Thursday, May 14, 2026

Health

He Regulated Medical Devices. She Represented Their Makers.

Ethics rules barred Dr. Jeffrey E. Shuren from working on matters involving clients of his wife’s law firm. But he did not always step aside. Source link

A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage

For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes. Source link

Leonard Hayflick, Who Discovered Why No One Lives Forever, Dies at 96

A biomedical researcher, he found that normal cells can divide only a certain number of times before they age — which, he said, explained aging on a cellular level. Source link

The Painkiller Used for Just About Anything

In huge numbers, older people are taking gabapentin for a variety of conditions, including itching, alcohol dependence and sciatica. “It’s crazy,” one expert said. Source link

How to Help With a Panic Attack

This week a meteorologist stepped away from a live broadcast when he noticed familiar feelings of panic start to arise. We can all learn from how he and his colleagues handled it. Source link

A.L.S. Stole His Voice. A.I. Retrieved It.

In an experiment that surpassed expectations, implants in a patient’s brain were able to recognize words he tried to speak, and A.I. helped produce sounds that came close to matching his true voice. Source link

Biden Awards $150 Million in Research Grants as Part of Cancer ‘Moonshot’

President Biden has had a deep personal interest in cancer research since his son Beau died of an aggressive brain cancer in 2015. Source link

When ‘Abortion’ Wasn’t a Dirty Word

The medical term once encompassed any form of pregnancy loss, including miscarriage. Source link

Howie Cohen, Whose Alka-Seltzer Ads Spawned Catchphrases, Dies at 81

A copywriter, he and a partner in 1972 came up with “Try it, you’ll like it” and “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing.” Soon, sales were, well, fizzing. Source link

What Killed Harmony Ball-Stribling?

One woman’s death reveals the myriad ways in which social and economic factors endanger pregnant women in the United States. Source link
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