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AI-powered tool automatically segments human brainstem white matter bundles
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Small and dense but filled with vitally important neural fibers, the brainstem has been hard for brain imaging technologies to dissect. New software reliably and finely resolves eight distinct nerve bundles in live diffusion MRI scans,…
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WHO Executive Board Adopted New Efficiency Measures; Can They Stick?
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Does Medicare Cover Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs?
About 9 percent of adults 65 and older are now using GLP-1s, a lower rate than the 22 percent of adults age 50 to 64, according to a KFF poll released Nov. 14. The lower usage is likely because Medicare doesn’t cover prescriptions specifically for weight loss, the nonpartisan health policy nonprofit says. Administration officials expect that percentage to rise to 10…
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The complicated link between social media and adolescent mental health
Why does social media seem to both endanger and protect young people’s mental health? Growing research links excessive online use to addiction, cyberbullying and suicide risk among adolescents. However, those same digital platforms simultaneously provide connection, understanding and community support to many. As researchers continue to uncover these conflicting effects, it is clear that the relationship between social media use…
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Social media companies are being sued for harming their users’ mental health – but are the platforms addictive? | Social media
Forthcoming legal proceedings against Meta and YouTube are frequently referred to as the “social media addiction trials”, but whether these platforms are truly addictive is still the subject of scientific debate. The lawsuits were brought against Meta, YouTube (Google), Snap Inc and TikTok by plaintiffs alleging these platforms severely damaged their mental health when they were children. Snap and TikTok…
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Optical tissue monitoring predicts dialysis-related fluid instability
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: For the millions of people living with end‑stage kidney disease, hemodialysis is more than a medical procedure, it is a thrice‑weekly lifeline that keeps the body’s chemistry in balance. Yet even with decades of clinical experience…
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Regulating Digital Health Technologies | The Regulatory Review
Randi Seigel examines the evolving regulatory landscape for digital health tools. In a conversation with The Regulatory Review, health and technology law expert Randi Seigel discusses pressing challenges and emerging opportunities in regulating digital health technology. Seigel explains that the growing use of telehealth, artificial intelligence (AI), and remote monitoring by medical professionals can increase access to care and enhance…
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High-dose motor therapy improves outcomes after perinatal stroke
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: In infants and toddlers who had a stroke before birth or as a newborn (28 days or younger), a treatment that combined restricting the use of the stronger arm with intensive task-oriented physical therapy led to…
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Health Department food inspections for week of Jan. 25 | Health
During the week of Jan. 25, the Jefferson County Health Department inspected 37 food establishments. Scores ranged from 71 to 100. Some were routine inspections while others were reinspections where scores are not assigned. All inspections are unannounced visits. Facilities considered low priority are not assigned a score. A low priority facility does not prepare food. According to the Jefferson…
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The most controversial Super Bowl ad of 2025 is back for more
Super Bowl Sunday is the holy grail of advertising thanks to its massive viewership, with an average of 127.7 million Americans tuning in to the big game in 2025 alone. That same year, Hims & Hers became the first company to advertise GLP-1 weight loss medications during the Super Bowl — but it wasn’t without controversy. The 60-second ad, called…
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