Health and Nutrition
Compass Pathways CEO: Psychedelics company will ‘go slow before we go fast’
The CEO of Compass Pathways said the company, whose psychedelic therapy is set for regulatory review this year, is prepared to “go slow before we go fast.”
Former FDA officials blast DOGE as ‘one of the biggest disasters in American history’
Three former FDA chiefs criticized the DOGE cuts to the agency, saying they robbed the FDA of institutional knowledge that will take years to restore.
Stopping Pip for ADHD or autism would not make big savings, says thinktank
Resolution Foundation says ‘crude changes’ to benefits system would probably make it harder for people to workBanning people with anxiety, ADHD or autism from claiming disability …
As White House shifts focus toward AI and tech, U.S. science leaders defend role of the American university
White House planned shift of research funding from universities to industry risks creating a drought in basic research, science leaders say
STAT+: Trump administration delays new rule that could restrict imported medicines from Canada and overseas
The Trump administration is delaying by 90 days a federal rule that could prevent Americans from obtaining prescription drugs from licensed international pharmacies.
Neighborhood air pollution linked to slower brain development in early adolescence
Children living in areas with unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter or ozone showed smaller two-year gains in cognitive performance and brain maturation than demographically…
How consumer tech company Whoop is building for Medicare patients
Whoop's chief medical officer, said the company's work with Medicare is an opportunity to prove its ability to improve health at the population level.
Psilocybin, LSD, and 2C-B leave different fingerprints on the brain, new study suggests
Psilocybin, LSD, and 2C-B all act on the same serotonin receptor, so they are often treated as a single drug class. But brain scans in rats suggest each one shifts the brain’s ene…
George W Brown obituary
Acclaimed medical sociologist who established the importance of social and environmental factors in mental illnessIn 1956 a letter arrived for George Brown. The Social Psychiatry …
Listening to digital jazz might help people manage stress and regulate emotions
Streaming digital jazz might do more than provide background noise. New research shows that algorithm-curated jazz playlists can trigger physical changes in the brain and nervous …
‘Try to eat really well, 80% of the time’: nutrition expert says healthy eating is easier than you think
Christopher Gardner, the author of Food Sense and director of nutrition studies at Stanford, says we have overcomplicated the question of what to eatFinally, some good news: eatin…
Was this Mark Zuckerberg’s first – and last – taste of Guinness?
The Meta boss looked traumatised when he sipped stout on the Cheeky Pint podcast. An hour later, his glass was still half fullName: Guinness.Age: Arthur Guinness began brewing por…
STAT+: FDA adcomm members’ ties to industry under scrutiny
New research found that nearly 40% of FDA advisory meetings held over a recent 20-year period included either a patient or consumer rep with active ties to an advocacy group…
Happiness, not awe, may be the better emotional lever for openness to diversity
Researchers expected awe to make people more open to diversity. Instead, in a study of nearly 3,200 adults, a short happy video nudged attitudes in a more inclusive direction, whi…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanofi settling an EU antitrust probe, ‘pharma bro’ Shkreli, and more
The FTC asked a U.S. court to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for “flagrantly” violating a court order banning him from working in the pharma industry
STAT+: The startup chasing ‘general biological intelligence’
In this edition of AI Prognosis, Brittany Trang talks to Eric Nguyen, the CEO of Radical Numerics, a startup pursuing "general biological intelligence.'
STAT+: Sanofi avoids fine as EU accepts offer to end antitrust probe over disparaging rival vaccine
E.U. antitrust regulators accepted concessions from Sanofi to settle a probe into an allegedly “misleading” campaign that disparaged a rival flu vaccine.
High smartphone dependency linked to altered time allocation in teens
Teenagers who overuse smartphones often struggle to manage their own learning later on. A new longitudinal study reveals that digital habits hinder academic skills by displacing s…
How to use stale bread to make a classic British pudding – recipe | Waste not
A thrifty and delicious crumble-like autumnal treat, a bit like a cobbler … or a buckle … or a grunt …We have a family tradition of making our daughter a fruit pie of some sort fo…
New study examines GLP-1 impact on interactions with criminal justice system, employment, housing stability
A wave of clinical trials have begun to test the ability of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to quell various substance use disorders, with some promising results. A new trial announced…
Family of man killed by tiger criticise online content after Trump reposts video
Relatives of William Chapman say footage of attack shared online ‘deeply offensive’ and causing them ‘severe distress’The family of a man killed by a tiger at a wildlife park in t…
A drug-free trance can blur the line between self and surroundings
During a deep, self-induced trance, practitioners say their bodies move on their own, their sense of time vanishes, and the boundary between self and world blurs. A small new stud…
What to know about Pope Leo's lung cancer diagnosis
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Dr. Otis Brawley, an oncologist at Johns Hopkins University, about the Pope's lung cancer diagnosis.
Opinion: We think a baby’s gut microbiome could be key to lifelong brain health
“We need more rigorous, large-scale research into the gut-brain axis across the life course,” write Holly Baines and George Vradenburg.