, Mark J. Cherry argues that the root of this disagreement lies in the … Read More
September 9, 2025
(WSJ) – How much would you invest in the possibility of living to 150 or beyond? Or having 20 extra healthy years? For the ultrawealthy, it’s more than $5 billion over the past 2½ decades, according to a Wall Street … Read More
September 9, 2025
(WSJ) – There are codes for patients who try to change their sex—but no codes that speak to regret over the irreversible consequences that follow an attempted sex change or remission in the belief that the patient was born in … Read More
September 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Carrying out daily tasks in the MIT-designed outfit provides a taste of the challenges the elderly face, and motivation to prepare The MIT designers call the outfit the “Age Gain Now Empathy System,” or Agnes for … Read More
September 8, 2025
(Vox) – The US eradicated screwworm. Its return could cost America billions. A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador came home last month with an unwelcome souvenir: larvae of the New World screwworm burrowing in their flesh. The patient … Read More
September 8, 2025
(New York Times) – Some 90,000 cases of Parkinson’s are now diagnosed each year in the United States, about one every six minutes on average. It is the world’s fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, causing tremors, stiffness and balance problems. It is … Read More
September 8, 2025
(New York Times) – Americans are right to demand more from their health care system. But if we tear down the parts that work — the research, prevention, regulation and education that have driven decades of progress — we won’t … Read More
September 8, 2025
(Wired) – Research into whether drugs like ayahuasca can mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury is in its infancy. Pro athletes like the Buffalo Bills’ Jordan Poyer are forging ahead anyway. Among Psychedelic Science 2025’s keynote talks was “Healing … Read More
September 8, 2025
(Endgadget via Yahoo!) – Meta allegedly suppressed research that suggested kids were exposed to certain dangers when using its VR headsets, according to a report by The Washington Post. Current and former employees have presented documents to Congress that describe … Read More
September 8, 2025
(BBC) – The country has the highest incidence of skin cancers in the world and it is estimated that two out of three Australians will have at least one cut out in their lifetime. So when Choice Australia released its … Read More
September 8, 2025
(Axios) – A surge of recent licensing deals for Chinese drugs is sending new signals that the U.S. could be toppled as the world’s biotech leader. Why it matters: A decade-long national strategy to develop its biopharmaceutical industry has left … Read More
September 5, 2025
(New York Times) – Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products. The posts are part of a global surge of frauds hijacking the online personas of prominent medical … Read More
September 5, 2025
(Quartz) – The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it added GLP-1 weight loss drugs to the Essential Medicines list, which should improve access to the treatments in poorer countries. The United Nations organization also added Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Trikafta, … Read More
September 5, 2025
(Los Angeles Times via Yahoo!) – A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations as some officials urged the public to take greater precautions. The extent … Read More
