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60 stories for“medical AI”
Updated traveler attention around Ebola-affected areas underscores a basic rule: monitor official advice, know the symptoms and seek help without stigmatizing whole countries.
Jul 24, 2026
He trained in intensive care, built an audience of millions, was struck off by his own syndicate, and died in a Dubai hotel room at 47. The arguments about him did not stop there.
May 10, 2026
Heat illness is one of the most preventable medical emergencies there is, and most of the popular advice about it is either useless or actively wrong. The humidity is what changes the arithmetic.
Aug 8, 2026
A new 2026-2027 plan targets malnutrition, preventable blindness, heart care and essential treatment for nearly 50,000 people in Somalia.
Jul 29, 2026
Oral immunotherapy raises the dose a patient can tolerate before a reaction starts. That protects against accidents, which is not the same as being able to eat the food.
Jul 29, 2026
Fear, disrupted sleep, grief and irritability are common during conflict. Evidence-based support begins with safety and practical care, while recognizing when professional help is urgent.
Jul 25, 2026
GLP-1 receptor agonists did not start as weight loss drugs. Here is the biology behind Ozempic, Mounjaro and the hormone they mimic.
Jan 25, 2024
WHO says the risk remains low for most people as cases rise in parts of Europe, but bite prevention and awareness of severe symptoms matter.
Jul 31, 2026
Rentosertib was built to treat pulmonary fibrosis. In 42 patients, blood proteins read by six independent clocks came out three to four years younger after a month. Independent doctors say a younger score is not a younger person.
Sep 15, 2026
Falling asleep requires your core temperature to drop, which is difficult when the night does not cool. The fixes that work target body temperature rather than room temperature, and cost very little.
Aug 13, 2026
The most popular Ayurvedic herb in the world looks reassuring in clinical trials and much less so in hepatology case series. A systematic review has identified thirty-seven cases of ashwagandha-associated liver injury.
Sep 4, 2026
The label is contested, the thresholds differ between guidelines, and most people who have it never progress. It is also the one point in this whole condition where a trial showed you can change the outcome by more than half.
Jul 10, 2026
Large trials with more than 30,000 participants found vitamin D pills do little for people who are not deficient, reshaping decades of assumptions.
Jan 20, 2026
Yogic breathing is unusual among wellness practices in having a measurable, replicated physiological effect. The size of it is modest, the mechanism is well understood, and a few of the more dramatic techniques carry real risk.
Sep 4, 2026
WHO reports sustained transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while Uganda begins enhanced surveillance. Clear facts matter more than fear.
Jul 31, 2026
One in five people who live through conflict develops a mental health condition. Most of the useful advice is unglamorous: fix sleep, ration news, keep routine, and treat connection as a necessity rather than a nicety.
Aug 13, 2026
Eleven thousand people wore a light sensor for a week. Three years later, those who slept in more than three lux, a very dim room, had thicker left ventricles and muscle that flexed less. The differences are small. Cardiologists still care.
Sep 12, 2026
Saline nasal irrigation has reasonable evidence behind it for sinus symptoms. It also has a rare, almost uniformly fatal complication, and avoiding it requires one specific instruction that most people have never been given.
Sep 4, 2026
Curcumin is barely absorbed, so manufacturers add piperine, which can raise bioavailability twentyfold. Liver injury reports have followed the formulations that work best, which is not a coincidence.
Sep 4, 2026
