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Next phase in the weight loss revolution
For all the societal changes ushered in by GLP-1 drugs, their lofty price tags limit who can afford them. Many patients stop ...
AI-designed viruses raise fears over creating life
A group of Stanford University scientists posted a paper online in mid-September, describing a feat that could have been plucked from the ...
Rejecting consensus science and following RFK, Jr.’s playbook, Texas sues Tylenol, claiming it knew the painkiller causes autism
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit ... against Tylenol-maker Kenvue and its former parent company, Johnson & Johnson, ...
Viewpoint: While overall cancer rates remain steady, it’s rising in Midwest farm country. Are pesticides to blame?
Cancer rates among young adults in the Corn Belt, a patchwork of golden fields and straight-line highways stretching across the ...
A new therapy has been developed that promoters claim can remove microplastics from the body. Is it safe? Does it work?
There is mounting evidence that microplastics and “forever chemicals” are infiltrating human bodies and endangering people’s health. ... Interventions to ...
As you age, even a small amount of alcohol each week can increase the risk of dementia
For years, the common wisdom and science was that a little bit of alcohol wasn’t bad — and even beneficial ...
Dr. Google gets an upgrade—Dr. AI is not so problematic. Here’s how to use it
Chances are high that you have used artificial intelligence to research your own medical concerns or will be tempted to ...
Big Ag vs. MAHA: Who’s winning and why
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a reputation for bashing powerful corporate interests in his quest ...
Infertility breakthrough: AI can identify the fastest swimming sperm and then a robot plants it into the embryo
In-vitro fertilization has produced more than 13 million babies since its inception in the late 1970s, but it remains a highly manual ...
“Y” do women outlive men?
Women tend to live longer than men. There are traditional explanations: Men smoke more. They drink more. They tend to ...
Why are millennials getting cancer and other serious diseases earlier than prior generations?
The rise in early-onset cancers has drawn a growing number of scientists into a shared investigation: not into the inherited ...
From measles to HPV, the financial cost of vaccine avoidance could bankrupt the entire health care system
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to undermine vaccines in America are not just scientifically absurd. They’re also financially ruinous. The ...
The future of labor? Meet the new generation of humanoid robots
Humanoid robots are long-standing icons of the future alongside space travel and flying cars. Some tech leaders and investors believe ...
Thinking of using AI for therapy? Here are 5 things to keep in mind
Be mindful. Be aware of the “sycophantic nature of these entities” and keep an eye on how much time you ...
With Trump’s support, RFK, Jr.’s CDC to use unverified data to claim that the Covid shots are linked to 25 child deaths
Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans ...
‘You have to treat the brain first’: Rethinking chronic pain with Sanjay Gupta
In his book, “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt,” [Sanjay] Gupta explores what the latest science tells us on how to ...
Florida Surgeon General Ladapo calls vaccine mandates “slavery,” as Florida poised to become first state to end childhood vaccine mandates
Florida’s surgeon general ... announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, which would ...
Ultra-processed foods found to harm male fertility and metabolism, study shows
A small but rigorous new study found that eating ultra-processed foods caused otherwise healthy men to quickly gain body fat and led ...
‘Go wild’: Don’t expect a disengaged and science-ignorant president to contain RFK’ Jr.’s assault on science
Trump pledged that he’d empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild" on health care. The president has kept his ...
Common wisdom: Westerners are overweight because they are not active enough. Study finds that’s not true
For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United States, ...
Is sunscreen bad for your health? MAHA and social media disinformation threatens a resurgence in skin cancer
Sunscreen protects the skin by either absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet rays that can cause sunburn, premature aging and skin cancer ...
‘He’s weaponizing public health’: RFK, Jr.’s hand picked CDC in disarray as three members resign and Trump fires the director
The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she ...
Mazzenga’s 20-year old muscles: How a still-going-strong 92-year old sprinter wins every race she enters
By some measures, [Emma Maria Mazzenga] appears to have the cardiorespiratory fitness of someone in their 50s and her muscle’s ...
Is sunscreen bad for your health? MAHA and social media disinformation threatens a resurgence in skin cancer
Sunscreen protects the skin by either absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet rays that can cause sunburn, premature aging and skin cancer ...
Viewpoint: GOP-loyal farmers surprised by ‘friendly fire’ amid Trump agenda of deportations, trade wars, and pesticide bans
Farmers, a solidly Republican constituency, are scratching their heads over what they see as a barrage of friendly fire. Agriculture ...
From reassurance to rollbacks, RFK Jr.’s first months on vaccine policy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised before his confirmation that he would not take away Americans’ vaccines. But ...
Kennedy poised to dismantle U.S.-supported system of evidence-based medicine and mental health wellness
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent takeover of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee was alarming enough. Now ...
Silicon Valley ‘superbabies’: Elon Musk and other investors claim genetic screening nothing more than a genetic trust fund
[Noor Siddiqui's] company, San Francisco-based Orchid Health, screens embryos for thousands of potential future illnesses, letting prospective parents plan their ...
