Healthcare's Consumer Shift: Inevitable Correction, Not Disruption
The consumerization of healthcare feels less like disruption and more like a correction. Every other industry moved toward convenience, transparency, and user control decades ago. Healthcare was always going to follow. #health #healthcare https://t.co/44LrXpyrx3
Lymph-Node CD8+ T Cells Amplify PD-1 Blockade in GI Cancer
PD-1 antibody-bound progenitor-exhausted CD8+ T cells in lymph nodes boost PD-1-blockade anti-tumor immunity in gastrointestinal cancer https://t.co/VKoxzy6oUq https://t.co/cQG2sLWtL2
When Clinicians Prioritize Profit over Ethics, Patients Suffer
A clinician who puts money above integrity isn't just unethical, they're one of the greatest threats to their patient/client's wellbeing.
Long Covid Will Drain OECD Economies $135 Billion Annually
Long Covid predicted to cost OECD economies $135 billion a year https://t.co/4KeKqtPpWP via @ashleighfurlong https://t.co/LDMSBeZh3Y
NRH Prevents Age‑related Hearing Loss via Sirt3‑mediated Ferroptosis Suppression
NRH attenuates age-related hearing loss by suppressing cochlear ferroptosis and cellular senescence via Sirt3 activation https://t.co/MOqQblWYNM https://t.co/uhSMXRIxDK
AI Eye Scans Reveal Heart Risk, Yet Care Pathway Lags
My eye doctor gave me a cardiovascular risk score from my retinal scan. New data from ACC.26: an AI system analyzing routine eye exam images identified elevated heart disease risk with 91% sensitivity. Matched the standard cardiologist risk calculator. One in...
Controversial Drugs Once Feared, Now Offer Hope
A decade ago, these drugs tore apart the FDA. Today, they might be some patients’ best hope Another wonderful piece from @Jasonmmast https://t.co/zOvLrdAPKi via @statnews
Exercise 60‑75 Min Daily Offsets Long Sitting Risk
Sitting a lot isn’t equally harmful for everyone. In this meta-analysis of >1 million adults, people who sat >8 h/day had no increased mortality risk if they also did about 60–75 min/day of moderate physical activity. (35.5 MET h/week). People doing...
Know the FDA Process: Key to Biotech Investing
Investors should understand the #FDA regulatory process well. Here is a quick summary At each step investors should ask themselves if the company is developing things in a way that will satisfy the FDA Until a drug is approved the FDA is...
NSAIDs: How Pain Relievers Affect Athletic Performance
What are NSAIDs? https://t.co/GPV7DlHNyD People often take NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen, to manage pain. In this blog, we explore the mechanisms of action of NSAIDs. We also explore how the mechanism may have important implications for athletes. https://t.co/5QGp4HCMTp
GSK's Depemokimab Gains Chinese Approval for Nasal Polyps
#GSK Exdensur (depemokimab) approved in China for treating Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps, following the ANCHOR trials.
Compassionate Workplaces Are Key to Curing Medical Burnout
Why loving organizations are the secret to ending burnout in medicine [PODCAST] http://dlvr.it/TRwgsy Podcast #HospitalBasedMedicine
Startup Pitches Brainless Human Clones for Organ Harvesting
Big news about a startup called R3 Bio that plans to create brainless human clones for the sole purpose of harvesting organs when people need them. They are just pitching the idea to investors now, but it is pretty wild (if...
Lithium Reverses ApoE4 Cellular Deficits, Merits AD Trials
https://t.co/r6JzHA1RxM with ApoE4/E4 from a sporadic Alzheimer's disease patient "Given the drug's demonstrated efficacy in reversing ApoE4-driven cellular vulnerabilities, lithium salt warrants further investigation for the treatment of AD." https://t.co/r6JzHA1RxM https://t.co/v2lE0XhN7n
HHS Allegedly Fuels Wellness Influencer Pseudoscience Against Vaccines
ANS self evident, Dept HHS had built a pseudoscience parallel universe for the highly corrupt wellness influencer industry. Attacks on vaccines to prop up fake supplements, ivermectin just the beginning, the peptides are next level, but there’s more coming as...
Targeting Liver ApoE Boosts Bone Healing in the Elderly
Neutralizing hepatic apolipoprotein E enhances aged bone fracture healing "Our work here identifies novel liver-to-bone cross-talk and a noninvasive, translatable therapeutic intervention for aged bone regeneration" https://t.co/KSzvkKOzZt https://t.co/1p0cXQlalT
ACL Tears Can Heal Naturally Without Surgery
The ACL CAN heal on its own. Without surgery. 53% of ACL ruptures managed with rehabilitation alone showed complete healing on MRI at 2 years. Patients who healed reported better sport function and quality of life than the non-healed group and better than...
