New blood test for stroke combines blood-based biomarkers with a clinical score(medicalxpress.com)

64 points by wglb 2 years ago | 6 comments

Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes(medicalxpress.com)

131 points by geox 1 year ago | 71 comments

Hemochromatosis patients can donate their blood rather than having it discarded(medicalxpress.com)

8 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 7 comments

US surgeons perform first whole eye transplant(medicalxpress.com)

205 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 67 comments

Covid-19 linked to type 2 diabetes onset in children(medicalxpress.com)

3 points by wglb 2 years ago | 0 comments

Studies suggest a drug-free nasal spray could ward off respiratory infections(medicalxpress.com)

96 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 72 comments

Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless(economist.com)

89 points by burntcaramel 1 month ago | 83 comments

An Economist leader article arguing that many back and shoulder surgeries are ineffective or harmful compared with alternatives.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Study: Exercise increases cancer survival rates(nejm.org)

71 points by RickJWagner 17 days ago | 39 comments

A New England Journal of Medicine study page on exercise and cancer survival, blocked here by a Cloudflare security verification screen.

I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours(james.belchamber.com)

323 points by jamesbelchamber 11 months ago | 124 comments

A personal blog post by James Belchamber about attempting to reverse-engineer the USB data protocol of his Microlife blood pressure monitor.

What to Know About JavaScript in 2026(blog.master.dev)

17 points by eustoria 1 month ago | 2 comments

A blog post outlining what developers should know about the JavaScript language and ecosystem in 2026.

Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated(oii.ox.ac.uk)

397 points by pseudolus 11 months ago | 186 comments

Oxford Internet Institute news item on a study finding that most of 445 LLM benchmarks lack rigorous methods and clear definitions of what they measure.