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The Effects That Patients Experience When They Stop Taking GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs

Amazon's $50 Medicare GLP-1 offer may expand access to weight-loss drugs, while research showcases weight regain and appetite changes after treatment stops.

Medical Daily · Aug 8

Mayo Clinic Used AI to Design a Molecule Against a Pancreatic Cancer Protein Long Considered Undruggable

Mayo Clinic researchers used AI to design a small molecule targeting the GIPC1 PDZ domain in pancreatic cancer. What undruggable means and how early this is.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Manufacturers Are Building Robots to Draw Blood and Place Feeding Tubes as Hospitals Confront Staffing Gaps

Robotic phlebotomy now has peer-reviewed multicenter data while robotic feeding tube placement is still a prototype, and neither is FDA cleared.

Medical Daily · Aug 4

Can Removing "Zombie Cells" Slow Aging? Human Clinical Trials Are Starting to Deliver Answers

Senolytics — drugs that selectively eliminate senescent cells — have moved from mouse experiments to human clinical trials across kidney disease, Alzheimer's, and frailty. Here is an honest account of what 80-plus trials are finding.

Medical Daily · Jul 13

Broadway Star and Theater Professor Josh Grisetti Dies at 44 After a Personal Struggle

Broadway actor, director, author and theater professor Josh Grisetti has died at 44. Best known for his stage work, a role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and leading Cal State Fullerton's BFA Musical Theatre program, Grisetti left a lasting impact on theater and arts education.

Medical Daily · Jul 13

Marc Andreessen Says AI Is 'Already a Better Doctor Than 99.99% of Human Doctors'

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen reignited the debate over artificial intelligence in healthcare after praising a new OpenAI finding suggesting physicians identified fewer flaws in GPT-5.6’s medical responses than in responses written by doctors.

Benzinga · Jul 12

Top High School Catcher Defies Brain Tumor Setbacks to Keep His Baseball Dreams Alive

After brain tumor treatment cost him an Ole Miss scholarship, Iowa catcher Brett Harris is pursuing his college baseball dream with renewed determination.

Medical Daily · Jul 10

Jefferies Says Microsoft Stands Out in Strong Cloud Spending as Azure Gains Market Share. What This Means for MSFT Stock.

Jefferies highlights Microsoft as a clear standout in the strong cloud spending environment.

Barchart · Jul 6

Americans Sit 9.5 Hours a Day. Research Links Prolonged Sitting to 24% Higher Colon Cancer Risk and 14% Higher Heart Disease Risk

Americans sit 9.5 hours/day. Research links prolonged sitting to 24% higher colon cancer, 32% endometrial cancer, and 14% CVD risk — independent of exercise. What to do about it.

Medical Daily · Jun 19

A World War II-era drug just helped patients go from 7 bathroom trips a night to just one

Mayo Clinic researchers found a new way kidneys manage water. This discovery uses an old drug, probenecid, to reveal a pathway independent of vasopressin. This could lead to better treatments for polycystic kidney disease. The drug reduced urine volume in trials, improving patient quality of life. Scientists now aim to…

The Economic Times · Jun 16