April 17, 2025
(NPR) – Patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease may soon benefit from a powerful treatment option: stem-cell transplants. In a pair of small studies designed primarily to test safety, two teams of researchers found that stem cells transplanted into the brains … Read More
April 17, 2025
(New York Times) – Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs. The drug, orforglipron, is a GLP-1, a class of drugs that have become blockbusters because … Read More
April 17, 2025
(MedPage Today) – Nearly 1 in 3 dementia cases linked with audiometric hearing loss, study suggests The findings mean that “up to 32% of population-level dementia risk could potentially be delayed or prevented if we completely treated hearing loss, assuming … Read More
April 17, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Of the many mistakes made in the COVID era, none were as glaring as prolonged school closures. The damages go beyond loss of learning, a dire consequence in its own right: Millions of families, both children and … Read More
April 17, 2025
(Wired) – Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.” American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are … Read More
April 17, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Agency is missing deadlines and not responding to biotech companies, forcing some to push back clinical trials Significant delays in the FDA’s core functions—such as approving amendments to clinical trials and guiding companies through processes for … Read More
April 17, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 12, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 16, 2025
(NPR) – CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this essential diagnostic tool may cause more harm than previously … Read More
April 16, 2025
(New York Times) – U.S. regulators are trying to shut down the industry for compounded weight-loss drugs, which could result in higher costs or suspend treatment for patients. The Food and Drug Administration has ordered producers and sellers of the … Read More
April 16, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The kids and their caretaker got off on their floor, leaving me to ponder the cootie phenomenon for the first time in many decades. Beyond being amused, I was struck by the morbid salience of a children’s … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Vox) – Omalizumab, sold as Xolair, is an asthma medication that was approved more than 20 years ago, but it has proven successful in treating seasonal allergies in recent preliminary trials. So successful, in fact, that now some doctors in … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Decision follows a yearslong legal battle over protections for women and female-only spaces Britain’s top court ruled only those born female can be considered women, a landmark judgment that excludes transgender women from the legal definition … Read More
April 16, 2025
(CBS News) – A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work group on COVID-19 vaccines now supports ending the agency’s pandemic-era recommendation for virtually all Americans to get vaccinated against the virus each year, officials said Tuesday. … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Axios) – The number of clinician-provided abortions in Florida declined last year more than in any other state, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: The data shows just how much the six-week ban that went into effect last … Read More
April 16, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – As with so many other scientific controversies in our political life, public opinion on Covid origins has come to track — and serve as a signifier for — partisan identity. This bodes ill for dispassionate investigation, … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Undark) – For some patients, removing brain tissue can help treat OCD and other disorders. But ethical concerns remain. Originally known as psychosurgery, this uncommon approach to mental health care involves operating on the brain to alter its function. After … Read More
April 16, 2025
(The Guardian) – NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee camps Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the … Read More
April 16, 2025
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 50, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 15, 2025
(NPR) – People are falling ill because the U.S.-funded clinics where they got their HIV medications and care have suddenly been shuttered. The staff is gone. The electricity has been shut off. Some patients have already run out of their … Read More
April 15, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Mass General Brigham officials say the hospital hasn’t found any “environmental risk” behind these cases, though the nurses’ union is still conducting its own investigation. Something strange could be happening at a Massachusetts hospital. At least six employees … Read More
April 15, 2025
(New York Times) – The numbers raise concerns about the risk of genetic anomalies as those children eventually seek partners and give birth. Somewhere in the Netherlands, there are men who have unknowingly fathered dozens of children through sperm donation. … Read More
April 15, 2025
(New York Times) – In the first clinical trial of its kind, an A.I. chatbot eased mental health symptoms among participants. The technology may someday help solve the provider shortage. Their first chatbot therapist wallowed in despair and expressed its … Read More
April 15, 2025
(NBC News) – One in 31 children in the United States are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by their 8th birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. The finding, based on an analysis of medical records from … Read More
April 15, 2025
(Quanta) – Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools. Small models are not used as general-purpose tools like their larger cousins. But they can excel on … Read More
