Hacker News with Generative AI: Medicine

First Retinal Treatment to Restore Damaged Vision (businesskorea.co.kr)
A research team of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has developed the world's first retinal disease treatment that can restore damaged vision.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Vision, Korea

7 points by geox 9 hours ago | 0 comments

New blood test checks for Alzheimer's and assesses progression, study (theguardian.com)
Researchers have developed a blood test for patients with thinking and memory problems to check if they have Alzheimer’s and to see how far it has progressed.

Alzheimer's, Medicine, Health, Science, Research

10 points by pseudolus 2 days ago | 0 comments

A streaming brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis to restore naturalistic communication (nature.com)
Natural spoken communication happens instantaneously.

Neurotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Science, Medicine, Communication

14 points by delichon 2 days ago | 3 comments

First map of human brain mitochondria is 'groundbreaking' achievement (nature.com)
Scientists have created the first map of the crucial structures called mitochondria throughout the entire brain ― a feat that could help to unravel age-related brain disorders1.

Science, Neuroscience, Medicine, Human Biology

12 points by XzetaU8 3 days ago | 0 comments

Excitable cells (jenevoldsen.com)
I wrote this post to answer some of the questions, I had as a medical student, when I first learned about cardiac arrhythmias. Mainly, what are the conditions required to initiate and maintain a reentrant arrhythmia? That is, a state where the heart muscles are continuously activated by a self-sustaining loop, independent of the normal pace-making system. These arrhythmias can be benign, as with AV-nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT); a common, and usually harmless, cause of palpitations in young people.

Cardiac Arrhythmias, Medicine, Physiology

280 points by johannes_ne 5 days ago | 46 comments

Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient (newyorker.com)
When my daughter was ten and a half months old, she qualified as “wasted,” which UNICEF describes as “the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition.”

Medicine, Healthcare, Children, Nutrition, Malnutrition

12 points by pseudolus 6 days ago | 3 comments

The Mysterious Flow of Fluid in the Brain (quantamagazine.org)
Encased in the skull, perched atop the spine, the brain has a carefully managed existence. It receives only certain nutrients, filtered through the blood-brain barrier; an elaborate system of protective membranes surrounds it. That privileged space contains a mystery. For more than a century, scientists have wondered: If it’s so hard for anything to get into the brain, how does waste get out?

Neuroscience, Biology, Science, Medicine

36 points by isaacfrond 7 days ago | 4 comments

Good drug news – More important things happening in biotechnology and medicine (worksinprogress.news)
We recently released Issue 18 of Works in Progress. Read about prehistoric psychopaths, fertility on demand and the king of fruits here. Today on Links in Progress Asimov Press’s Niko McCarty and our own Saloni Dattani return to review more important things happening in the world of biotechnology and medicine.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Science, News, Health

12 points by therabbithole 8 days ago | 2 comments

Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function (theguardian.com)
A more precise form of prostate cancer surgery nearly doubles the chances of men retaining erectile function afterwards compared with standard surgery, according to the first comprehensive trial of the procedure.

Prostate Cancer, Medicine, Health, Surgery

7 points by c420 9 days ago | 0 comments

A Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth (sciencealert.com)
In 2024, scientists stumbled upon a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair loss in both men and women worldwide.

Science, Medicine, Hair Loss

53 points by amichail 11 days ago | 11 comments

All Placebos are not created equal (2021) (samstack.io)
All Placebos are not created equal

Medicine, Psychology, Research

73 points by sebg 12 days ago | 34 comments

Long-acting injectable HIV therapy offers hope for those unable to take pills (medicalxpress.com)
Patients who struggle to take daily HIV pills can benefit from long-acting injectable treatments, a new study by researchers at UCSF has found.

HIV, Medicine, Health, Research, Treatment

7 points by PaulHoule 14 days ago | 1 comments

Google's AI 'co-scientist' cracked 10-year superbug problem in just 2 days (livescience.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Science, Biology, Medicine

5 points by raju 15 days ago | 1 comments

Type 2 immunity in allergic diseases (nature.com)
Significant advancements have been made in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of type 2 immunity in allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), food and drug allergies, and atopic dermatitis (AD).