Α‑Eleostearic Acid Acts as Senolytic via Ferroptosis
α-eleostearic acid as a senolytic via ferroptosis. Found in high concentrations in Tung oil (which is toxic) and in small amounts in Bitter Melon oil. https://t.co/FSCix3OZtD
Turmeric‑Ginger Coating Doubles Bone Bonding, Cuts Bacteria, Cancer Cells
Turmeric and ginger extract applied to titanium implants can double bone bonding in six weeks, eliminate 92% of surface bacteria, and sharply reduce cancer-causing cells, offering a promising advance for joint replacement and bone cancer patients. biomaterials
Hair‑Loss Pill Redefines Masculinity and Aging
The Hair-Loss Drug Rewriting the Rules of Masculinity A pill to cure baldness is changing the way men age — and how they see themselves. https://t.co/4OiLpmOwGR https://t.co/YQLBx61gVT
Misdiagnosed PCOS Can Worsen Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Eight doctors told me I had PCOS. I had hypothalamic amenorrhea. The symptoms overlap but the treatment is opposite. PCOS is often treated with carb restriction and blood sugar regulation (often metformin). HA is treated by eating more and...
Shingles Vaccine Beats Geroscience in Reducing Dementia
a different take: the shingles vaccine lowers dementia and all cause mortality and it’s targeted to a specific virus, not the process of aging so far the data say the score is shingles vaccine 1, geroscience hypothesis 0 and I could say the...
Weight‑loss Drugs Boost Life by Aiding Sick, Not Slowing Aging
Weight loss drugs may increase human longevity but that's because they reduce the mortality of folks at the lower end of the lifespan distribution (i.e., unhealthy individuals), not because they delay the aging process. That's still valuable, but if this is...
New Cytotoxic Targets Unveiled at AACR26
Time to head off the beaten track at #AACR26 with our latest preview exploring novel targets and cytotoxics. The long climb up the hill may be worth it for some of them: https://t.co/l9tkdWvpuF https://t.co/M5B3RTW1wf
Jefferson Health Sues Aetna over Downcoding, Avoids Class Action
Jefferson Health sues Aetna over ‘downcoding’ policy I’m surprised they couldn’t make this a class action lawsuit https://t.co/tZgfdFxRJE
Blueprint for Integrating Psilocybin Into NHS Mental Health Care
British Journal of Psychiatry Psychedelics in NHS services: exploring a model for real-world implementation of psilocybin https://t.co/6sgfqg66rt
CEOs' Blindness to Healthcare Costs Fuels Overcharges
Almost right. It’s more expensive because CEOs of self insured companies, hire the biggest insurance companies to manage their spend on care. Resulting in them having no idea how they spend their money. Look up those same prices...
First Human Trial Tests Cellular Age Reversal Therapy
This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialling back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs. 💡"Technologies to refresh ageing tissue...
US Obesity Rates Dip in 2023, Drug Impact Suspected
BMI and obesity prevalence in the US decreased in 2023 for the first time in more than a decade. What s the reason? Are people 'exercising more and eating less' or are GLP-1 agonists starting to have an effect? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2827712 @GatlanHealth
Outdated Hospital Systems Invite Ransomware, Endanger Patient Care
I was just listening to an interview on the radio with a person who worked at a hospital. 1. Your cyber insurance makes you a target. They know how much you can pay. 2. Don’t use your backups until you...
DTC Affiliate Marketing Shifts to GLP‑1s Amid Pharma Proxy War
Look, I'd be lying if I said this was the first (or second or fiftieth) MEDVi article. But this is about more than MEDVi or even all the spam, grey zone marketing, and Succession-level drama of business partners acquired by...
Winning Peer-to-Peer Calls Requires Speaking the Payer’s Language
Physicians are not losing many peer-to-peer calls because they are clinically wrong. They are losing because they are arguing care in a process that is judging criteria. That is the most important insight in this KevinMD article. On one side of the call...
Gilead's $3.1B Deal Expands ADC Portfolio
Gilead continues M&A surge with $3.1B deal for ADC specialist Tubulis https://t.co/xEMXvDq2LL by @gwendolynawu $GILD #biotech
Silent Cancers Demand Regular Screenings and Body Awareness
You don’t always feel cancer in the early stages. Some cancers stay silent until they’re advanced... Your real obligation: pay attention to persistent changes in your body and keep up with proven screenings like mammograms, Pap tests, and colonoscopies.
Integrations Only When Customers Demand, Not Startup Pitch
Recently more than one person called my Health Tech startup @SeamlessMD the “incumbent”. While we’ve been around 13+ years, it feels strange to call ourselves that - probably because we view the EHR as the incumbent. That said, there are...
