Hacker News with Generative AI: Medicine

Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins (arstechnica.com)
It's a good example of how computer developments can be used for practical problems.

AI, Biotechnology, Science, Medicine, Venom

12 points by isaacfrond 2 days ago | 0 comments

Apple's Machine Learning Research can now detect Heart Murmurs with 95% accuracy (myhealthyapple.com)
Apple has been on the forefront of cardio tech since it rolled out the Apple Watch close to a decade ago. Many of the company’s innovations, such as atrial fibrillation detection and irregular heart-beat detection features have proven to be life saving.

Machine Learning, Health, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine

7 points by alwillis 8 days ago | 0 comments

Collection: More Doctors Smoke Camels (tobacco.stanford.edu)
One common technique used by the tobacco industry to reassure a worried public was to incorporate images of physicians in their ads.

Tobacco Industry, Advertising, History, Public Health, Medicine

98 points by t0bia_s 11 days ago | 142 comments

Targeting Mosquito Spit Could Stop Parasites in Their Tracks (the-scientist.com)
A protein found in the saliva of Anopheles gambiae stopped blood from clotting in the insects’ stomachs and aided parasite transmission.

Science, Biology, Medicine, Mosquitoes, Parasites

3 points by gmays 11 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer's (sciencealert.com)
Researchers have discovered a link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of Alzheimer's disease in some people.

Science, Medicine, Alzheimer's Disease, Viruses

5 points by Jimmc414 12 days ago | 3 comments

Exercise may be the 'most potent medical intervention ever known' (pbs.org)

Exercise, Health, Medicine, Research

151 points by peutetre 16 days ago | 160 comments

Blarcamesine for the Treatment of Early Alzheimer's Disease (sciencedirect.com)
There are no approved oral disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Alzheimer's Disease, Medicine, Research

3 points by doink123 16 days ago | 0 comments

The cardiovascular benefits of taurine: a systematic review and meta-analysis (biomedcentral.com)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the foremost cause of mortality globally.

Health, Cardiovascular Health, Research, Medicine, Systematic Review

7 points by gradus_ad 17 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Why do some medicines come as pills and others as capsules? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Why do some medicines come as pills and others as capsules?

Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Health, Science

9 points by litoE 19 days ago | 8 comments

Dexterity assessment of hospital workers: prospective comparative study (bmj.com)
The Tremor study found that surgeons on average were quicker and more successful at completing the buzz wire game within five minutes compared with other hospital staff roles; although, they were more likely to swear while completing the task.

Medicine, Healthcare, Research, Science, Human Performance

31 points by bkudria 21 days ago | 10 comments

What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how can we spark a new one? (ourworldindata.org)
The period between the early 1940s and the mid-1960s is called “the Golden Age of Antibiotics”, as intense research into natural and synthetic compounds led to the rapid discovery of many new antibiotics.

Medicine, Antibiotics, History, Science

66 points by surprisetalk 26 days ago | 80 comments

Stem cells head to the clinic: treatments for cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's (nature.com)
More than 100 clinical trials put stem cells for regenerative medicine to the test. It’s a turning point for a field beset with ethical and political controversy.

Stem Cells, Medicine, Healthcare, Clinical Trials, Ethical Issues

13 points by LinuxBender 27 days ago | 1 comments

Mellified Man (wikipedia.org)
A mellified man, also known as a human mummy confection, was a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver in honey.

History, Medicine, Folklore

6 points by makeitshine 30 days ago | 0 comments

What is metformin's secret sauce? (news.northwestern.edu)
A new Northwestern Medicine study has provided direct evidence in mice that the drug reversibly cuts the cell’s energy supply by interfering with mitochondria, often referred to as the cell’s “powerhouse,” to lower glucose levels.

Medicine, Health, Science, Biology, Diabetes

93 points by XzetaU8 30 days ago | 64 comments

Ancient clay remedy may have potential to boost modern gut health (phys.org)
A team of scientists has discovered that an ancient medicinal clay known as Lemnian earth (LE) could inspire new understanding of how to support present-day gut health.

Ancient History, Gut Health, Medicine, Science

11 points by pseudolus 31 days ago | 2 comments

Covid study that promoted hydroxychloroquine retracted after 4-year saga (nature.com)
A study that stoked enthusiasm for the now-disproven idea that a cheap malaria drug can treat COVID-19 has been retracted — more than four-and-a-half years after it was published1.

