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136 points by _Microft | 25 comments
Ars Technica article reporting Phase 3 results showing Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine with Keytruda cut recurrence or death risk by 42%.
97 points by amichail | 23 comments
ScienceDaily article on a University of Kentucky mouse study finding that depleting microglia restored over two hours of daily sleep in Alzheimer's models without clearing plaques.
240 points by cisc | 102 comments
BBC Future article on research showing birdwatching reshapes the brain, may slow cognitive ageing, and is used as therapy for dementia patients.
150 points by luu | 142 comments
Blog post by Jeff Kaufman arguing that small air purifiers make good white noise machines while also filtering smoke and infectious particles.
158 points by speckx | 93 comments
Personal blog post about being laid off from a tech job, an autoimmune flare-up after illness, and manic productivity as a side effect of cortisone treatment.
8 points by gumby | 6 comments
A BMJ Open research article on cannabis legalisation and cardiovascular hospitalisations in the USA; the capture shows a Cloudflare block page instead.
74 points by brandonb | 43 comments
Biograph press release announcing a U.S. study using Caristo's AI CaRi-Heart tool that found elevated coronary inflammation in 42.9% of asymptomatic low-risk adults.
12 points by gumby | 0 comments
New York Times article on the CDC ignoring state requests to validate a new measles test; the capture shows a bot-block page.
252 points by jumploops | 358 comments
Oligarch Watch article criticizing Amazon's new Kids Tablets marketed to toddlers, citing pediatric research linking screen use to developmental and emotional problems.
97 points by gumby | 69 comments
JAMA Network Open systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 studies finding ADHD linked to higher all-cause, suicide, injury and natural-cause mortality, with medication associated with reduced mortality.
265 points by gaplong | 247 comments
A Believer magazine essay about the difficulty of tapering off and withdrawing from benzodiazepine medications.
49 points by hnburnsy | 26 comments
News article reporting that Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly presented data at the ARDD conference suggesting GLP-1 drugs may slow biological aging.
55 points by gmays | 6 comments
Northwestern University news release on a study finding human ovaries show increased inflammation and tissue structural changes decades after menopause.
140 points by gumby | 46 comments
Inside Climate News article about ethoxyquin, a chemical once linked to fire retardant use, and its presence in the seafood supply chain.
136 points by dzink | 121 comments
University of California news article reporting a UC San Diego study suggesting a popular GLP-1 weight loss drug may slow biological aging.
5 points by AIcosmeticsurge | 2 comments
MirrorMD is a website built by a facial cosmetic surgeon that uses AI to give patients a second-opinion consultation on suitable facial treatments, amounts, and prices.
40 points by gone35 | 4 comments
Sijbrandij Foundation's Future of Cancer Care Today (FCCT) initiative page, on helping cancer patients access more diagnostics, treatments, and trials than one care team can track.
1850 points by jjmaxwell4 | 442 comments
A personal blog post by someone diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma in 2026, listing practical lessons learned about navigating cancer care.
9 points by paimapi | 0 comments
Dental Economics news article summarizing Health Services Research findings on how private equity ownership affects dental practices, patients, finances, and Medicaid.
358 points by ivewonyoung | 450 comments
Telegraph news article on suicide rates reaching record highs among middle-aged men; the page loaded as an access-denied block screen.
8 points by acossta | 0 comments
A Public Domain Review essay by Ross Bullen on the 'Jumping Frenchmen of Maine', French-Canadian lumberjacks with exaggerated startle reactions, and investigator George M. Beard.
13 points by surprisetalk | 13 comments
A bookofjoe blog post recommending a blue pill splitter as the author's favorite, showing an Amazon purchase screenshot from 2016.
260 points by zdw | 53 comments
MIT News article on Encora Therapeutics, whose FDA-cleared wristband for treating tremors began as a project in MIT's 2.009 product-design class.
925 points by doitLP | 653 comments
A MapWriting Substack essay by Parker Tatum asking whether dentists actually know what they're doing, questioning the evidence behind dental practice.
28 points by Vaslo | 3 comments
BBC Science Focus article on recent research into the anatomy and function of the clitoris and what remains unknown about it.
21 points by gumby | 6 comments
New York Times opinion piece on how neuroscience and psychology insights can make decluttering easier; the capture shows a bot-block page.
10 points by WarOnPrivacy | 11 comments
Telegraph article reporting that vegetables have about half the nutritional content they had in the 1960s; the captured page is an access-blocked error.
17 points by elo2000 | 7 comments
Vinay Prasad's Substack post arguing that Terence Tao misused a cancer drug analogy when discussing AI solving math problems without explaining mechanisms.
21 points by gradus_ad | 2 comments
ScienceDaily news release on Texas A&M research linking a common plastic to fatty liver disease, with unhealthy diets possibly worsening the damage.
