Published on: 2025-06-04 08:30:56
Image by Getty / Futurism Studies Edible enjoyers, beware. In a new paper published in the journal JAMA Cardiology, researchers from the University of California at San Francisco found that ingesting cannabis-infused goodies can carry similar risks to your heart as smoking the stuff. For years now, heart experts have warned, based on a growing body of evidence, that smoking cannabis is quite bad for the old ticker — but this study appears to be the first that looked into whether edibles had s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 14:16:03
It's easy to believe that being healthy means buying superfoods, all organic produce, expensive supplements and pricey powders. After all, these are all over social media. But that's not true. In fact, you probably have a lot of healthy, nutrient-dense foods sitting in your refrigerator and pantry right now. As long as you eat a balanced diet filled with a variety of foods like fruits, veggies, grains and proteins, you're probably getting all the vitamins and minerals your body needs. That's wh
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 15:28:47
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday updated its immunization schedules for children and adults to partially reflect the abrupt changes announced by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week. In a 58-second video posted on social media on Tuesday, May 27, Kennedy said he was unilaterally revoking the CDC's recommendations that healthy children and pregnant people get COVID-19 vaccines. "I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 20:06:34
It came to light this week that a new government report from the "Make America Healthy Again" Commission led by Robert F Kennedy Jr. contained botched citations for scientific papers that didn't exist. This is almost certainly a sign that some form of generative AI was involved to draft a very consequential piece of medical agenda-setting, coming out of the US's top health agency, the Department of Health and Human Services. Now, some additional reporting suggests that the paper's flaws go even
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 05:26:35
In 2019, Apple launched the U.S.-exclusive Research app. It was designed to let its users enroll in health studies that would help shape new health-related features for its devices, as well as contribute to medical investigations with impact far beyond Apple’s ecosystem. Six years later, the app is still going strong. And if you live in the U.S. and would like to participate, here’s how to enroll. New features and real progress When Apple launched the Research app, it let users take part in t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 13:35:30
A new variant of covid-19, NB.1.8.1, is stirring up trouble. The variant, already linked to recent surges in parts of Asia, has now been spotted in the U.S. as well. The World Health Organization singled out the growing emergence of NB.1.8.1 in its latest status report on covid-19 Wednesday. Scientists have also recently detected NB.1.8.1 in California and other states. Though NB.1.8.1 isn’t dramatically different from existing variants, the WHO warns that covid-19 remains a high public health
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 18:58:16
The Innovation of the Year celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting startups, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will pitch live at VivaTech on June 11, and the winner will be revealed at the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony on June 12. The prize? A pit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 17:16:48
Once hailed as a triumph of public health, water fluoridation is now under intense attack in the US. Despite decades of data proving its efficacy at protecting teeth from decay—particularly children's teeth—two states have now banned the use of fluoride in public water, and communities around the country have followed suit or are considering doing the same. The current US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is known for his anti-vaccine advocacy and for peddling conspiracy theories, ha
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 01:58:16
The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting companies, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will pitch live at VivaTech on June 11, and the winner will be revealed at the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony on June 12. The prize
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 09:46:17
Nina Raemont/ZDNET Welcome back to another week of health wearable news. Here are some of the most notable stories of the week to catch up on. Some Oura Ring users report data anxiety Is your Oura Ring's data capture making you anxious? Some users say yes. That's the latest from a recent New York Times article on the topic. The piece interviews users who have become obsessed or stressed out over the data the smart ring aggregates. One user reported compulsively checking her scores and wonder
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 09:04:14
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at the beginning of a long essay, and I confess that I’m tempted to complicate matters in the interest of keeping things going for a few thousand more words. I’ll try to resist but will go ahead and add a couple more details to flesh out the advice. Lik
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 01:33:21
Omada Health plans to raise up to $158 million in its up coming IPO, attaining a market cap of about $1.1 billion at the top end of its expected range, according to a filing on Thursday. The virtual chronic care company filed its prospectus earlier this month, and has just updated the filing with an expected pricing range of $18 to $20 per share. Omada said it plans to sell 7.9 million shares in the offering. The size of the offering and share price could change, and the market cap could be hi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 05:12:07
Most of the hype surrounding iOS 19—I mean, iOS 26—focuses on the big redesign that’s rumored. But looking past design changes to actual functional upgrades, three of the best iOS 26 features are, perhaps surprisingly, powered by Apple Intelligence. Here’s what’s coming. #1: Battery life improvements Most of the time when people think of AI, they think about chatbots like ChatGPT, or image generation like Genmoji and Image Playground. In iOS 26, Apple plans to launch a new AI feature that’s f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 09:00:27
ZDNET's key takeaways The Withings Scanwatch Nova is available now, starting at $599. It's an elegant smartwatch with a one-month battery, water resistance up to 10ATM, and various health-tracking metrics. A $10/month subscription is required for some advanced metrics, and the watch is only available in one 42mm diameter. $681.56 at Amazon Healthy heart monitoring starts with gathering your metrics, but making sense of all the numbers is a whole different challenge. For the past few weeks, I'
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 09:00:13
The Mediterranean diet has spiked in popularity over the past couple of years -- and for good reason. It was named the best diet overall by US News and World Report for the eighth year in a row. The diet recommends meals filled with fruits and vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats and oils, seafood and lean poultry. If you have been interested in the Mediterranean diet, there's now another popular, similar diet to try. The planetary health diet also encourages plant-based eating, but it has a s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 11:55:00
