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What are hospital longevity programs, and what can they tell you about your health?
What can hospital longevity clinics can tell you about your health? STAT's Sarah Todd went to one to find out.…
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STAT+: FDA spells out 2027 AI guidance plans
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: New AI guidances expected from the the FDA in 2027, Utah expanding its AI sandbox, …
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about U.S.-funded psychedelic trials, an AstraZeneca R&D center, and more
The Trump administration is advancing the first government-funded clinical trials of the psychedelic drug ibogaine to tr…
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Deciding when to get your flu shot? Consider these factors
When’s the best time to be vaccinated? Here are some thoughts that may help you make your decision.…
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Anti-CXCR3 Therapy Reduces Harmful Immune Cell Infiltration into the Brain
The immune system of the brain and body are distinct from one another, separated by the blood-brain barrier that lines b…
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Chronic Inflammation in the Aging of Bone and Brain Tissue
Researchers here discuss the chronic inflammation of aging as a contribution to the bidirectional relationship between t…
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Cancer trial drug may work differently than scientists believed, raising concerns for clinical research
A cancer drug currently being tested in patients may have entered clinical trials based on an incorrect understanding of…
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In this hospital, pulse oximeters went from overestimating to underestimating blood oxygen. Why?
Researchers found pulse oximeters went from overestimating blood oxygen levels to underestimating them; inaccuracies wer…
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Opinion: I’m a doctor. Here’s what I want the public to know about AI tools and health care costs
“We can document honestly and still wind up inflating hospital bills,” writes a frustrated doctor.…
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Examining political differences in perceptions of vaccine safety and effectiveness
Vaccine perceptions can influence acceptance and uptake. Dr. Dror Walter, with the Department of Communication at Georgi…
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STAT+: Judges skewer HHS arguments in hearing over Medicare Advantage audits lawsuit
Federal judges pushed back against the government's arguments in a Medicare Advantage case.…
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STAT+: Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s
Optogenetics is now the foundational way through which we are able to understand how the brain works…
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The Biomarkers That Predict Mortality Risk
Researchers have discovered key biomarkers that are strongly linked to all-cause mortality and identified four measureme…
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Fat Infiltration into Muscle Tissue as a Biomarker of Aging
An important goal in the research community is to build a robust measure of biological age, the burden of age-related da…
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STAT+: New Trump regulations would clean up health care pricing disclosures
The Trump administration is continuing its effort to bring more transparency to the cost of health care.…
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STAT+: Prices, prices, prices
Why is health insurance so expensive? Read the latest stort in STAT's "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach" series to find out.…
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STAT+: Utah plows ahead with more health AI pilots for prescriptions, women’s health
Utah plans to allow an AI product to evaluate patients and write new drug prescriptions without prior human review.…
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STAT+: Lilly’s Jaypirca approved as first-line CLL therapy
Eli Lilly’s Jaypirca has won FDA approval for previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic ly…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Vaxcyte pneumococcal shot, increasing pharma M&A, and more
Vaxcyte said its pneumococcal vaccine hit the primary endpoints in a Phase 3 clinical trial, setting up a competition wi…
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STAT+: Vaxcyte claims success in bid to beat Pfizer and Merck in lucrative vaccine market
Vaxcyte said its experimental pneumococcal vaccine hit the primary endpoints in a Phase 3 clinical trial, setting up the…
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Could we one day vaccinate against every cancer?
What science says so far about which cancers can be beat by vaccines — and which will require more creative approaches.…
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BodySpec opens body composition scanning storefront in downtown Oakland
BodySpec opened a storefront in downtown Oakland, California, on Sept. 30, 2026. The location offers medical-grade dual-…
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Atrogi reports early trial success for drug that cuts fat while building muscle
Atrogi announced positive human data for ATR-258 from an 8-week, investigator-initiated, open-label, single-arm study in…
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An Aging Clock Based on Images of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Nuclei
Any sufficiently complex biological data that changes with age can be used to construct an aging clock. Here, researcher…