Global plastics could double health threats by 2040: Study
Adverse health impacts linked to greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals emitted from the global plastics system…
Let’s Be Honest About Public Health Guidance – Emily Oster
In the first week of January, the Health and Human Services Department, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,…
Antidepressant use does not worsen early outcomes after traumatic brain injury
Taking certain antidepressants at the time of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not associated with an increased…
Functional medicine grows in Upper Valley
WEST LEBANON — Growing up on a dairy farm in Corinth, Seth Osgood, his mom and three siblings all…
RFK Jr. and Trump’s new food pyramid says “eat real food.” It’s not that easy.
If there is one universal treatment that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again sees for all…
Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns
When immigration agents enter hospitals, and private companies are allowed to buy and sell data that reveals who…
Holistic evaluation of large language models for medical tasks with MedHELM
Papers with Code. Question answering on MedQA (USMLE). https://paperswithcode.com/sota/question-answering-on-medqa-usmle (2024). Khosravi, M., Zare, Z., Mojtabaeian, S. M. &…
The landscape of AI implementation in US hospitals
Data source This study used data from the 2023 AHA Annual Survey9 and the 2023–2024 AHA IT Supplement10.…
An LLM chatbot to facilitate primary-to-specialist care transitions: a randomized controlled trial
Ethics approval The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College and the local medical ethics…
Half of GLP-1 users ditch their injections — and some are turning to other weight-loss methods instead
Published: Jan. 15, 2026 at 11:51 a.m. ET Millions of Americans have tried GLP-1s, but some people find that…
Stanford’s noninvasive brain treatment for depression proves helpful – The Mercury News
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on…
Retired Georgia couple hit with $39,000 health insurance bill after ACA subsidies end
Barbara Brockway and Matt Padula always imagined retirement as a time to relax and enjoy each other’s company…