What's happening The CDC is no longer advising COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children. Why it matters The change reverses previous federal guidance that placed pregnant women and children among high-risk groups. In a shift to federal public health guidance, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer encourage COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy children. The pivot, sha
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 12:30:00
Exercise is for more than just having a beach body this summer. According to the American Heart Association, staying active has a host of benefits for your overall health. This includes lowering the risk of heart disease, lowering high blood pressure, and even lowering your risk of certain cancers or stroke. This means that regularly working out can ensure you live a healthier life. It is recommended that adults get 150 minutes weekly of moderate-intensity aerobic activity. But what specific ex
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 21:12:00
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. PASADENA, Calif.—Nicole Byrne watched anxiously from across the small kitchen in her home as Parham Azimi, a Harvard University researcher, lined up sample bottles next to the running tap. As his phone timer chimed, indicating the water pipes had been flushed for the required five minutes, Azimi began filling c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 08:30:00
Leading a happier life might seem like a lofty goal, especially if you've been feeling down recently, but it is entirely possible with the right habits. Our moods are affected by everything around us, including the weather, light levels, the food we eat and even how much we move our bodies. While nobody is in a great mood all the time, these daily habits can help you to stay in a more positive mindset, no matter what setbacks life throws at you. If you want to pursue a happier life, try incorpo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 15:00:15
AI is revolutionizing digital accessibility in healthcare, making medical information and services more inclusive and user-friendly for people with disabilities. This article explores how AI technologies are enhancing web accessibility and improving healthcare access for all. AI-Powered Enhancements for Healthcare Websites Improved Communication and Interaction AI is breaking down communication barriers in healthcare by enabling more effective interactions between providers and patients with
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 01:12:49
Artificial intelligence startup Ambience Healthcare on Tuesday announced a new medical coding model that outperforms doctors by 27%. Ambience uses AI to draft clinical notes in real-time as doctors consensually record their visits with patients. The company used tools from OpenAI to build the new model. The startup is part of a fiercely competitive market that has taken off as health-care executives search for solutions to help reduce staff burnout and daunting administrative workloads. The c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 14:00:00
If you spend any time online, it's easy to think being healthy means buying every new superfood or going fully organic. But honestly? That's not true at all. A lot of the most nutrient-packed foods are probably already sitting in your kitchen. I've learned that you don't need fancy powders or pricey supplements to feel your best. If you're eating a balanced diet -- think fruits, veggies, grains and a little variety -- you're likely already getting what your body needs. So let's ditch the idea
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 10:01:10
Apply to Trellis and hundreds of other fast-growing YC startups with a single profile. Any (new grads ok) Trellis is a spinout from Stanford AI lab and is backed by leading investors including YC, General Catalyst, Telesoft partners, and executives at Google and Salesforce. We do this by automating document intake, prior authorizations, and appeals at scale to streamline operations and accelerate care. ##Trellis helps healthcare providers treat more patients, faster—while eliminating pre-ser
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 01:54:36
Amid the brutal cuts across the federal government under the Trump administration, perhaps one of the most gutting is the loss of experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who respond to lead poisoning in children. On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's reduction in force, according to NPR. The staff included epidemiologists, statisticians, and advisors who specialized in lead exposures and responses.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 04:58:33
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapy company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last private market one. The 11-year-old company’s approximate market capitalization, excluding employee options, was about $3 billion, which is less than half of the $6.2 billion Hinge attai
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 09:58:33
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapist company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last private market one. The 11-year-old company’s approximate market capitalization, excluding employee options, was about $3 billion, which is less than half of the $6.2 billion Hinge att
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 13:10:58
Hinge Health signage outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company's initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2025. Shares of Hinge Health popped in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the digital physical therapy company raised about $273 million in its IPO. The stock opened at $39.25, rising 23% from its $32 IPO price. It closed up 17% at $37.56 a share, bringing its market capitalization to more than $3 billion. Hinge sold
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 17:52:23
In a new feature story on its Newsroom today, Apple showcases how iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches are being used by doctors and nurses at one of Georgia’s largest health systems. And while the piece suffers from a chronic case of PR-speak, the project is pretty interesting nonetheless. In what Apple calls a first-of-its-kind deployment, Emory Healthcare has fully embraced the Apple ecosystem to transform how care is delivered at its 100-bed Hillandale Hospital. Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Appl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 20:54:09
After selling online pharmacy PillPack to Amazon seven years ago, the founding team is launching a new company that aims to make the experience of getting medical care "as easy as shopping online." PillPack founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen on Thursday launched a new venture called General Medicine. Parker and Cohen are joined by Ashwin Muralidharan, who most recently served as the technical adviser, or "shadow," to Amazon's top health executive Neil Lindsay. General Medicine is an online he
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 01:53:09
Hinge Health signage outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company's initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2025. Shares of Hinge Health popped in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the digital physical therapy company raised about $273 million in its IPO. The stock opened at $39.25, rising 23% from its $32 IPO price. Hinge sold 8.52 million shares in the offering, while the total offering was for 13.7 million shares, with
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