Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Health

North Carolina Braces For Medicaid Cuts Because of Trump’s Bill

President Trump’s domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county’s hospital — and health coverage for hundreds of thousands of state residents. Source link

Anne Merriman, ‘Mother of Palliative Care’ in Uganda, Dies at 90

A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain relief to poor, terminally ill patients. Source link

Anna Ornstein, Psychoanalyst Who Survived the Holocaust, Dies at 98

Despite the unspeakable horror of her youth, she embraced a school of psychotherapy that stresses empathy and the belief that everyone can change for the better. Source link

Drugmakers Notch a $5 Billion Win in Republicans’ Policy Bill

More medicines will be spared from Medicare price negotiations, a change that is projected to wipe out billions in savings for the federal government. Source link

291 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. Source link

Lucian Leape, Whose Work Spurred Patient Safety in Medicine, Dies at 94

Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to reduce errors, paving the way for a global standard. Thousands of lives have been saved. Source link

A Common Assumption About Aging May Be Wrong, Study Suggests

Experts have long pointed to inflammation as a natural part of getting older. But a new paper suggests it might be more a product of our environment. Source link

The Evolution of Trump’s Views on Foreign Aid

The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered political life. Source link

Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.

Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed. Source link

John Robbins, Author of ‘Diet for a New America,’ Dies at 77

He walked away from his family’s hugely successful ice cream business to crusade for a plant-based diet and against cruelty to animals. Source link
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