Medical Progress Thread

Isotope search

MRNA

ADHD on the runway
https://www.reddit.com/r/adhdmeme/comments/tqqzs3/the_adhd_walk

Distraction and habits

The brain
thedebrief.org

Brain Imaging Reveals How Psychedelics Blend Memory With Perception

In a recent study published in Communications Biology, researchers from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Germany used high-resolution brain imaging to show that psychedelics may redirect visual processing toward memory-related regions.
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A strange claim

Peace and long life

Frailty

Death front

Watch that weed

TB

HIV

Cancer drugs

Pharma findings

Kindness
View: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/a13e8JChbQE


Wild
"Some people think 'Water Breathing' belongs to fantasy," the team notes. "But what we're seeing is designable physical chemistry: by tuning a protein's surface, AI can make water form a more ordered hydration layer that measurably strengthens stability under extreme conditions."
thedebrief.org

Tiny Robots Built From DNA Could Hunt Viruses and Deliver Drugs Inside the Human Body

A recent review published in the journal SmartBot says these DNA nanorobots could one day be capable of delivering drugs to specific locations in the body, capturing viruses like SARS-CoV-2, and even helping build tiny computing devices.
thedebrief.org thedebrief.org
www.theguardian.com

Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

Tim Friede put his ‘ass on the line’ to help stop snakebite deaths – whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
studyfinds.com

Scientists Finally Agree On What Psychedelics Do To The Brain

A massive brain-imaging study finds five different psychedelics all trigger the same surprising shift in how the brain communicates.
studyfinds.com studyfinds.com

Cell

Picture yourself...

New parasites
www.livescience.com

Never-before-seen parasite is resistant to ivermectin

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly more resistant to treatment.
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com
www.livescience.com

Diagnostic dilemma: A parasite never before seen in humans was behind a woman's lung infection, organ damage and forgetfulness

A woman developed a persistent infection, and doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause for many months.
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com

Other medical related stories

Poverty kills

Space medicine
www.livescience.com

'The brain consistently moved upward and backward': Astronauts' brains physically shift in their heads during spaceflight

A new study analyzed brain MRI scans from 26 astronauts and found that the longer someone lived in space, the more their brain shifted in their skull.
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Dude your obviously on GLP's and hence the basis though the thread.

You think there are zero repercussions either of the above?

Lipitor, common side effects include muscle pain, joint pain, diarrhea, and nausea, with rare, serious risks of liver damage or severe muscle breakdown.
Prozac, (fluoxetine) downsides commonly include early-treatment agitation, insomnia, nausea, and sexual dysfunction (low libido, delayed orgasm). Other common side effects are dry mouth, headache, diarrhea, and sweating. While usually mild, it can sometimes cause severe issues like increased bleeding risk,, or, in rare cases, suicidal thoughts or mania.

GLP have massive side effects, and the bigger issue is the fools that buy it online because they cannot get it anywhere. They don't even know what they are injecting themselves with, an injection that can lower weight is the holy grail...............people are taking it like pez after a big weekend of eating.

You even seen any fake Prozac of Lipitor? Nope because they are widely available.

Regards,
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FWIW I started taking Wegovy a week ago and have not noticed any side effects
 
I can understand why a diabetic would resort to these drugs. Others...
 
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I can understand why a diabetic would resort to these drugs. Others...
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Obesity is a serious issue in the West which comes with high health costs so getting obesity rates down saves a LOT of money.
 
Diabetes preventive

CellScope

What is cancer?

Other stories

Laser that cuts deeper

For allergies

Remember Vets

Action figures
 
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Microscope for living cells

Restoring sight

Genetic alterations suspect

Eesh

A fix?

The flu

Why one nostril is blocked at a time

Dependency

Epilepsy cure?

