In the last year, there has been a surge in proteins developed by AI that will eventually be used in the treatment of everything from snakebites to cancer. What would normally take decades for a scientist to create — a custom-made protein for a particular disease — can now be done in seconds.
Category: 5. Health
How a hidden brain circuit fuels fibromyalgia, migraines, and PTSD
Pain isn’t just a physical sensation — it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering.
Researchers at the Salk Institute have now identified a brain circuit that gives physical pain its emotional tone, revealing a new…
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Envisioning Healthcare Without Immigrants
Immigrants fill a majority need in the US healthcare workforce. Will they continue to play this … More
Immigrants are in the news a lot these days. Too often, the prevailing narrative casts them as laborers performing menial jobs that native-born citizens are…
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Measles Cases At A 33 Year High, According To CDC Report
The CDC recently reported that the number of measles cases in the U.S. has reached a 33 year high, … More
More cases of measles have occurred in the United States in 2025 than in any…
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Former White House Physician Targeted In Biden Probe
COL Kevin O’Connnor, MC, USA speaking with Anthony Blinken, circa 2010.
Yesterday, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who served as Physician to the President throughout Joe Biden’s term, was deposed by staff of the House Oversight…
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Lemurs age without inflammation—and it could change human health forever
What can lemurs tell us about inflammation and aging, aka “inflammaging” in humans? That’s the question Elaine Guevara, a biological anthropologist who studies the evolution of life history and aging in primates, set out to understand.
In newly published research on age-related inflammation in…
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Exercise Improves Anticancer Immunity Through Gut Microbes
Exercise is extremely important, especially if we don’t move around much at work. There are plenty of apps and watches that can tell us when to move and be active. Primary care physicians emphasize exercise as a preventive measure against symptoms of aging….
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Novel Antibody Therapy Improves Standard-of-Care Treatment
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a type of immunotherapy or cancer treatment that targets specific immune cells known as T cells, which are responsible for eliminating infection. In cancer, T cells express a checkpoint marker, which when bound to…
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The Culprit Impeding Drug Competition Is Not Who The Feds Expected
“There’s little point in pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into creating a biosimilar if PBMs … More
The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice recently kicked off a series of listening sessions to examine barriers to…
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How AI Is Accelerating The Fight Against An Ancient Killer
At the Quezon City Jail in Metro Manila, Philippines, inmates are screened for tuberculosis. Here, a … More
Tuberculosis…