Life
Chronically ill people face confusion over new Medicaid work rules and ‘medically frail’ exemption
Patients, advocates, and experts fear the difficulty in documenting a frailty exemption to Medicaid work requirements wi…
Life
1164 articles
Life
Opinion: U.S. dependence on China is a national security risk
“China is overtly seeking to displace U.S. leadership across the innovative biopharmaceutical value chain,” write author…
Life
Biological Versus Technical Reliability of Epigenetic Clocks and Implications for Disease Prognosis and Intervention Response
Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 8, August 2026.…
Life
Progerin Hinders Autophagy Flux at Its Final Stages in Hutchinson‐Gilford Progeria Syndrome Cells, Preventing Its Own Autophagic Degradation
Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 8, August 2026.…
Life
Is it safe to drink Red Bull and vodka? Questionable research tied to energy drink giant has shaped policy
Studies tied to Red Bull helped block warning labels about drinking alcohol along with energy drinks. Independent studie…
Life
NSF testing new Ph.D. model giving trainees academic and industry experience
Young life scientists have been increasingly abandoning academia, a seismic shift that has fueled calls for rethinking g…
Life
STAT+: Latigo reports mid-stage success for would-be rival to Vertex’s pain drug Journavx
Latigo Biotherapeutics published positive data for an acute-pain drug meant to rival a Vertex medicine already on the ma…
Life
STAT+: Hims misled consumers and violated their privacy, FTC alleges in a lawsuit
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued telehealth company Hims & Hers alleging business practices that agency says …
Life
The Conservative View on the Current Peptide Craze
A peptide is a short protein. There are countless such molecules present in the body. If used as a basis for therapy, a …
Life
Anti-ageing pills are real, and some of us are taking them without knowing it - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Anti-ageing pills are real, and some of us are taking them without knowing it BBC Science Focus Magazine…
Life
Support from animals may feel stronger for women and those spending more time with them
In a study of Swiss adults, women and people who spent more time with a pet or another animal to which they might feel c…
Life
STAT+: End of Medicare drug subsidy gives Democrats new attack line on rising out-of-pocket costs
The White House decision to end a Medicare drug subsidy plays into Democratic arguments ahead of the midterms.…
Life
New drugs could wipe out the “zombie cells” linked to cancer and aging - ScienceDaily
New drugs could wipe out the “zombie cells” linked to cancer and aging ScienceDaily…
Life
Scientists Discover New Way To Eliminate “Zombie Cells” Driving Aging - SciTechDaily
Scientists Discover New Way To Eliminate “Zombie Cells” Driving Aging SciTechDaily…
Life
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a fugitive who became a biotech exec, a hospital suing Lilly, and more
The discovery that a fugitive had been working under an alias in the biotech industry prompted a question: How did he ev…
Life
STAT+: Why benchmarking clinical LLMs from OpenEvidence, Doximity is complicated
In this edition of AI Prognosis: A conversation about benchmarking leading clinical chatbots, investor view on AI in bio…
Life
Moral injury can be devastating: New assessment protocol makes it easier to identify those at risk
A new measure designed to identify people experiencing moral injury and to help ensure they receive the support they nee…
Life
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in declining to answer questions before Senate panel
At a highly anticipated Senate hearing, Anthony Fauci evoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions abo…
Life
A neglected issue in pedestrian, biker deaths
Fauci's testimony, visa time limits for research students, and more health news from Morning Rounds…
Life
Poor Sleep Quality Correlates with Pace of Aging, but Evidence for Causation is Mixed
Sleep quality is well established to decline with age and age-related disease. A sizable medical and supporting industry…
Life
Book: the Voice of Reason
A useful side-effect of publishing under a copyleft license is that one can be lazy about formally publishing compilatio…
Life
Polio will come roaring back if the task of eradicating it isn’t finished soon
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02308-8Eliminating polio is within reach — if countries s…
Life
STAT+: FDA expert committee reviews Capricor Therapeutics’ Duchenne drug
STAT is live-blogging an FDA meeting on Capricor Therapeutics’ treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which has been…
Life
ProMIS Neurosciences reports positive early safety and biomarker results for Alzheimer’s trial
ProMIS Neurosciences reported positive blinded six-month interim safety and biomarker results from PRECISE-AD, the Phase…