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Every Participant in NIH Study of Nearly 100,000 Americans Carried Gene Variants That Can Change How Drugs Work

A study of nearly 100,000 All of Us participants found widespread genetic variants linked to medication response, though researchers stressed the findings show potential exposure—not proof of side effects or treatment failure.

Medical Daily · 10h ago

Liver Transplant Candidates Who Improved Frailty Scores by 0.4 Points Had Roughly Half the Risk of Waitlist Death

A study tied modest frailty gains in a prehab program to lower waitlist death risk in liver transplant candidates. Here is what caregivers can ask the care team.

Medical Daily · Oct 23

Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back

Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work

The Guardian - US · Oct 13

How Jumping Spiders See Colour and Judge Distance With Four Pairs of Unmoving Eyes

The eye that moves without movingMost animals scan a scene by moving their heads or rotating their eyeballs. A jumping spider does neither. Its two large principal eyes, the forward-facing pair that give it that unnervingly alert expression, are fixed tubes. The lenses cannot swivel. What moves instead is the…

Times Life · Sep 26

A 16-Year-Old Lost Her Speaking Voice After a Marching Band Performance, but She Could Still Sing

A Virginia teen's stutter began after her first marching band game and grew into total voice loss, yet her singing voice stayed fully intact.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on science

Participants in Pittsburgh may never learn the results of their cognitive tests – and funding cuts that target ‘DEI’ have the potential to delay vital diagnoses

The Guardian - US · Sep 18

Hundreds of ageing Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts

Shutdown of study is latest for Trump administration, which has canceled, frozen and otherwise disrupted more than 5,700 medical research grants over two years

The Guardian - US · Sep 17

Why Teachers and Call Centre Workers Lose Their Voice and How to Repair Vocal Strain

What Happens Inside the Larynx When You Talk for HoursThe vocal cords are two small mucous-membrane folds stretched across the larynx. When you speak, they vibrate together at roughly 100 to 300 times per second. A teacher delivering six periods a day, or a call centre agent on back-to-back calls…

Times Life · Sep 12

A Picasso painting stolen in 1961 was bought by a Massachusetts couple in 1999; now, its original owner is suing them for $3.5 million

A long-lost Picasso painting, which vanished six decades ago, has surfaced once again. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is taking legal action against a couple from Massachusetts to reclaim what it believes is rightfully theirs. This couple acquired the painting nearly four decades post its theft. The court is now…

The Economic Times · Aug 21

Alzheimer’s research is latest casualty in Trump administration war against ‘DEI’

Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target study of impacts of racism on brain health

The Guardian - US · Aug 17