49 points by thm | 124 comments
Financial Times article about how high-protein foods and products became a dominant global food trend, shown behind a subscription paywall.
108 points by jajoosam | 22 comments
PopVax blog post announcing the first participants dosed in Melbourne in a Phase 1 first-in-human trial of its broadly-protective COVID-19 vaccine candidate PVX-001.
165 points by gmays | 129 comments
Virginia Tech news article on research finding that calorie- and nutrient-matched meals prepared differently produced different metabolic responses and brain reward activity.
147 points by luu | 39 comments
Broad Institute news article announcing that a clinical trial of an siRNA drug candidate targeting the prion protein has begun enrolling human participants.
175 points by bilsbie | 194 comments
A post on X by @WallStreetApes alleging that food companies use 'ingredient splitting' of sweeteners so items like strawberries appear first on labels.
71 points by RickJWagner | 39 comments
A New England Journal of Medicine study page on exercise and cancer survival, blocked here by a Cloudflare security verification screen.
351 points by bookofjoe | 227 comments
A Frontiers in Psychiatry perspective article arguing ADHD can be viewed as a circadian rhythm disorder and discussing implications for chronotherapy.
28 points by geox | 3 comments
Flinders University news article about research using vanillin in bandages or coatings to help heal chronic wounds.
28 points by throw0101a | 34 comments
Sci.News article on a Canadian analysis urging permanent standard time over permanent daylight saving time, warning darker winter mornings could harm sleep and mental health.
29 points by kelnos | 8 comments
ScienceDaily news release on Stanford Medicine research showing a way to rejuvenate cartilage cells, regrow damaged knee cartilage, and potentially treat arthritis without joint replacement.
117 points by healsdata | 115 comments
TechSpot news article reporting that Utah will pilot letting AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight.
21 points by obscurette | 23 comments
Human Progress blog post by Adam Omary arguing that screens aren't destroying young minds and that phone-restriction laws won't solve adolescent anxiety.
7 points by chavasorani | 2 comments
A European Journal of Pain randomized controlled trial on PubMed Central comparing remote live versus pre-recorded exercise training for chronic low back pain.
86 points by vaughands | 44 comments
Personal blog post by Vaughan Hilts describing how using LLMs reduced his typing and appears to have eased his long-standing repetitive strain injury.
45 points by rdmuser | 25 comments
CBC News article on declining mental health among young men in Canada and a federal consultation into why boys and men are struggling.
182 points by tosh | 173 comments
Guardian news article reporting that the US is monitoring the death of a Russian lab worker in Siberia who possibly died of plague, prompting hospital quarantines.
203 points by ericmay | 178 comments
Moscow Times news article reporting that nearly 200 people are under observation after a lab worker in Irkutsk died from plague.
11 points by bookofjoe | 0 comments
Live Science article on a study finding about 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, mostly from four pathogens, and the role of vaccines in prevention.
235 points by benbreen | 175 comments
Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that technology to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases already exists and their persistence is a choice.
216 points by citelao | 103 comments
A personal blog post by a software engineer who became an EMT in 2024, ranking 21 reasons he delayed getting certified.
58 points by eatitraw | 39 comments
Guest post by Drew Housman on Astral Codex Ten about using AI to navigate unexplained infertility during a pregnancy journey.
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186 points by skeptical1884 | 167 comments
A British Journal of Psychiatry letter by Nicole Koziel on distinguishing ADHD and autism from complex trauma in adults seeking diagnosis and treatment.
44 points by gumby | 32 comments
Gizmodo article reporting on two studies finding GLP-1 drug users like Ozempic patients are more likely to experience hair loss and nail problems.
172 points by timpera | 63 comments
An Ecomodernist article by Deric Tilson and Adam Stein questioning the methodology behind studies claiming various things cause cancer.
53 points by bookofjoe | 38 comments
A bookofjoe blog post in the BeyondTheMedspeak series explaining how to save someone in cardiac arrest without formal CPR training, with a survival-vs-time chart.
4 points by gumby | 2 comments
New York Times article on scientists working out the biology of a cancer gene long considered undruggable; the capture shows only a captcha page.
14 points by gumby | 1 comments
Gizmodo article reporting research that colorectal cancer is rising in people 20 and under, often aggressive and diagnosed late, and differs from adult disease.
359 points by bookofjoe | 169 comments
Eric Topol's Ground Truths Substack post discussing new Nature and Cell papers proposing that loss of cell identity drives human aging, as measured by epigenetic clocks.
259 points by gscott | 58 comments
News10NBC local news story about a Webster, NY man marking the 100th birthday of the kidney his mother donated to him when he was a teenager.
6 points by nikilr | 2 comments
Landing page for Sidekick by OpenHand, a desktop app that joins telehealth visits in real time to explain medical terms, suggest questions, and summarize next steps.
