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GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these…

2 months ago

Why Sophisticated Investors Really Care about Health in Africa

At the end of last year, I was lucky enough to get an insight into the thinking of a lawyer…

2 months ago

GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these…

3 months ago

Stopping Middle-Age Spread

[Reprinted with permission from NIH News in Health]  If you’re an adult in the U.S., you can expect to gain…

3 months ago

Every Healthcare Professional Must Listen To This Conversation

has been happening for hundreds of years. Systemic racism has been present ever since the founding of our nation, and…

3 months ago

‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees

[By Claudia Boyd-Barrett. Illustration by Oona Zenda. Reprinted with permission from KFF Health News.] Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble…

3 months ago

Biotech Showcase at 18: The Other Center of Gravity

Every January, San Francisco becomes a temporary capital of global health innovation. The pilgrimage is familiar. Leaders from biotechnology, pharmaceuticals,…

3 months ago

AI in 2026 – Boom, Bust or Backlash in Healthcare?

It was the fall of 2022 when large language models and Generative AI burst out of research labs and onto…

4 months ago

From Bread to Barriers: When Health-Care Access Becomes the Crime

Les Misérables was never truly about bread. Bread was the spark, hunger the condition, and desperation the predictable outcome of…

4 months ago

Promise, Progress and Perspective: Key Takeaways from SABCS 2025

The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) is one of the largest gatherings where researchers, patients, and drug developers come…

4 months ago

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