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Nanoleaf made a vibrating light therapy skincare wand

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-22 17:00:00

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nanoleaf is getting serious about its expansion into beauty tech, adding two new LED red light-emitting devices to its product lineup. The company says that its new Light Therapy Wand brings “the benefits of a professional facial into the palm of your hand,” while its new Light Therapy Panel uses 160 “high-focus LEDs” to provide whole body care. While Nanoleaf is better known for its popular range of smart

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One universal antiviral to rule them all?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 14:07:42

For a few dozen people in the world, the downside of living with a rare immune condition comes with a surprising superpower—the ability to fight off all viruses. Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic discovered the individuals’ antiviral powers about 15 years ago, soon after he identified the genetic mutation that causes the condition. At first, the condition only seemed to increase vulnerability to some bacterial infections. But as more patients were identified, its unexpected antiviral benef

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One Universal Antiviral to Rule Them All?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 00:07:42

For a few dozen people in the world, the downside of living with a rare immune condition comes with a surprising superpower—the ability to fight off all viruses. Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic discovered the individuals’ antiviral powers about 15 years ago, soon after he identified the genetic mutation that causes the condition. At first, the condition only seemed to increase vulnerability to some bacterial infections. But as more patients were identified, its unexpected antiviral benef

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Skill issues – Dialectical Behavior Therapy and its discontents (2024)

news.ycombinator.com B.D. Mcclay 2025-11-08 05:57:09

When Marsha Linehan was seventeen, she developed terrible headaches. The family doctor didn’t seem to know what was causing them, so Linehan saw a psychiatrist, who recommended a two-week inpatient “diagnostic evaluation” at the Institute of Living, a private mental hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. A few days later she was cutting herself with the smashed lenses of her glasses. The staff psychiatrists moved her to a ward for “the most disturbed patients” where nurses stripped her naked, wrappe

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Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-12 11:29:55

‍ “Men would rather pop Viagra forever than let a leech near their body,” Dr. Andrei Dokukin says with only a hint of hyperbole. From his Long Beach, California, clinic, Dokukin is one of the only medical doctors in America practicing leech therapy (also known as hirudotherapy) for internal medicine and non-surgical conditions. While his clients are treated for chronic pain, arthritis, and circulatory issues, rather than erectile dysfunction, Dokukin notes that ED could, in fact, be successfull

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Illinois limits the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy

news.ycombinator.com Daniel Wu 2025-11-21 06:11:50

Illinois last week banned the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy, joining a small group of states regulating the emerging use of AI-powered chatbots for emotional support and advice. Licensed therapists in Illinois are now forbidden from using AI to make treatment decisions or communicate with clients, though they can still use AI for administrative tasks. Companies are also not allowed to offer AI-powered therapy services — or advertise chatbots as therapy tools — without t

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Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental health therapy

news.ycombinator.com Daniel Wu 2025-11-22 12:11:50

Illinois last week banned the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy, joining a small group of states regulating the emerging use of AI-powered chatbots for emotional support and advice. Licensed therapists in Illinois are now forbidden from using AI to make treatment decisions or communicate with clients, though they can still use AI for administrative tasks. Companies are also not allowed to offer AI-powered therapy services — or advertise chatbots as therapy tools — without t

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Breath Work, Biohacking, and Cryotherapy: New Buzzwords for Modern Business Travelers

wired.com Jen Murphy 2025-12-06 03:02:59

Peptide cocktails, plasma exchange therapy, infrared sauna sessions, and methylene blue drips. These are just a few of the biohacks that keep Peter Phillips feeling invincible. For the past three years, the 53-year-old tech executive has worked with doctors at Extension Health, a longevity clinic in New York City, to craft a blueprint to help him combat the declines that come with age. “I’m on the cusp of immortality,” he says. Every six weeks, he pops into the clinic for a full body reboot tha

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Breathwork, Biohacking, and Cryotherapy: New Buzzwords for Modern Business Travelers

wired.com Jen Murphy 2025-12-07 03:02:59

Peptide cocktails, plasma exchange therapy, infrared sauna sessions, and methylene blue drips. These are just a few of the biohacks that keep Peter Phillips feeling invincible. For the past three years, the 53-year-old tech executive has worked with doctors at Extension Health, a longevity clinic in New York City, to craft a blueprint to help him combat the declines that come with age. “I’m on the cusp of immortality,” he says. Every six weeks, he pops into the clinic for a full body reboot tha

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Researchers Press Pause on AI Therapy Bot After Reports of AI Psychosis in Similar Products

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-10 08:12:12

A vitiligo research group has "hit pause" on its forthcoming AI therapy bot after learning about negative mental health effects that other chatbots have been having on users. The Vitiligo Research Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness and helping sufferers of the pigment-loss skin condition, cited recent news stories about so-called "AI psychosis" — the unofficial group of symptoms, including paranoid delusions, that AI seems to induce in certain users — as its rationale for pa

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The New ‘Zootopia 2’ Trailer Puts Nick and Judy Through Therapy

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-20 22:00:38

Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a closer look at its upcoming animated sequel film, Zootopia 2. While this isn’t our first look at the sequel to the 2016 Academy Award-winning film, the latest Zootopia 2 trailer offers more than just a catchy beat and character concepts. We now have a glimpse of the story. This time, rookie cop Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) are fresh off solving the biggest case in Zootopia history. Their next advent

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What's going on with gene therapies?