Accelerating Early-Onset Cancer Cause Research for Prevention
Accelerating discovery of cancer causes for prevention in the era of rising early-onset cancers 🌟This roadmap aims to stimulate advances to accelerate cancer etiology research and prevention in the era of rising early-onset cancers. https://t.co/d0z6EHDpTh https://t.co/H6I76e4tFB
Shift Focus: Prioritize Cancer Prevention Over Detection
We should be prioritizing prevention of cancer instead of the major focus on detection and treatment. A new @CellCellPress perspective https://t.co/Gkso3gGPOI
Peptide Vials Contaminated, Underdosed, and Unsafe
Besides the lack of data for safety or efficacy on peptides, or any assurance of sterility, here's what an independent lab found of samples: —The vial of BPC-157 contained lead —The vial of TB-500 contained endotoxins —The vial of CJC-1295 contained <42% of...
How U.S. Healthcare Costs Soar Without Better Outcomes
The multitude of ways that jack up American healthcare costs (without improving outcomes) @armollica @WSJGraphics @annawmathews gift link https://t.co/FjseZsYQiT https://t.co/QcAmpv2L5r
Virtual Twins Guide Nearly 2,000 Surgeries and Growing
Nearly 2,000 procedures have been guided by virtual-twin modeling, where a dynamic digital replica is used for practice surgery, and it keeps getting better. https://spectrum.ieee.org/living-heart-project-virtual-twins
AI Docs Integrated Into EHR Let Doctors Focus on Care
No one becomes a doctor to click boxes on a drop-down menu. By bringing AI-powered documentation directly into Southwest General Health Center’s EHR, we’re turning conversations into structured notes and helping clinicians focus on patient care. https://t.co/1hep681ixQ
Safer Together Plan Prioritizes Nurses' Physical and Mental Health
The Safer Together National Action Plan includes protecting #nurses + healthcare workers physically + mentally, it may hold it all together. 🎧 Episode 132: Safer Together | The #Nurse Well‑Being Imperative Apple: https://t.co/6yY7RbqjRc Spotify: https://t.co/j3wvzMNTbL @ANANursingWorld @TheIHI
Oxytocin Reverses Isolation‑induced Neuropsychiatric Deficits via Brain, Immune, Microbiome
Oxytocin attenuates isolation-evoked emotional and social behavioral dysregulation through neural, immune, and microbiota mechanisms "Our study confirms the therapeutic effects of OXT in reversing isolation-induced neuropsychiatric disorders and elucidates its potential regulatory mechanisms, offering important implications for clinical interventions." https://t.co/hXkWRD1gMV
SNY's Atopic Dermatitis Candidate Fails; NKTR Rem
$SNY next-gen atopic dermatitis drug failed in P2b. Missed primary endpoint. MOA was IL13xTSLP. Now what have they got to follow up dupi if (when?) they discontinue amlitelimab? $NKTR 👀 🤷🏻♂️ Remains the only new MoA...
Trump's 100% Pharma Tariffs Threaten U.S. Drug Prices
Spent last year deep in supply chain security for my book—pharma near the top of the list for policymakers globally. Excited to dig into Trump's latest tariff announcement with @TomBollyky, one of the leading voices on trade, security, and public...
CEO Kazimi Explores Computation, Chemistry, Culture in Drug Discovery
Computation, Chemistry & Culture for Drug Discovery: Nimbus Therapeutics CEO Abbas Kazimi is the latest guest on The Long Run. Sponsored by @AlphaSenseInc and Dash Bio. https://t.co/XCysW6El1o
Higher Protein Intake Reverses Sarcopenia in Elderly Women
As a medical school professor, the protein recommendation I was taught -- 0.8 g/kg body weight -- is actively harming older adults. New data proves it. A 2025 Frontiers in Nutrition trial randomized 126 elderly women with sarcopenia into two groups...
X7 Humanoid Robot Streamlines Hospital Medication Dispensing
Meet X7: The Humanoid #Robot Helping Dispense Medicines in Hospitals by @CyberRobooo #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #AI #ML https://t.co/XwQfzq5NNf
Exercise Cuts Visceral Fat, Boosts Insulin Sensitivity in NIDDM
Mobilization of Visceral Adipose Tissue Related to the Improvement in Insulin Sensitivity in Response to Physical Training in NIDDM: Effects of branched-chain amino acid supplements 🔘"Patients who exercised increased their VO2 peak by 41% and their insulin sensitivity by 46%... 🔘with a...
Sarcopenia Doubles Death and Disability Risk in Seniors
As a medical school professor, I can tell you the most dangerous disease you have never heard of is sarcopenia -- and a massive new meta-analysis just proved it. A 2026 Frontiers in Nutrition review of thousands of community-dwelling older adults...