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Andrea Shaw Indicted for Twin Murders After Vaccine Lawsuit
Andrea Shaw, who sued claiming vaccines killed her twin children, has been indicted in Idaho on murder charges alleging she suffocated them.
Bryan Johnson Reveals Autoimmune Gastritis Diagnosis, Eyes CAR-T
Bryan Johnson, the 48-year-old longevity entrepreneur behind Blueprint, revealed he has autoimmune gastritis — a notoriously hard-to-diagnose condition where antibodies destroy the stomach's acid-prod
Lung transplants extended survival in stage 4 cancer: study
Northwestern Medicine reported in JAMA that double lung transplants enabled all 17 stage 4 lung cancer patients whose tumors hadn't spread to survive a full year, outperforming standard chemotherapy,
Cancer cases expected to soar worldwide, WHO report finds
A WHO report projects global cancer cases will rise from 20.6 million annually to nearly 35 million by 2050, while warning that survival depends overwhelmingly on where a patient lives — with five-yea
Therapist Warns Patients Off ChatGPT, Uses It Herself
Boston clinical psychologist Sarah Darghouth admits to using ChatGPT herself for parenting help while warning her therapy patients about AI's mental health risks, arguing the messy, uncertain nature o
The allergy culprit histamine also boosts our memory
Oxford researchers found that the narcolepsy drug pitolisant, which raises brain histamine levels, improved memory accuracy by 11% in a 60-person MRI trial — revealing histamine's surprisingly differe
Creatine Energizes Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells: UCLA
A UCLA study finds that creatine, the popular muscle-building supplement, may help fight cancer by energizing dendritic cells that activate killer T cells, though the work is still limited to mice and
Trial: Intermittent Fasting Matches Calorie Restriction
An 18-month Adelaide University trial found intermittent fasting matched calorie restriction for weight loss in adults with obesity, while feeling far less mentally burdensome — pointing to a more sus
Trump science policy hits court roadblocks in year one
The Trump administration's first-year science policy blitz — from mass firings of federal research staff to a Friday-night push to overhaul university reimbursement — was repeatedly blocked in federal
Opinion: The AI licensure debate is missing the point of licensure
Two physicians argue the debate over licensing AI for clinical use misses licensure's core purpose: bearing personal responsibility for patient outcomes, which no algorithm, vendor, or health system c
Orforglipron beats oral semaglutide in diabetes trial
Eli Lilly's once-daily oral weight-loss pill orforglipron outperformed oral semaglutide on both blood sugar control and weight loss in a 52-week Phase 3 trial of 1,698 adults with type 2 diabetes, but
Takeaway meals contain more salt than advertised, study finds
A University of Reading study found that 47% of takeaway meals tested in the UK contained more salt than their menu labels stated, with some pasta dishes delivering nearly twice the recommended daily
Shor's Algorithm Forces Global Encryption Overhaul
Peter Shor, whose 1994 factoring algorithm could one day decrypt the world's most secure data, says the fix exists but rolling out post-quantum cryptography across banks, hospitals, and government sys
Stephen Wolfram: Time Is the Universe Computing Itself
Physicist Stephen Wolfram argues that time is simply the universe computing each new state from the previous one, and because that computation is irreducible, no observer can ever shortcut to the end.
FDA Approves Vera's Trutakna Kidney Drug
The FDA approved Vera Therapeutics' kidney disease drug Trutakna, a dual-target IgAN treatment that Fierce Pharma says will compete with existing therapies from Novartis and Otsuka.
The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works
A long-standing physics puzzle over why "strange metals" show electrical resistance that rises linearly with temperature — rather than with the square of temperature as conventional theory predicts —
Herman launches series on crumbling employer insurance
STAT News is cross-publishing Bob Herman's Health Care Inc. newsletter series on the crumbling employer-based health insurance system, which opens under the subheading 'U.S. workers and businesses are
Catnip Lotion Matches Deet in Uganda Trials
A catnip oil lotion proved as effective as 15% Deet in repelling mosquitoes during field trials in eastern Uganda, offering a low-cost alternative for rural communities battling malaria.
Chris Packham: 'I'd throw myself in front of a T. Rex to be consumed'
Broadcaster Chris Packham spoke to New Scientist about his new five-part BBC series Evolution, which uses CGI to trace five iconic animals back to the last universal common ancestor of all life on Ear
5 takeaways from STAT’s series on the soaring cost of health insurance
STAT's investigation finds employer health premiums hit $1.4 trillion in 2024 — nearly four times the $365 billion they'd total if they'd tracked inflation since 1987 — as small businesses drop covera
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