Oliver Sacks was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.archive~healtholiver sackslong read> “I have some hard ‘confessing’ to do—if not in public, at least to… morewww.newyorker.com Dec 8, 2025Tildes
New hearing aid company, Fortell, brings in Steve Martin and othersarchive~ai~healthauthor.steven levysteve martinfortelldevices.medicalhearing aidslong read> Among the age-related-hearing-loss set, getting into the Fortell beta test… morewww.wired.com Dec 5, 2025Tildes
US Food and Drug Administration official threatens crackdown on vaccine approvals~healthusafdamedicinevaccines> Prasad's emailed memo, a copy of which was reviewed by Axios, said no fewer… morewww.axios.com Nov 29, 2025Tildes
Microrobots deliver drugs to specific locations within the body~health~researchblood vesselsdrugsmedicinerobots.micro> The microrobot the researchers use comprises a proprietary spherical capsule… moreethz.ch Nov 18, 2025Tildes
Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease~health~news.science~research~sciencelupusepstein barr virusmedicinevaccinesvirology> A common childhood virus appears to be the trigger for the autoimmune disease… morewww.theguardian.com Nov 16, 2025Tildes
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be~health.public~historyusatuberculosislong read> [R]efrigerators are not only appliances: they are also a key component in the… morewww.thenewatlantis.com Nov 12, 2025Tildes
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year~gov.national~health~research.studiesusapepfarusaidaidshivmalariadeathsforeign aidfundingstatistics> We conclude that aid programs financed by American taxpayers saved… moreourworldindata.org Nov 4, 2025Tildes
Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit?~health~opinionuklong readriskssmokingstatisticsvaping> While we can’t say that vaping carries zero risk, the evidence clearly… moreourworldindata.org Nov 4, 2025Tildes
OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week~ai~health.mentalopenaichatgpt> OpenAI has released a rough estimate of how many ChatGPT users globally may… morewww.wired.com Oct 29, 2025Tildes
Updated 2025 fall vaccine guide~healthusaauthor.katelyn jetelinamedicinevaccinesyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com Oct 11, 2025Tildes
If AI can diagnose patients, what are doctors for?archive~ai.llms~healthdiagnosticslong readmedicine> Talking to CaBot was both empowering and unnerving. I felt as though I could… morewww.newyorker.com Oct 10, 2025Tildes
Medicine’s AI knowledge war heats up~ai~healthauthor.robert wachterepicopenevidencemedicine> Before the mid-1990s, everybody had their favorite textbook – every doctor… morerobertwachter.substack.com Oct 1, 2025Tildes
Study: Giving cash to mothers in Kenya cut infant deaths by 48%~health~research.studieskenyagivedirectlycharitiesdeathsmoney> The study, led by researchers at UC Berkeley and Oxford, tracked over 100,000… morewww.givedirectly.org Aug 18, 2025Tildes
The man who ran a carnival attraction that saved thousands of premature babies wasn’t a doctor at all~health~historyusa.nymartin a couneyincubatorswww.smithsonianmag.com Aug 5, 2025Tildes
Medical leave reflections plus empathy sphere essay~health~societyauthor.ada palmerdisabilitiesessayslong readmedicine> I vividly remember the first story like that I ever met, it was a James… morewww.exurbe.com Oct 9, 2021Tildes