One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key “zones” that perform specific major tasks. So, if scientists hope to create self-growing patches of liver organoid tissue that could help repair damaged organs, it’s…
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Popular diabetes medications, including GLP-1 drugs, may protect against Alzheimer’s disease
A study led by researchers in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has found that a pair of popular glucose-lowering medications may have protective effects against the development of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
In research published in…
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Potential Medicaid Cuts Threaten Maternal Healthcare
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Medicaid cuts, a $400 million obesity bet, a study of bias in clinical AI, Amgen’s AI hire from Nike, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
Looming Medicaid cuts could hurt maternal health.
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A messed-up body clock could be a bigger problem than lack of sleep
On the eve of Daylight Saving Time, I flew home to Vermont from California. Crossing several time zones, I arrived near midnight. At 2 a.m., the clock jumped ahead an hour, leaving me discombobulated.
“How messed up am I?” I asked sleep researcher and evolutionary anthropologist…
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The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability
Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025, to shrink its workforce by 20,000 people. Among workers dismissed in early April were several teams responsible for fulfilling requests for…
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Here’s What We Know About Project Mulberry— Apple’s Initiative To Rethink AI And Healthcare
Apple has invested immense resources into its healthcare application and ecosystem.
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has always said that among the company’s most significant contributions to society will be improving healthcare. And rightly so, under his reign, Apple has made immense progress in…
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$10 Short? No Health Insurance For You
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Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, millions of people receive generous subsidies to cover the cost of health insurance. Some people, in fact, receive coverage for free, their monthly premiums paid in…
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Primate mothers display different bereavement response to humans
Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as lethargy and appetite loss, finds a new study by UCL anthropologists.
Published in Biology Letters, the researchers found that bereaved macaque…
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Gene-based blood test for melanoma may catch early signs of cancer’s return
Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study shows.
Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center, the study showed that approximately 80% of stage III melanoma patients who had…
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Common genetic variants linked to drug-resistant epilepsy
Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study led by researchers at UCL and UTHealth Houston.
Focal epilepsy is a condition where seizures start in one part of the brain. It is the most common type of…
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