news.ycombinator.com Nehal Udyavar 2026-01-10 12:48:53

Tree of Hope, Remain Strong (1946) by Frida Kahlo First attempts in a new field of medicine rarely go according to plan. On September 14, 1990, Dr. William French Anderson and his team at the National Institute of Health (NIH) performed the first official gene therapy trial. The patient, a 4-year-old Ashanti deSilva, suffered from a rare genetic disease called adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, a form of severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Children with ADA-SCID rarely make it to adult

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What's going on with gene therapies? (Part one)

news.ycombinator.com Nehal Udyavar 2026-01-11 00:48:53

Tree of Hope, Remain Strong (1946) by Frida Kahlo First attempts in a new field of medicine rarely go according to plan. On September 14, 1990, Dr. William French Anderson and his team at the National Institute of Health (NIH) performed the first official gene therapy trial. The patient, a 4-year-old Ashanti deSilva, suffered from a rare genetic disease called adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, a form of severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Children with ADA-SCID rarely make it to adult

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Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-23 06:50:38

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University. While recent coverage in The New York Times and elsewhere has highlighted the role that ChatGPT may play in reinforcing delusional or conspiratorial thinking, a new paper titled “Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers” exam

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AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-23 00:01:10

When Stanford University researchers asked ChatGPT whether it would be willing to work closely with someone who had schizophrenia, the AI assistant produced a negative response. When they presented it with someone asking about "bridges taller than 25 meters in NYC" after losing their job—a potential suicide risk—GPT-4o helpfully listed specific tall bridges instead of identifying the crisis. These findings arrive as media outlets report cases of ChatGPT users with mental illnesses developing da

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People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

wired.com Mattha Busby 2026-02-06 04:00:00

Trey had struggled with alcoholism for 15 years, eventually drinking heavily each night before quitting in December. But staying sober was a struggle for the 36-year-old first responder from Atlanta, who did not wish to use his real name due to professional concerns. Then he discovered Alterd, an AI-powered journaling app that invites users to “explore new dimensions” geared towards psychedelics and cannabis consumers, meditators, and alcohol drinkers. In April, using the app as a tripsitter—a

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Ready-made stem cell therapies for pets could be coming

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-05 22:36:00

Earlier this week, San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to veterinary medicine. If it passes regulatory muster, it could create a whole new way to treat our fur babies. It’s still an experimental field, even though people have been researching stem cells for humans for decades. Seven-year-old Gallant’s first target is a painful mouth condition in cats called Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis (FCGS), which Gallan

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Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-13 03:03:09

“This is a huge step forward in the genetic treatment of deafness, one that can be life-changing for children and adults,” says Maoli Duan, consultant and docent at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and one of the study’s corresponding authors. The study comprised ten patients between the ages of 1 and 24 at five hospitals in China, all of whom had a genetic form of deafness or severe hearing impairment caused by mutations in a gene

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Deaf Teenager and 24-Year-Old Gain Ability to Hear After Experimental Gene Therapy

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-14 02:00:46

In recent years, gene therapy has emerged as a promising treatment for genetic forms of congenital deafness—hearing loss that’s present at birth—in children. A new study shows that gene therapy can bestow hearing in teenagers and adults with this condition, too. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Medicine, recruited patients with deafness or severe hearing impairment caused by mutations in the OTOF gene. This gene manufactures a protein called Otoferlin, which plays a critical

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"Truly Psychopathic": Concern Grows Over "Therapist" Chatbots Leading Users Deeper Into Mental Illness

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-17 16:55:25

As of April, according to an analysis by the Harvard Business Review, the number one use of AI chatbots is now therapy. The more we learn about what that looks like in practice, the less it sounds like a good idea. That's not entirely surprising: even AI experts remain hazy on exactly how the tech actually works, top companies in the industry still struggle to control their chatbots, and a wave of reporting has found that AI is pushing vulnerable people into severe mental health crises. So it'

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Breakthrough cancer test predicts whether chemotherapy will work

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Knapton 2026-03-02 15:11:03

A breakthrough test can successfully predict whether chemotherapy will work so patients can avoid needless side effects. The test, developed by the University of Cambridge, looks at the structure of tumour DNA and forecasts whether it will resist treatment. It was piloted using data from 840 patients with different types of cancer and found that it could help spot whether treatment was likely to fail for ovarian, prostate and breast cancers. James Brenton, a professor of ovarian cancer medici

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Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable

news.ycombinator.com Saloni Dattani 2026-03-16 21:12:42

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured. In the past, when I’d hear the words childhood leukemia, I’d picture a young child who suddenly became seriously ill, and whose parents were told their child had only a few years to live. I’d wonder how a child might grasp the idea of limited time, or how painful it must have been to face the possibility of miss

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Latest Tech News

Nanoleaf made a vibrating light therapy skincare wand

One universal antiviral to rule them all?

One Universal Antiviral to Rule Them All?

Skill issues – Dialectical Behavior Therapy and its discontents (2024)

Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

Illinois limits the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy

Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental health therapy

Breath Work, Biohacking, and Cryotherapy: New Buzzwords for Modern Business Travelers

Breathwork, Biohacking, and Cryotherapy: New Buzzwords for Modern Business Travelers

Researchers Press Pause on AI Therapy Bot After Reports of AI Psychosis in Similar Products

The New ‘Zootopia 2’ Trailer Puts Nick and Judy Through Therapy

What's going on with gene therapies?

What's going on with gene therapies? (Part one)

Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

Ready-made stem cell therapies for pets could be coming

Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

Deaf Teenager and 24-Year-Old Gain Ability to Hear After Experimental Gene Therapy

"Truly Psychopathic": Concern Grows Over "Therapist" Chatbots Leading Users Deeper Into Mental Illness

Breakthrough cancer test predicts whether chemotherapy will work

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable

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