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Microsoft releases its second-generation quantum chip. Ultrasound could replace pacemakers. And why you shouldn’t skip breakfast. All that and more in this week’s Prototype. To get it in your inbox, sign up…
Category: 5. Health
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How Issues With Government Healthcare Cost Projections May Impact GLP-1s
Healthcare spending projections are often inaccurate. This problem is amplified when (possibly wrong) estimates inform decisions related to coverage of drugs such as weight loss GLP-1s.
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Economics has been called the dismal science, a term…
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A New Tool To Peer Inside The Cell
Multicolor image of mouse brain tissue showing astrocytes highlighted in purple and neurons shown in blue, illustrating cell-type-specific labeling.
Credit: Nature Methods (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-026-03056-3
Antibodies are one of the most…
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They Lost Their Friend To Cancer. How They Turned Grief Into Purpose
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Leadership Team (L to R): Lauren Feffer, Tiara Lamont, Avery McMahan, Maisie Bowler
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When Lauren Feffer arrived at the University of Connecticut as a freshman, she knew she wanted to get involved. She joined…
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I Could Only Acknowledge
A patient completes a digital intake process at a healthcare facility. As healthcare documentation becomes more automated, questions about transparency and patient access to information are taking on new importance.
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During a recent visit to a…
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What Pennsylvania’s AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust
In May 2026, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration filed suit against Character Technologies Inc., the company behind the popular chatbot platform Character.AI. A state investigation found that a chatbot character named…
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The Longevity Paradox: Influencers Are Challenging Physician Expertise
A hypodermic syringe, a packet holding an alcohol surface/sterilization wipe and a vial holding an injectable medication on a white surface.
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Ten years ago, if you wanted to know what the peptide Tesamorelin was, you had to curbside an…
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A study of 8,300 older adults revealed a surprising salt habit
For thousands of years, people have used salt to flavor and preserve food. While it remains a staple in kitchens around the world, consuming too much salt can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease, and even…
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Overhaul Of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force May Impact Coverage
Mammogram screening to detect breast cancer.
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Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is overhauling the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Calling it “lackadaisical,” Kennedy dismissed top leaders of the…
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Scientists finally crack an “undruggable” pancreatic cancer target and nearly double survival
For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within five years of their diagnosis.
Pancreatic…
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