Health and Nutrition
STAT+: FDA offers new details on quicker approval pathway for personalized gene therapies
Rare disease advocates applauded the FDA's move to speed access to treatments.
Autistic children’s brains respond less to the emotional meaning of sentences, fMRI study finds
When children hear a sentence about someone’s feelings, part of the brain’s language system typically responds more strongly than it does to a sentence about objects. In autistic …
STAT+: RFK Jr. goes for broke in Iowa
Kennedy on the campaign trail for MAHA, and new rules loom for U.S. investments in Chinese biotech.
Trump-appointed CDC deputy director to resign after six months on the job
Jennifer Shuford is expected to leave her post after midterm elections ‘to spend more time with my family’The deputy director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease …
Perimenopause is everywhere. How do you know if you’re in it? - video
Perimenopause has become a hot topic, with celebrities sharing their experiences and doctors offering tips and advice online. But despite the benefits of growing awareness, a risi…
STAT+: Nonprofit resurrects shelved gene therapy after startup shuts down
Last year, U.K. gene therapy startup Bloomsbury Genetic Therapies announced it was shutting down after dosing just one patient. Now, a nonprofit is resurrecting its lead program:
News coverage of psilocybin often outpaces the science, systematic review finds
Researchers compared 70 psilocybin trial publications with 172 news articles. Both reported positive results at similar rates, but news coverage tended to present the benefits as …
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Novo setback in court, a House probe into big PBMs, and more
A U.S. judge rejected a bid to block Eli Lilly from running what Novo Nordisk claims is a “deceptive” advertising campaign about weight loss drugs
Why do we measure root ginger in ‘thumbs’ and centimetres rather than weight? | Kitchen aide
When it comes to ginger, personal taste often trumps strict precision, say our experts as they get to the root of the issueWhy do so many recipes state the amount of fresh ginger …
Just a few minutes of speech may offer a window into brain health and aging
Researchers trained a machine learning model to estimate a person’s age from short voice recordings. In a study of nearly 3,000 adults across Latin America, speech in people with …
A possible treatment for brain-eating amoebas, found in the sea
Brain-eating amoebas are hard to treat and nearly always fatal. But researchers have isolated a compound that could help stop the disease.
Glutamate receptors may help explain the brain structure behind children’s math and reading abilities
Of 19 chemical signaling systems examined, only one consistently matched the brain structure linked to children’s math and reading abilities across two independent groups: NMDA re…
We’ll pay to get revenge on an algorithm, even though it can’t feel a thing
An algorithm can’t feel the sting of losing money, but people will sacrifice their own cash to punish one anyway. In experiments with more than 6,000 participants, people retaliat…
Trump reopened an LGBTQ+ suicide hotline. But the department that runs it vows to ‘restore biological truth’
While organizations celebrate the reinstatement of the ‘press 3’ option by Samsha, details about rollout and training counselors remain secretFor nearly three years, counselors th…
I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her
My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed awayIt was early morning …
Limiting sugar in the first 1,000 days of life is associated with later dementia onset, study finds
Britain’s sugar rationing ended abruptly in 1953, creating a natural experiment. People exposed to rationing in the womb and during their first two years had a lower risk of demen…
Women: was your autoimmune condition misdiagnosed?
We want to hear from women with autoimmune conditions who received an incorrect or delayed diagnosisHundreds of millions of people – roughly one in ten globally – are affected by …
STAT+: Pennsylvania Dutch country, tired of waiting for biopharma, builds drug company of its own
A small community tests if it can solve a crisis no one else could, for the simple reason that they have no other choice.
Opinion: Cancer vaccines are finally here. How do we get them to patients?
“If we want cancer vaccines to reach patients faster than BRCA testing did, there are several challenges to address now,” write Karen E. Knudsen and Othman Laraki.
Opinion: Emergency pediatric care is now in permanent crisis mode
“In 2026, the unprecedented pediatric patient crowding of 2022 has become a normal Tuesday,” write Jonathan Kohler and Mary King.
Fritters and chocolate cake: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for cooking with pumpkin
Quick, simple finger food that children will love for Halloween: pumpkin and carrot fritters with a chilli-coriander relish, and pumpkin baked into a dark chocolate sliceIt would …
Perimenopause is everywhere. How do you know if you’re in it? – podcast
Perimenopause has become a hot topic, with celebrities sharing their experiences and doctors offering tips and advice online. But despite the benefits of growing awareness, a risi…
STAT+: Roche gets a lung cancer win with its KRAS drug divarasib
One of the more impressive data sets at this year’s ESMO came from a Roche study of its drug divarasib, which treats lung cancer.
STAT+: Nonprofit Bon Secours Mercy Health strikes $5.7 billion deal for surgery center chain
The deal would make the Catholic system one of the largest operators of outpatient surgery centers.