Allergy, Immunology, Medicine, Science

6 points by tunn3l 15 days ago | 0 comments

Hair loss drug finasteride can cause debilitating side-effects, men say (cbc.ca)
For decades, millions of men around the world have turned to a drug — finasteride, or Propecia, its most well-known brand name — to slow hair loss. But an increasing number of experts are sounding the alarm that this medication can cause rare but serious side-effects, which can persist after stopping treatment.

Health, Medicine, Side Effects, Men's Health

7 points by Teever 16 days ago | 0 comments

How a Quack TV Doctor Made It to Washington (nytimes.com)
Before medical contrarianism became intrinsic to his identity, Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared motivated by curiosity rather than opportunism.

Medicine, Politics, Media, Health

13 points by bookofjoe 17 days ago | 1 comments

Metformin-regulated glucose flux from the circulation to the intestinal lumen (nature.com)
Through a retrospective analysis of existing FDG PET-MRI images, we recently demonstrated that metformin increases the accumulation of FDG in the intestinal lumen, suggesting that metformin stimulates glucose excretion into the intestine. However, the details of this phenomenon remain unclear. We here investigate the detailed dynamics of intestinal glucose excretion, including the rate of excretion and the metabolism of excreted glucose, in both the presence and absence of metformin.

Medicine, Glucose Metabolism, Pharmacology, Intestinal Health, Imaging

3 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 0 comments

Covid-flu vaccine could provide broader immunity and lasting protection (medicalxpress.com)
Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both COVID-19 and influenza, and broader immunity to different flu strains.

Medicine, Vaccines, Flu, COVID-19

6 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 1 comments

Ozempic for Sleep (isaak.net)
This is favorite family in the world — the Johnsons from Utah.

Health, Weight Loss, Medicine

84 points by zdw 18 days ago | 18 comments

The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh (astralcodexten.com)
Three GLP-1 drugs are approved for weight loss in the United States:

Medicine, Health, Weight Loss

89 points by impish9208 18 days ago | 94 comments

New anti-obesity drugs outperform Ozempic (elpais.com)
For decades, people who are overweight have been given simple advice: move more and eat less. However, in more than 80% of cases, this approach only works in the short term.

Obesity, Medicine, Health, Pharmaceuticals

10 points by PaulHoule 22 days ago | 3 comments

Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of immunity (nature.com)
Metastasis is the spread of cancer cells from primary tumours to distant organs and is the cause of 90% of cancer deaths globally1,2.

Medicine, Cancer, Science, Research

38 points by hsuduebc2 24 days ago | 1 comments

Boosting mitochondrial health to counteract neurodegeneration (sciencedirect.com)

Mitochondrial Health, Neurodegeneration, Science, Medicine

6 points by arijo 24 days ago | 0 comments

Stanford scientists discover new Ozempic alternative with RegEx (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Science, Medicine, Artificial Intelligence

30 points by haxiomic 25 days ago | 8 comments

New anti-obesity drugs outperform Ozempic (elpais.com)
For decades, people who are overweight have been given simple advice: move more and eat less. However, in more than 80% of cases, this approach only works in the short term.

Obesity, Medicine, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

15 points by geox 26 days ago | 1 comments

Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects (medicalxpress.com)
A naturally occurring molecule identified by Stanford Medicine researchers appears similar to semaglutide—also known as Ozempic—in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight.

Medicine, Health, Weight Loss, Pharmaceuticals, Science

423 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | 381 comments

Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery (theguardian.com)
Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it due to long Covid with pioneering surgery that expands their nasal airways to kickstart their recovery.

Medicine, Health, Long Covid, Treatment, Surgery

5 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | 1 comments

Scientists discover new part of the immune system (bbc.com)
A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics, scientists have said.

Science, Medicine, Immunology, Antibiotics

26 points by throw0101d 27 days ago | 3 comments

Scientists crack how aspirin might stop cancers from spreading (bbc.com)
Scientists believe they have discovered how the cheap painkiller aspirin can stop cancers spreading.

Cancer, Medicine, Science, Healthcare

171 points by SirLJ 27 days ago | 100 comments

Scientists discover new part of the immune system - potential for antibiotics (bbc.co.uk)
A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics, scientists have said.

Science, Medicine, Immunology, Antibiotics

9 points by b800h 27 days ago | 1 comments