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The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants
27+ min ago (425+ words) The siren call was apparently irresistible. "Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants," read a New York Times headline from early May " phrasing that seemed to normalize Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , the anti-science, roadkill enthusiast who is currently running…...
Confident Integration Into Mainstream
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (402+ words) Research by the UK Vegan Society found that more than 95 percent of people shopping for vegan food and drink actively look for vegan verification logos, while another UK survey found that 34 percent of all shoppers look for an on-pack symbol…...
What RFK Jr. gets right " and wrong " about mental health
29+ min ago (612+ words) The Boston Globe What RFK Jr. gets right " and wrong " about mental health Make America Healthy Again recognizes the dangers of overmedicalization while ignoring the conditions fueling mental illness. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. often spouts harmful…...
Chat GPT Told a Grieving Doctor She Could Digitally Resurrect Her Brother, but the Conversation Ended in a Psychosis Diagnosis
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (486+ words) Updated 2 hours ago, May 17, 2026 Her first prompt got a refusal. By the end of the conversation, Chat GPT was telling her she could build a digital version of her brother that would talk to her in a "real-feeling" way. She…...
Dr. Oz uses AI to perform radical surgery to remove fraud
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (600+ words) Dr. Mehmet Oz is fast becoming a taxpayer's dream at the helm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Fighting "waste, fraud, and abuse" isn't just a tired slogan to him " it's a mandate. And he's enforcing it." He…...
Subjecting AI to human doctor standards?
11+ hour, 15+ min ago (516+ words) AI models that can match or outperform physicians on text-based diagnostic tasks should be judged more by how they safely improve patient outcomes in real-world care than by benchmarks or demonstrations, Flinders University researchers argued. A commentary published in Science…...
Opinion: Our divided world faces a crisis "broken totality
18+ hour, 36+ min ago (704+ words) Dr. Pramod Dwivedi, Linn County Public Health director, walks members of the media through a new mobile health clinic July 18, 2024, in Cedar Rapids. In my years in public service " working at the intersection of health, community and politics " I have…...
Why AI Making Clinical Reasoning Optional Should Concern Us
17+ hour, 39+ min ago (873+ words) Artificial intelligence is becoming deeply embedded in healthcare systems. Hospitals now use AI tools to analyze scans, summarize patient histories, suggest diagnoses, and recommend treatment options. Supporters argue that these systems can reduce workload, improve efficiency, and help doctors manage…...
NYP students use virtual reality to help make cancer treatment rooms less frightening for children
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (912+ words) NYP School of Design and Media student Alyssa Tan demonstrates her final-year project, a virtual reality simulation that helps help young cancer patients prepare for radiotherapy treatment. Published'May 17, 2026, 03: 00 PM SINGAPORE - Young cancer patients undergoing treatments at the National Cancer Centre…...
SCI Redefined as a Broken Brain'Body'Environment Loop
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (667+ words) Summary: A new study argues that Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) must be reframed from a simple disruption of motor pathways into a fundamental systems-level disorder. The framework posits that SCI permanently fractures communication, desynchronizes physiological states, and halts learning across…...