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- IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts (www.statnews.com)
- FDA approves a CRISPR-based medicine for treatment of sickle cell disease (www.statnews.com)
- Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure (www.statnews.com)
- As private equity dominates wheelchair market, users wait months for repairs (www.statnews.com)
- FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection (www.statnews.com)
- NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties to Juul (www.statnews.com)
- The Karikó problem: Lessons for funding basic research (www.statnews.com)
- Deadly infection linked to contaminated room spray sold at Walmart (www.statnews.com)
- Patients can now access all their health records digitally (www.statnews.com)
- Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes (www.statnews.com)
- Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care (www.statnews.com)
- Researchers’ tests of lab-made version of Covid virus draw scrutiny (www.statnews.com)
- Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the U.S., report finds (www.statnews.com)
- Scientists use optogenetics to help a blind patient see again (www.statnews.com)
- Why did Phreesia share my medical data after I opted out? (www.statnews.com)
- U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline (www.statnews.com)
- Transfusion of brain fluid from young mice improves memory in old mice (www.statnews.com)
- WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency (www.statnews.com)
- Brain implant provided immediate relief to a severely depressed patient (www.statnews.com)
- CO2 helps viruses stay alive longer in the air (www.statnews.com)
- With a nudge from AI, ketamine emerges as a potential rare disease treatment (www.statnews.com)
- Psilocybin trial finds psychedelic is effective in treating depression (www.statnews.com)
- Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real (www.statnews.com)
- The NIH has poured $1B into long Covid research, with little to show for it (www.statnews.com)
- H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread (www.statnews.com)
- Biogen used an FDA back channel to win approval of its Alzheimer’s drug (www.statnews.com)
- FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone (www.statnews.com)
- Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules (www.statnews.com)
- A skeptic’s take on Neuralink and other consumer neurotech (www.statnews.com)
- U.S. death rates show how politics are affecting public health (www.statnews.com)
- Doctors who use Google Translate to talk to patients want a better option (www.statnews.com)
- It’s getting harder to do a randomized trial for some drugs (www.statnews.com)
- Scientific grant applications are getting heavier on hype (www.statnews.com)
- Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in an animal host (www.statnews.com)
- Scientists unfroze rat organs and transplanted them (www.statnews.com)
- Apple Watch can help track Parkinson's disease symptoms: study (www.statnews.com)
- Why do those with higher IQs live longer? A new study points to answers (www.statnews.com)
- A flawed paradigm has derailed the science of obesity (www.statnews.com)
- Setting the record straight: There is no 'Covid heart' (www.statnews.com)
- What can medicine do for people with genes for ALS? (www.statnews.com)
- First of its kind study pits psilocybin against a common antidepressant (www.statnews.com)
- Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study (www.statnews.com)
- Moderna cancer vaccine reduces melanoma’s return by 44% (www.statnews.com)
- The haunting brain science of long Covid (www.statnews.com)
- Memory transferred between snails, challenging standard theory (2018) (www.statnews.com)