PTSD

For pharma

Space medicine

Music heals

Other stories

learning

Opening the spigots
The study, "The effect of political connections on COVID-19 stimulus," was published in the journal of Accounting, Organizations and Society. It looked at more than 1,000 corporations' donations to political action committees, or PACs, and lobbyists from 2017 to 2020, and the dollar amount of COVID-19 stimulus checks those corporations received...

How the body feels force
a new study from Scripps Research helps fill that gap. The findings, published in Nature on March 4, 2026, clarify how PIEZO2 detects specific types of force and explain why evolution may have selected it as the body's primary sensor for light touch. This work may guide future exploration into sensory disorders linked to PIEZO2 mutations.

Asian flush

Treatment

Meditations and more
www.psychologytoday.com

How to Use Sound Meditation for More Peace

Learn about sound meditation and how to start a sound meditation practice.
www.psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com
nautil.us

Your Biological Clock is More Complex Than You Think

Your Biological Clock is More Complex Than You Think: Prepare for Daylight Saving Time by taking a tour of your internal timekeeping machinery
nautil.us nautil.us
mindmatters.ai

Demons from the Id

A retired psychotherapist from Arizona who spent some 40 years working in hospitals and prisons with schizophrenic patients, was quite disturbed when his analysis of some patients pointed to the…
mindmatters.ai mindmatters.ai

Reading emotions
Researchers have developed a new way to recognize human emotions by combining fiber-based physiological signals with thermal images of the face. The portable emotional recognition system could eventually be used to support at-home mental health monitoring, improve driver safety and make technology more responsive to human emotions.

"Unlike many existing approaches, our method does not rely on facial expressions, which can be consciously controlled or exaggerated," said research team leader Rui Min from Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai (BNU Zhuhai) in China.

"Instead, it focuses on natural bodily responses that occur automatically. By combining multiple types of optical sensing and higher-level physiological interpretation, our system can more accurately capture emotion than those using a single type of input."

In the journal Biomedical Optics Express, the researchers describe the multimodal emotion recognition system, which achieved an accuracy of about 93% when identifying fear, happiness and relaxation in volunteers.

It detects small heartbeat- and breathing-related chest movements using a wearable polymer optical fiber cardiorespiratory sensor and combines this data with subtle changes in facial temperature captured using a thermal imaging camera.


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3D Atlas of the human body

Gene Atlas

Brain Atlas

Memory and motion

Green tea benefits and gut health

Vaxx maxxing

Wood treatment

Smoke and drink

Against cancer

On medications

Helping individuals to walk again

Organ growth

Multi-tasking fails

cyber health
hackaday.com

Blood Tests Could Provide Early Warning Of Alzheimers Disease

Alzheimer’s disease remains a frustratingly difficult condition to manage for the millions of patients affected worldwide and their families. The cause of the disease is still not properly un…
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Darklings

Tundra tongue
arstechnica.com

Don't lick that cold metal pole in winter—if you do, don't panic

Highest risk of part of tongue being torn off is with temps between -5° and -15° C (23° to 5 °F).
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com

Show your work

Suspended animation and the brain
www.dailymail.co.uk

Frozen brains REAWAKEN in astonishing medical breakthrough

Freezing complex tissue like the brain has long caused irreversible damage. New research restored function in frozen mouse brain tissue and bringing a futuristic possibility closer to reality.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
thedebrief.org

Groundbreaking Research May Reveal How Forgotten Memories Can Be "Reactivated" in the Brain

A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that the brain can reactivate stored memories even without conscious awareness.
thedebrief.org thedebrief.org

Violent, or cooperative?

COVID

Medtech

Lawsuits only help lawyers--this is a bad suggestion

Gene splicing
 
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I wonder if Big Pharma paid for this study

www.marijuanamoment.net

Legalizing Marijuana For Recreational Or Medical Use Leads To Reductions In Different Types Of Crime, Study Finds - Marijuana Moment

Legalizing marijuana for adult use is linked to gradual reductions in violent crime—while medical cannabis legalization is associated with lower rates of property crime—according to a new study. As more states move to enact legalization, researchers at Jack Welch College of Business and...
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Brain Atlas


COVID effects

Drug development

Just the thing for my supercalifragilisticexpialihalitosis:

Eating meat reduces dementia?
 
