The Brain on Estrogen: Rethinking Appetite Through Neurohormonal Insight
For decades, estrogen has been understood primarily as a reproductive hormone—cyclic, ovarian, and deeply entwined with fertility. But in recent ...
When Health Records Become Hostage: The Rise of Espionage in Healthcare Data Breaches
In an era where health data has become as valuable as financial records—and in some cases, even more exploitable—the latest ...
Restructuring Health: The Quiet Dismantling of America’s Public Health Workforce
In an announcement met with both bureaucratic precision and public confusion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
Contagion by Choice: The Measles Outbreak Testing Public Health and Policy in the American Southwest
In early March 2025, a case of measles in a Dallas-area elementary school seemed like a statistical anomaly—a rare but ...
The Midlife Market: How Menopause Care Finally Went Mainstream
In the quiet margins of healthcare, menopause has long stood as a gaping omission. A ubiquitous biological transition that affects ...
Rethinking the Gut Health Craze: The Science Behind Microbiome Research and Probiotic Skepticism
In recent years, the gut microbiome has emerged as a glamorous frontier in health and wellness, touted as a panacea ...
Medicare’s Bold Step: The First 10 Drug Price Negotiations and Their Ripple Effects
In a historic policy shift, Medicare has begun direct negotiations on the prices of 10 widely used prescription drugs, marking ...
The Rising Tide of Healthcare Worker Strikes: A Reflection of Economic and Political Tensions
In recent months, a surge in healthcare worker strikes has emerged across the United States, highlighting deep-seated economic and political ...
Donanemab’s FDA Panel Approval: A Breakthrough Moment for Alzheimer’s—and a Cautionary Tale for Biotech
In a highly anticipated decision, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted overwhelmingly to support ...
NIH Long COVID Findings: Progress, Frustration, and the Unfinished Puzzle of Post-Viral Illness
Nearly four years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Long COVID remains one of its most haunting legacies—a shadow epidemic affecting millions ...
Second Opinion, First Defendant: How AI Is Redrawing the Legal Map in Radiology
Who gets sued when the algorithm is wrong? That question, once theoretical, is now central to a field undergoing radical ...
RSV Vaccines for the Youngest and the Oldest: A Public Health Milestone—and a Public Trust Test
After decades of research and anticipation, the medical community is celebrating a significant breakthrough: the arrival of respiratory syncytial virus ...
Ambient Artificial Intelligence Clinical Documentation: Workflow Support with Emerging Governance Risk
Health systems are increasingly deploying ambient artificial intelligence tools that listen to clinical encounters and automatically generate draft visit notes. These systems are intended to reduce documentation burden and allow clinicians to focus more directly on patient interaction. At the same time, they raise unresolved questions about patient consent, data handling, factual accuracy, and legal responsibility for machine‑generated records. Recent policy discussions and legal actions suggest that adoption is moving faster than formal oversight frameworks. The practical clinical question is...
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