96 points by rbanffy | 78 comments
IEEE Spectrum news article on the world's first fully implanted cochlear implant reaching patients, giving round-the-clock hearing with no visible external hardware.
217 points by colinprince | 122 comments
CBC News article on a Lancet Oncology study estimating that infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, about 1 in 8.
100 points by Zeruxe | 54 comments
Dental Scope is an interactive 3D web viewer of dental anatomy with toggleable layers for teeth, bone, nerves, and tooth tissues plus a dissection animation.
4 points by zevinclark | 3 comments
Landing page for HumanOS, a product presenting personal health records in an interactive 3D human body visualization, with a request-access signup.
66 points by btables | 56 comments
A personal Substack essay by Robert Ross reflecting on reaching 13 months of sobriety and the less eventful phase of the journey.
79 points by Teever | 23 comments
Guardian news article on research identifying 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer, raising food and product safety questions.
58 points by marc__1 | 20 comments
IEEE Spectrum news article on a smart contact lens with an onboard lab that measures serotonin in tears to track stress.
29 points by speckx | 33 comments
New Mobility article by Ian Ruder critiquing a crab-like wheelchair design as an example of disability tech nobody asked for.
89 points by burntcaramel | 83 comments
An Economist leader article arguing that many back and shoulder surgeries are ineffective or harmful compared with alternatives.
34 points by surprisetalk | 25 comments
A personal blog post by Tracy Durnell reflecting on living two and a half years after gallbladder removal, including effects on food and health.
15 points by luu | 4 comments
Jeff Kaufman's blog post describing experiments pressurizing a single room with a HEPA air purifier (AirFanta 3Pro) as an improvised bioshelter.
202 points by Danhale93 | 181 comments
A personal essay by surgeon Dr Eric Levi on the hidden mental health struggles and darker side of working as a doctor.
9 points by randycupertino | 4 comments
Gallup poll news article reporting that the share of Americans who drink alcohol remains at a record low.
152 points by KellyCriterion | 197 comments
University of Bristol press release on a study finding World Cup viewers saw junk food, alcohol and gambling branding every seven seconds, over 93,000 appearances.
226 points by alephnerd | 302 comments
Bloomberg Businessweek article reporting that some people addicted to vaping are switching to cigarettes as a way to quit vapes.
12 points by sbulaev | 0 comments
Nature news article on an epigenetic editing technique that uses chemical tags to silence hepatitis B viral DNA hidden in the host genome.
468 points by sunnynagra | 217 comments
FDA news release announcing authorization of the first wearable device that continuously monitors both ketone levels and blood glucose.
498 points by heydenberk | 231 comments
X post by Moderna co-founder Noubar Afeyan announcing positive Phase 3 results for intismeran autogene, an individualized mRNA neoantigen therapy for melanoma with Keytruda.
362 points by dabinat | 315 comments
BBC News article reporting that scientists found notable improvements in children's lung health within London's ultra low emission zone.
827 points by karakoram | 865 comments
Yale School of Public Health news article on a study projecting universal health coverage in the US could save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives annually.
469 points by randycupertino | 370 comments
A Wiley Alzheimer's & Dementia journal article on semaglutide's association with lower predicted dementia risk; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
541 points by stevekemp | 383 comments
BBC News article reporting that England is on track to become one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C.
358 points by jader201 | 254 comments
The Conversation article on why taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's and how mental maps and spatial reasoning may protect the brain.
615 points by codebyaditya | 262 comments
La Jolla Institute for Immunology news release on a new HIV vaccine approach that produced high levels of HIV-neutralizing antibodies in non-human primates.
322 points by Shortness8 | 184 comments
Science magazine article reporting on a girl's undisclosed death in a Chinese gene-editing trial whose parents paid over $800k; page shows a Cloudflare check.
510 points by gnabgib | 332 comments
Local News Matters/CalMatters article reporting Kaiser nurses' claims that AI tools and workplace surveillance are worsening their jobs and patient care.
654 points by bilsbie | 338 comments
A 2023 study in the journal SLEEP finding that sleep regularity predicts mortality risk better than sleep duration; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
321 points by mpweiher | 162 comments
Substack newsletter post by Nicolas Hulscher on a Gut Microbes study where a frog-derived bacterium, Ewingella americana, eliminated tumors in mice after one dose.
358 points by surprisetalk | 271 comments
A Dynomight blog essay arguing that claims Vitamin D supplements are worthless are somewhat overstated, reviewing the evidence on their effects.
351 points by colinprince | 294 comments
ScienceDaily article, sourced from The Conversation, on how humans' evolved attention to danger is overwhelmed by the constant supply of bad news worldwide.
331 points by giuliomagnifico | 161 comments
King's College London news article reporting that universities and hospitals repurpose existing drugs via late-stage trials at up to 90% lower cost than pharma.