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Medical Tricorder on the way?

Another cell atlas

bites

Wound healing

Generic accordion

Fighting PTSD

Memory center

Drug test

Food safety
 
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Arjen said:
I can understand why a diabetic would resort to these drugs. Others...
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Preventing diabetes saves a hell of a lot of money. And lives.

This time last year I had an elevated A1C. Not diabetic yet, but pre-diabetic. Been on Wegovy for most of a year now. A1C is normal, and I'm losing roughly 1lb per week which is helping other problems.



publiusr said:
I wonder if Big Pharma paid for this study

www.marijuanamoment.net

Legalizing Marijuana For Recreational Or Medical Use Leads To Reductions In Different Types Of Crime, Study Finds - Marijuana Moment

Legalizing marijuana for adult use is linked to gradual reductions in violent crime—while medical cannabis legalization is associated with lower rates of property crime—according to a new study. As more states move to enact legalization, researchers at Jack Welch College of Business and...
www.marijuanamoment.net www.marijuanamoment.net
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They did not. You can't do FDA-sponsored studies on cannabis, because it's a schedule 1 controlled substance. No medical effects, high rate of abuse. Cocaine or Fentanyl? Schedule 2.
 
I think President Trump changed that:
www.theguardian.com

Trump signs order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous

Change will loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stops short of making marijuana legal
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

New enzyme atlas

For wounds

Methane eater and other stories

On COVID..vaxx...

Fake drugs
hackaday.com

IDing Counterfeit Drugs Might Be Easier Than You Think

Odds are, you’ve taken pills before; it’s a statistical certainty that some of you reading this took several this morning. Whenever you do, you’re at the mercy of the manufacturer…
hackaday.com hackaday.com

Sepsis

Meth Shark! The Sequel
www.vice.com

Sharks in the Bahamas Are Full of Cocaine, Caffeine, and Painkillers

The waters of the Bahamas are filled with enough traces of human pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs that it’s showing up in shark blood.
www.vice.com www.vice.com

Ugh
arstechnica.com

You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of

Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com

Play fetch blobby
www.newscientist.com

Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning

A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems
www.newscientist.com www.newscientist.com

Aging
www.sciencealert.com

Scientists Identified a Speech Trait That Foreshadows Cognitive Decline

Early signs of Alzheimer's disease may be hidden in the way a person speaks, but it's not yet clear which details of our diction are most critical for diagnosis.
www.sciencealert.com www.sciencealert.com

Myths

Space medicine
spacenews.com

An astronaut’s tiny stand-in: tissue chips in space health

An astronaut’s tiny stand-in: tissue chips in space health
spacenews.com spacenews.com

For locked in syndrome

Knowledge

To sleep,
 
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Medical Tricorder on the way?
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-compact-terahertz-imaging-real-invasive.html https://phys.org/news/2026-03-entanglement-quantum-scheme.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-ai-powered-imaging-tracks-wound.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-ai-tool-advanced-heart-failure.html
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Here's the wikipedia article on Tricorders:

A tricorder is a fictional handheld sensor that exists in the Star Trek universe. The tricorder is a multifunctional hand-held device that can perform environmental scans, data recording, and data analysis; hence the word "tricorder" to refer to the three functions of sensing, recording, and computing. In Star Trek stories the devices are issued by the fictional Starfleet organization.​

The original physical prop for the tricorder was designed by Wah Chang and appeared in "The Man Trap" in 1966, the first Star Trek episode to air.
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"Real" tricorders​

See also: Medical tricorder
Software exists to make hand-held devices simulate a tricorder. Examples include Jeff Jetton's Tricorder for the PalmPilot; the Web application for the Pocket PC, iPhone, and iPod Touch; and an Android version.[6]