Science, Medicine, COVID-19, Retraction

15 points by nradov 31 days ago | 2 comments

Health Officials Investigate Rare Form of Blindness Tied to Ozempic (gizmodo.com)
People taking Ozempic and similar drugs may have to keep an eye out for an unexpected side effect. Health officials in Europe are looking into whether these diabetes and weight loss treatments could raise the risk of a rare but serious disorder that can cause blindness, following recent reports showing a possible association.

Health, Medicine, Ozempic, Side Effects, Blindness

6 points by ceejayoz 31 days ago | 1 comments

How BioNTech's "revolutionary" lung cancer vaccine works (bigthink.com)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.

Medicine, Cancer, Vaccines, Biotechnology

11 points by Brajeshwar 36 days ago | 0 comments

The benefits of Ozempic and its kin may extend far beyond weight loss (sciencenews.org)
This year, the popularity of the diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide has continued to surge. You’ve probably seen ads on social media or heard from friends who’ve tried top-selling brand-name versions, Ozempic and the higher-dose variety Wegovy (SN: 6/29/24, p. 5), or read accounts of people microdosing these drugs.

Medicine, Weight Loss, Health, Pharmaceuticals

5 points by sohkamyung 36 days ago | 0 comments

The tooth, the whole tooth and the jawbone too (thequackdoctor.substack.com)
An 18th-century sea voyage from the East Indies to Great Britain was at best tedious and at worst fatal, should disaster befall the vessel or disease break out on board.

History, Medicine, Seafaring

47 points by Hooke 36 days ago | 25 comments

The pills that cured all ills; James Morison the Hygeist (2014) (blogspot.com)
Now almost completely forgotten James Morison was once a household name thanks to his Universal Vegetable Pills Nº1 and Nº2.

History, Medicine, Health, 19th Century

23 points by antognini 36 days ago | 8 comments

Novel link between cell nutrition and identity could improve immunotherapies (genengnews.com)
The immune system relies on specialized “effector” T cells to fight off pathogens. However, in chronic infections such as cancer or HIV, the perpetual activation of these cells can turn them into “exhausted” T cells unable to continue fighting.

Immunology, Cancer, Medicine, T cells, Gene Editing

31 points by gnabgib 36 days ago | 2 comments

A critical history of the FDA (midwesterndoctor.com)
How the FDA habitually buries life-changing natural medicines and relentlessly props up unsafe and ineffective pharmaceuticals

FDA, Healthcare, Medicine, History, Regulation

30 points by hams-andwich 45 days ago | 77 comments

Treating wounds in pediatrics with medical grade honey: A case series (nlm.nih.gov)
Medical grade honey (MGH) has antimicrobial and pro-healing properties. We here demonstrate that MGH is an easily applicable, safe, and cost-effective approach for severe wounds. The use of MGH should more often be considered to treat all kinds of pediatric wounds.

Pediatrics, Medicine, Wounds, Case Studies

7 points by atmosx 46 days ago | 2 comments

Why are doctors wary of wearables? (bbc.com)
Wearable tech – currently dominated by smart watches - is a multi-billion dollar industry with a sharp focus on health tracking.

Wearable Tech, Health, Medicine

33 points by NN88 46 days ago | 52 comments

First new asthma attack treatment in 50 years (bbc.com)
Researchers say they have found the first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years.

Health, Medicine, Asthma

38 points by bookofjoe 48 days ago | 22 comments

Cause of rare devastating, autoimmune disease in Puerto Ricans–and possible cure (medicalxpress.com)
A rare autoimmune condition with a tongue-twister of a name may impact people of Puerto Rican heritage through a newly discovered genetic pathway, a discovery that may ultimately guide genetic counseling and treatment, scientists associated with the discovery say.

Genetics, Autoimmune Disease, Medicine

61 points by wglb 49 days ago | 0 comments

His wives kept dying mysteriously. His secret poison: Insulin (yahoo.com)
His wives kept dying mysteriously. His secret poison: Insulin

Crime, History, Medicine

10 points by woldemariam 51 days ago | 1 comments

Weight-loss drug found to shrink muscle in mice, human cells (ualberta.ca)
Trendy weight-loss drugs making headlines for shrinking waistlines may also be shrinking the human heart and other muscles, according to a new University of Alberta study whose authors say should serve as a “cautionary tale” about possible long-term health effects of these drugs.

Health, Science, Medicine, Weight Loss, Drugs

372 points by Eumenes 58 days ago | 445 comments

Ozempic Could Prevent Diabetes. Should It Be Used for That? (nytimes.com)
New research shows that weight loss medications can stop the progression of prediabetes. Experts don’t all agree on such a use for the drugs.

Diabetes, Medicine, Health, Weight Loss

6 points by bookofjoe 59 days ago | 3 comments