July 29, 2025
(USA Today) – Jamie Lee Curtis is stirring controversy with her latest comments on plastic surgery. The “Freakier Friday” actress, 66, a longtime critic of cosmetic surgery, doubled down on her distaste in a new interview, likening it to genocide. … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Ars Technica) – “This step is necessary to prove I’m not a bot,” wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step. Maybe they should change the button to say, “I am a robot”? On Friday, OpenAI’s new ChatGPT … Read More
July 29, 2025
(New Medical) – People who are gestational carriers (or “surrogates”) appear more likely to be diagnosed with a new mental illness during and after pregnancy, according to new research from ICES, McGill University, and the Research Institute of the McGill … Read More
July 29, 2025
(CNN) – Maida’s cognition showed additional improvement, however, after she completed a total of 40 weeks of intensive lifestyle changes, said principal investigator Dr. Dean Ornish, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and creator … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Washington Post) – A pioneer in consumer affairs journalism, he helped expose the deformity-causing hazards posed by thalidomide, a once-popular drug for morning sickness. Morton Mintz, a Washington Post reporter who brought a muckraker’s zeal to business reporting, notably by … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Axios) – The Federal Trade Commission on Monday launched an inquiry into whether health providers are failing to disclose risks connected with gender-affirming care or are making false claims about its benefits. Why it matters: The action could help make … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Utilities and technology companies are at odds over who should pay for electricity costs in unprecedented data-center build-out Technology companies need an extraordinary amount of electricity to power data centers at the core of the artificial-intelligence … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – At least 16 children under 5 have died of hunger-related causes since mid-July, experts say The Gaza Strip is experiencing famine conditions, a group of global food-insecurity experts said, the most dire assessment of the enclave’s … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Wired) – AI chatbots strip language of its historical and cultural context. Sometimes what looks like a satanic bloodletting ritual may actually be lifted from Warhammer 40,000. But ChatGPT and similar programs weren’t just trained on the internet—they were trained … Read More
July 29, 2025
(NPR) – Chubb is a community organizer in a state with some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the country. She says a birth center is badly needed here — Augusta, Ga., is surrounded by maternal … Read More
July 29, 2025
(Outside Online) – Now that the fastest marathoner in history, Ruth Chepngetich, has been caught, is it time give up and let athletes dope? To be a sports fan in the modern era is to be at least somewhat numb … Read More
July 28, 2025
(CBS News) – After 10 years on dialysis, and just days after the story of her long wait for a transplant was featured on “CBS Sunday Morning,” LaQuayia “LQ” Goldring, 35, has a new kidney. Before receiving her transplant, Goldring … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Washington Post) – The first-of-its-kind wrongful-death lawsuit tests the laws blue states passed to protect abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A Texas man whose girlfriend used abortion pills to end her pregnancy is suing a … Read More
July 28, 2025
(New York Times) – The conglomerate was viewed as one of the most successful companies in America, but patients are enraged and investors have lost faith in its business model. UnitedHealth Group emerged as a health care colossus over the … Read More
July 28, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The chains sell an array of body-reshaping operations, such as “Mommy Makeovers” and liposuction, targeting customers willing to pay up to $20,000 out-of-pocket for a new figure, often on credit with steep interest rates from companies … Read More
July 28, 2025
(NPR) – A stockpile of family planning products — including IUDs, implants and pills — worth $9.7 million has been stuck at a warehouse in Belgium since the administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and froze foreign … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Google DeepMind and OpenAI won gold medals at the math Olympics—but these American teenagers still got higher scores. Will this be the last time humans outperform AI? The famously grueling IMO exam is held over two … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Axios) – The biggest buzz around GLP-1 drugs these days has nothing to do with weight loss. And that might lead to some problems for patients and insurers. The big picture: Blockbuster treatments like Ozempic have been found to lower … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – These digital vision boards are a little like movie trailers showing coming attractions. In one, Ms. Melzer is flying on a private plane, giving a keynote address to a packed room and getting a notification on … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – If humanity’s existence were threatened by plague, nuclear war or environmental catastrophe, people would surely demand action. But what if the threat came from our own, passive acceptance of decline? This is not some theoretical curiosity: … Read More
July 25, 2025
(Wired) – Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike. Ultimately, though, it’s not … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NPR) – Doctor’s team makes synthetic blood from hemoglobin, the protein that nourishes the body with oxygen. The researchers extract hemoglobin from expired blood and enclose the protein in a bubble of fat, essentially creating artificial red blood cells. The … Read More
July 25, 2025
(New York Times) – Therapists are cautious about sharing personal information. When they fall ill or die unexpectedly, the shock can be shattering. Ethics guidelines require psychologists to make preparations in case they become incapacitated or die, appointing an executor … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NBC News) – Heavy drinkers are likelier to get alcohol-related liver disease compared with decades ago, a study found. That’s most likely because certain groups, including women, are drinking more. The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NPR) – While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — they haven’t really been a focus of research into how people … Read More