Vital Technologies Corporation sold a portable device dubbed the "Official Star-Trek Tricorder Mark 1" (formally, the TR-107 Tricorder Mark 1) in 1996. Its features were an "Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Meter", "Two-Mode Weather Station" (thermometer and barometer), "Colorimeter" (no wavelength given), "Light meter", and "Stardate Clock and Timer" (a clock and timer). Spokespersons claimed the device was a "serious scientific instrument".[7] Vital Technologies marketed the TR-107 as a limited run of 10,000 units before going out of business, although far fewer than 10,000 were likely ever built. The company was permitted to call this device a "tricorder" because Gene Roddenberry's contract included a clause allowing any company able to create functioning technology to use the name.[citation needed]​

In February 2007, researchers from Purdue University publicly announced their portable (briefcase-sized) DESI-based mass spectrometer, the Mini-10,[8] which can be used to analyze compounds in ambient conditions without prior sample preparation. This was also announced as a "tricorder".[9]
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The medicine within

Fighting stress, not fighting with stress

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Together

Aging

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phys.org

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medicalxpress.com

Helpless

Unknown immune response

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phys.org

Cell health
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-high-pressure-boosts-cell-survival.html SUSPENDED ANIMATION

Metabolism

Taxing choice

Anthrax, like lead, has always been with us:

Redox

Leprosy

Cognitive disorder

Common drug for cancer

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other drugs

Graphene?

foodstuffs
www.livescience.com

Why does cannabis give people 'the munchies'?

A researcher explains how your body processes the THC from cannabis, resulting in "the munchies."
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com
www.livescience.com

A gut microbe linked to the Mediterranean diet boosts muscle strength in mice

Researchers are exploring the prospect of using gut bacteria to boost muscle strength, after zeroing in on a microbe that does this in mice
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com

Lungs

lazy

Heart treatment

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medicalxpress.com

Organ growth

Microplastics over estimated?
hackaday.com

Did We Overestimate The Potential Harm From Microplastics?

Over the past years there have appeared in the media increasingly more alarming reports about micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) and the harm that they are causing not only in the environment, but also…
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Safe plastics you have to watch

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medicalxpress.com

You are unique
www.livescience.com

Synesthesia isn't just in your mind. The body reacts as if the colors were real.

Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com

Stroke find

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Oxygen

Advances made in spite of markets

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Where here--

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Oh! The Pain!

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phys.org

Old news
thedebrief.org

A Mysterious Ancient Egyptian Text Reveals Evidence of Advanced Medicine 1000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought

An obscure ancient Egyptian text discovered in the 19th century led to discoveries that rewrote the timeline of early medical knowledge.
thedebrief.org thedebrief.org

Jack in

Disturbing

www.dailymail.co.uk

Over a million Americans warned to lock windows as toxic air spreads

Several major cities in the Southern US have been engulfed by hazardous air deemed too dangerous to breathe.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

On language
 
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Guidelines
www.sciencealert.com

US Cardiologists Have Just Published New Guidelines For Managing Cholesterol

Leading US cardiologists have published new guidelines for managing high cholesterol – vital advice for reducing the risk of heart problems and strokes.
www.sciencealert.com www.sciencealert.com

Oh, great
hackaday.com

Lab Gloves May Be Skewing Microplastics Data

The topic of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) has become increasingly prevalent over the past years, as amidst dismissal and panic, researchers attempt to distinguish just how much of a problem MNPs …
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Tylenol

Chronic pain

Candy

Tiny rotor

Bacteria like vaxx
hackaday.com

Bacteria Marching To The Beat Of A Tiny Drum

Traditionally, identifying a bacterium requires peering through a microscope. Researchers from TU Delft want to trade your eyes for your ears when identifying bacteria. This is possible because the…
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Emerging threats

No smoking

Diabetes

Alone time

Listening

Imagination

Brainy

Treatment options

Aging

Research

Spinal injury

Biology
nautil.us

The Science Behind Being One of a Kind

The Science Behind Being One of a Kind: Nature and nurture colliding
nautil.us nautil.us

bionics

Bite

A different way

Stem cells

DNA doodlings?

