Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire died last week after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness called eastern equine encephalitis virus, also known as EEE or “triple E.” It was New Hampshire’s first hu… Continue reading The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading In the US As Temperatures Rise
Apple announced today that it’s adding sleep apnea detection to the Apple Watch, including the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. The Verge reports: Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes you to stop breathing as you sleep. Sleep … Continue reading Sleep Apnea Detection Is Coming To the Apple Watch
Apple says AirPods Pro 2 will receive a software feature “soon” that will turn the wireless earbuds into “clinical-grade” hearing aids. “This includes a hearing protection mode being enabled by default, offering passive noise cancellation in loud envir… Continue reading AirPods Pro 2 Adds ‘Clinical Grade’ Hearing Aid Feature
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases have been reported in five U.S. states this year, including a fatal case in New Hampshire last month. The rare mosquito-borne illness, which has no known cure, kills 30-40% of those infected and often causes perm… Continue reading The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
Researchers have discovered that people with depression have an expanded brain network, specifically the frontostriatal salience network, which is 73% larger compared to healthy individuals. “It’s taking up more real estate on the brain surface than we… Continue reading Part of Brain Network Much Bigger In People With Depression, Scientists Find
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: I’ve been videochatting with Mixael Swan Laufer for about 30 minutes about an exciting discovery when he points out that to date, the best way he’s been able to bring attenti… Continue reading The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
The online news site San Francisco Standard profiles an open-source platform “that takes advantage of large language models to help users generate health insurance appeals with AI…
“A Fight Health Insurance user can scan their insurance denial, and… Continue reading Tech Worker Builds Free AI-Powered Tool For Fighting US Health Insurance Denials
The Wall Street Journal reports that long Covid “has pushed around one million Americans out of the labor force, economists estimate.”
More than 5% of adults in the U.S. have long Covid, and it is most prevalent among Americans in their prime working … Continue reading Long Covid Knocked a Million Americans Off Their Career Paths
For decades drugmakers have taken a more-is-more model when dosing cancer drugs in clinical trials. U.S. regulators want them to reconsider that approach. From a report: Companies with cancer drugs in clinical trials must strike a balance between doses… Continue reading FDA Wants Safer Cancer Drugs, But Some Startups Fear Unintended Consequences
ole_timer shares a report from Ars Technica, written by Beth Mole There’s more bad news for the company behind an experimental MDMA therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, which the Food and Drug Administration roundly rejected earlier this month. … Continue reading FDA Expands Probe of Ecstasy-Based Drug Studies