Proven childhood obesity treatment also works at pediatrician’s office - The Source - WashU source.washu.edu/2026/07/prov...

Proven childhood obesity treatment also works at pediatrician’s office

A clinical trial co-led by WashU Medicine researchers found that adding family-based behavioral treatment to specialized pediatric care helped nearly half of children with obesity reach a healthier we...

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Interesting article in JAMA especially when finding a provider can be challenging. Self-directed CBT for chronic pain with asynchronous, personalized feedback produced superior but small improvements in pain interference www.cancercommunicator.com/JAMA_CBT

Self-Directed vs Clinician-Delivered CBT for Chronic Pain

This randomized trial investigates whether a self-directed cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain (CBT-CP) program that provides personal feedback reduces chronic pain more effectively than CBT...

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OMB's proposed grantmaking rule will destabilize biomedical research, experts warn thehill.com/policy/healt...

OMB’s proposed grantmaking rule will destabilize biomedical research, experts warn

A proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget to revise the federal grantmaking process is drawing widespread opposition from across multiple industries. Members of the medical research …

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I would recommend an easier allowance for seniors to one time be able to switch back to traditional medicare. Many patients dont qualify to switch back and are left with a MA plan that does not meet their needs. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

Help for Medicare Advantage Patients Who Lose Doctors Is Shelved, for Now (Gift Article)

Nationwide, hospitals and other providers are leaving private Medicare Advantage plans, putting thousands of seniors at risk of higher costs and of losing trusted doctors.

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Gift article. "The companies denied about 13 percent of patients’ requests to go to a skilled nursing facility to continue their recovery from surgery or a serious illness, according to the first report." Most of them subsequently overturned on appeal. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/b...

Private Medicare Plans Often Deny Access to Rehab Care, Analysis Shows

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This did not get nearly the amount of attention it deserved."The decision means that millions of Americans 65 and older could face higher Medicare drug premiums next year, when the cost of living is already a major concern." Gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums (Gift Article)

Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.

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Stability is paramount to care for elderly Americans. Medicare Advantage plans without guardrails do not provide that. Patient wellbeing is not the goal of for-profit insurers.https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/humana-2027-medicare-advantage-plan-exits-q2-2026/826441/

Last year, National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers were worried about losing their status. Now, leaders at these centers say the situation is more stable -- but the funding is coming through much more slowly. https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/122374

NIH Funding Flows Slowly to Cancer Centers

'You get nervous as you're getting into negative balances,' one center director says

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With the benefits of AI tools come fresh patient-safety risks — and questions about who is responsible when things go wrong go.nature.com/3Rv5WoB

When physicians and AI work together, who is accountable? How to lay out medical liability

A staging system based on how big a role AI has in patient care can help to identify who is responsible in cases in which care fails.

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Growing awareness of a painful endocrine disorder now named PMOS is good news for women of color, who have high prevalence and low diagnosis. www.statnews.com/2026/07/28/p...

After PCOS became PMOS, there's hope for new awareness among Black and Latina women

Growing awareness of a painful endocrine disorder now named PMOS is good news for women of color, who have high prevalence and low diagnosis.

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The first volunteer was vaccinated against Ebola only 68 days after the WHO declared the current outbreak a public health emergency of international concern We spoke to the study's lead scientists about how they were able to move so fast go.nature.com/4x7jMN0

Inside the high-stakes race to develop an Ebola vaccine for an escalating outbreak

The University of Oxford has already vaccinated its first clinical-trial participant. The study’s lead scientist Teresa Lambe tells Nature how they were able to move so fast.

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NYSNA has also voiced concerns with Datavant’s reported ties to Palantir ..The Datavant-powered National COVID Cohort Collaborative Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage runs off a Palantir scientific computing platform, Palantir Foundry,

AI is replacing nurses in NY. I fear the same fate for KY. | opinion

Replacing human nurses with AI is absurd, but it's happening in New York, with technology provided by a company with significant penetration in KY.

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Does this make anyone else nervous?

Many U.S. people don’t realize their child(ren)’s insurance is CHIP, especially when it goes by a different name in their state or territory. ME/CFS San Diego created a list to help: 🔗 www.reddit.com/r/mecfsSD/co...

Among participants 4 to 66 years of age with acquired hypothalamic obesity, setmelanotide, a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist, led to significantly greater reductions in body-mass index and hunger than placebo at 52 weeks. Read the full TRANSCEND trial results: https://nej.md/3Rm9E3L

"the American Astronomical Society said the endeavor cannot be considered to serve the public interest and would waste taxpayer $ by wrecking the work of federally funded astronomical facilities even as it brought untold risks to people and wildlife" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry (Gift Article)

A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.

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Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’

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🎙️ Dr. Megan Kruse of @clevelandclinic.bsky.social and ️@hoperugo.bsky.social of @cityofhope.bsky.social share key takeaways on OPTIMA and other major #ASCO26 breast cancer studies on the latest episode of the #ASCODailyNews Podcast: https://bit.ly/4apPEUm

"The [AI] tool checks every application’s title, abstract and other summary sections for terms including ‘racism’, ‘fossil fuel’, ‘queer’ and ‘sexual minorit’" after passing 2 rounds of peer review, and after programme officials and the relevant institute director have agree #medsky #NIH

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · last mo.

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

Yesterday, the @fda.gov approved the antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan for first-line treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. This action is based on results from the ASCENT-03 & -04 global clinical trials, which @stolaney1.bsky.social helped to lead. ➡️ bit.ly/4uZoDP0

Catch up on key data from #EHA2026 highlighting advances in thrombotic and bleeding risk stratification, including validation of thrombotic risk models, machine learning–based bleeding prediction tools, and comparative anticoagulation outcomes in hematologic populations https://ow.ly/ThjF50Zfk2R

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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Yeah, fuck this. Our public money is essentially being diverted from science to supporting the stock prices of ruling party donors.

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Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

"Less support for scientists means strange questions no one will get to chase. Exploring those questions is how medicine advances." #medsky

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2mo ago

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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

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Great read if you have the time today #Cansky. We are getting better and better at treating cancer, and detecting it. However, we are a long ways away from realizing the emotional burden of a diagnosis. www.npr.org/2026/06/09/n...

More Americans survive cancer. But the psychological impacts can persist for years

Due to advancements in treatment and screening, more Americans are surviving cancer. But many are left with lingering mental health challenges like anxiety and depression.

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Talquetamab–daratumumab, with or without pomalidomide, led to longer progression-free survival than daratumumab-based standard care in relapsed or refractory myeloma. More than 75% of patients had grade 3 or higher adverse events. Full MonumenTAL-3 trial results: https://nej.md/4ojBcCL #EHA2026

A drug called apitegromab may help to preserve lean body mass during weight loss with tirzepatide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, according to a phase 2 clinical trial published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4odetIC #medsky 🧪

OB-GYN group makes vaccine recommendations for first time, breaking with CDC - The Associated Press 6/10/2026 apple.news/Ax56B-NYZSrS... #vaccines #publichealth #Medsky #Momsky

OB-GYN group makes vaccine recommendations for the first time — The Associated Press

A prominent OB-GYN group announced a set of vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differs from what the U.S. government advises.

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"The shortage began earlier in 2026 after a major manufacturer stopped shipments to correct an issue. Limited alternatives have not fully met clinical demand" the shortage is expect to last through Q4 2026. #medsky www.acr.org/News-and-Pub...