Scream and scream again

Medical cameras
 
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Hope for soldiers with PTSD

Feeling better

Forgiveness is not for the other person--it is for one's self (it is why blood guilt causes rancor, however well-meaning)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-year-people-stronger-mental-health.html
"If everybody who had unresolved hurts were to experience more forgiveness, the population-level benefits to health and well-being could be quite substantial," Cowden said.

Pain and choice

For children

The unexpected

COVID study paused

The human body

Vision

Time

CBD

Genetics

Bacteria

Radiation

Other finds

A molecular leash

Food

Water

Suicides

Take off your hat

Smell the roses

Flourish, now
spacedaily.com

Adults who lost their hobbies didn't just lose a pastime. They lost the only place where time disappeared and they felt like themselves.

Adults who abandon their hobbies don't just lose a pleasant distraction — they lose access to flow states, temporal landmarks, and the only space in their lives where they existed outside their obligations, with measurable consequences for identity and mental health.
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Welcome to your life...

Time to rest
 
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New spray to restore brain function?

Poor Mobius...who knew the Krell were huffers...

Mindful

The poverty diet works

Ew
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aGyoBk5LuYk


Pull
hackaday.com

Emergency Bolt-Action Launcher For EpiPens

Imagine you and your friend are enjoying a nice sunny day, and BAM — they start to have a severe allergic reaction to who knows what. You have an EpiPen, but your friend is on the other side …
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Against cancer

Lasers for bone growth

Scar

Size

I can see this making waves

Love potion no. 9

Heart valve replacement and circulation

Head trauma

Education

David Lynch was wrong--Kirk was right....we need our pain

One small step for a phage...one, giant leap for infection
 
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A very dangerous development

Shape-shifter

A new study led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia—BarcelonaTech (UPC) and the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Barcelona, presents a strategy for "programming" these shape changes by controlling how cells orient themselves within the tissue through chemical patterns.

The study is published in the journal Science.

Gene

Human history

Drugs
sciencex.com

These everyday foods are quietly changing what former smokers feel in their lungs

Consuming legumes and soy-based foods may help improve symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by reducing inflammation and irritation, according to a new study published in the March 2026 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.
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More stories:
www.livescience.com

Diagnostic dilemma: A woman heard voices telling her she had a brain tumor ‪—‬ and scans confirmed she did

In a strange medical case, a woman suddenly started hearing voices, and they directed her to seek care for a brain tumor.
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com
www.psychologytoday.com

Meditation ‘Works’ Faster Than Previously Thought

Meditation works on our brains sooner than previously thought. Micro-meditations can help to boost our attention and resilience in an increasingly distracted and uncertain world.
www.psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com

COVID flip

Gene switch

Brain chip

Stay sharp

learn and live

I call BS

My extra chromosomes won't let me do this---even though I am a blob:

doggo

Virus killing plastic:

My profession kills
 
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Coffee

Can I play the malpractice attorney?

Choose your own adventure....there are two victims from an officer-involved shooting: the perp' and the cop himself. There is only enough blood to save one.

Do you save the cop and risk the hospital burning down in a riot, or treat the crook and hope funding doesn't disappear once talk radio gets wind of it?

The correct answer is...C....you send lifeflight to treat the Senator's hangnail, and hide when the ambulances show up.

Next up...First Person Phlebotomist

Look out

How do you scan a croc--very carefully
sciencex.com

How do you CT scan a 400âpound crocodile? One surprising finding may change his care

At 61 years old, Bill had started showing changes to his healthâdecreased appetite, weight loss, and abdominal bloating. But his blood work was normal, leaving the cause of his symptoms unknown. The next step was clear: Bill should get a CT scan to check for any problems with his internal organs.
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Regrow

After I said good night...
 
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