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How the perimenopause movement is hurting women
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1001+ words) Torie Bosch: Brain fog and weight gain and hair loss and insomnia " those are the calling cards of perimenopause. At least that's what the new perimenopause awareness movement claims. But what's real and what's just social media misinformation? Welcome to…...
Congress slashed Medicaid funding to providers. The Trump administration wants to cut even further
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (193+ words) Hospitals and other providers are bracing for an end to the extra money they've gotten for treating Medicaid patients, one of the many cuts contained in Republicans' sweeping 2025 tax law. But the Trump administration disclosed this week that it plans…...
Pharmalittle: We're reading about a Parkinson's drug setback, a Merck lung cancer therapy, and more
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (399+ words) statnews. com Pharmalittle: We're reading about a Parkinson's drug setback, a Merck lung cancer therapy, and more Amgen rare disease drug gets new liver warnings in Japan after patient deaths Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer Ed's stories explore prescription drug pricing,…...
EU and US advisers split over Astra Zeneca breast cancer drug
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (164+ words) Meghana Keshavan is a biotech correspondent at STAT and co-writer of The Readout newsletter. She joined STAT in 2016. She has written about the life sciences industry for more than a decade. Before that, she worked for news outlets like Thomson…...
Seed oils actual science, STI spread, CDC mpox: Morning Rounds
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (774+ words) Good morning and happy Friday. I hope you've got great long weekend plans ahead. But first, scroll down to read about a Senate hearing on the NIH, a Supreme Court death penalty decision, and two related items on confusion around…...
Longevity startup Retro Biosciences says latest fundraising values it at $1. 8 billion
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (243+ words) Retro Biosciences, the longevity startup backed by Open AI CEO Sam Altman, has raised more money at a $1. 8 billion valuation, it announced Friday." Retro has a big mission: Add 10 healthy years to the human lifespan. It is seeking to do…...
Check-in and intake at the doctor's office are perfect for AI
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (595+ words) Jampel is a board-certified dermatologist with a master's in bioethics and is involved in projects related to AI and ethics. I was the only person seated in the waiting room of an internal medicine specialty clinic for blood pressure issues....
Genentech is soliciting research that can be used to blunt pharma reforms in Washington
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (171+ words) Earlier this month, Genentech offered countless academics and other researchers up to $125, 000 in grants to generate papers about several topics that read like key talking points for a trip to Capitol Hill. The company is seeking "rigorous, independent" work that…...
The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (729+ words) Hanson is a registered dietitian and clinical inpatient dietitian in Minneapolis. She came in wanting to do right by her husband. He'd been losing weight " the kind of weight loss that says something's wrong " and she'd spent weeks trying to…...
Mass General Brigham says it is saving more lives. Some doctors aren't so sure.
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1696+ words) By Jessica Bartlett "Boston Globe Boland specifically pointed to MGB's strides on a metric called observed-to-expected mortality, which compares how many people died while admitted to the hospital, versus how many were projected to die, given their levels of illness....