May 26, 2023
(New York Times) – A new study suggests that, for some patients, the anesthetic ketamine is a promising alternative to electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, currently one of the quickest and most effective therapies for patients with difficult-to-treat depression. The study … Read More
May 26, 2023
(STAT News) – State bans on gender-affirming care tend to share similar directives and language, prohibiting clinicians from prescribing hormones or puberty blockers to those under 18. The proposed Texas ban also includes a requirement that garnered a mention in … Read More
May 26, 2023
(The Atlantic) – But although many doctors and obesity experts have embraced semaglutide as a treatment for adults, some are concerned that taking it at such a young age—and at such a precarious stage of life—could pose serious risks, especially … Read More
May 26, 2023
(Associated Press) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation’s largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers Friday after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the … Read More
May 26, 2023
(BBC) – At least two people have been killed and 23 injured in a missile strike on a medical clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor says. Of the 23 injured, 21 are in hospital and … Read More
May 26, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink said it has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin the company’s first human clinical study. The company is working on a device that will allow people … Read More
May 26, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – Sticking an electrode inside a person’s brain can do more than treat a disease. Take the case of Rita Leggett, an Australian woman whose experimental brain implant changed her sense of agency and self. She told … Read More
May 26, 2023
(BBC) – Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly species of superbug. The AI helped narrow down thousands of potential chemicals to a handful that could be tested in the laboratory. … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Wired) – Giardina created the replica of Sydney using an indirect prompt-injection attack. This involved feeding the AI system data from an outside source to make it behave in ways its creators didn’t intend. A number of examples of indirect … Read More
May 25, 2023
(Wired) – Eight years ago, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized a painful-to-watch contest that involved robots slowly struggling (and often failing) to perform a series of human tasks, including opening doors, operating power tools, and driving golf carts. … Read More
