A large study found that people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder. n.pr/4riWRef
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A large study found that people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder. n.pr/4riWRef
We're excited to share the second issue of Media Psychology, featuring new research on how video gaming shapes gender beliefs in STEM, how adolescents navigate sexuality and self-presentation online, how different journalism formats affect audience trust and wellbeing and more!
Shortly after his office refused to meet with me, nearly one thousand career researchers across NIH campuses signed onto a letter to Director Bhattacharya and delivered it to his office asking him to meet with our union and address the same healthcare issue I asked him about it.
Yale study challenges notion that aging means decline, finds many older adults improve over time
Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new Yale study suggests that older individuals can and do improve over time, and their mindset toward aging plays a major part in their success: m.yale.edu/dgjn
Steep Decline in Visas Issued to Students in India India has been the engine of the post-pandemic international-enrollment rebound. But visa issuances to students in India in May through August 2025 nosedived by 61 percent compared to the same time period in 2024. from https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-drop-in-international-students-last-year-was-worse-than-we-thought
this is a remarkable chart
Psychologist @cecilietraberg.bsky.social describes the power of storytelling in science communication and education. If you want people to remember scientific ideas or boost their media literacy, you can’t just present data, you need to make them feel the story behind it.
“Given overwhelming evidence that Daylight Saving Time is harmful for sleep and associated with detrimental outcomes across all ages, the position of the National Sleep Foundation is to adopt permanent Standard Time.” #DitchDST @sleepfoundation.bsky.social www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S235...
The latest on sleep science and getting better quality sleep
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-master-c...
Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Another terrible monthly jobs report for the Trump Administration and they don’t have a pandemic to blame it on.
92,000 jobs lost in February. One has to wonder how much worse it really is?
ICE confirms measles outbreak in the nation's largest detention facility in Texas www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Parkside Pediatrics providers Chandler Hash and Nathan Heffington assess a patient with measles symptoms in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on 30 January.
Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/trump-administration-measles
↷ canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s ahead
theconversation.com/2025-was-hot...
Just unacceptable, both in its cruelty and its overriding of professional standards of practice. What next? He’ll require them to encourage corporal punishment of trans kids?! AWFUL HUMAN BEING
This week's cover @thelancet.com
MARKEY: Do you think Trump's EO promoting glyphosate, which you've said likely causes cancer, will put families' health at risk?
MEANS: These issues around ag & health are extremely complex. My understanding is this has to do with natl security
MARKEY: I'm just trying to help you agree w/ yourself
Twelve years stolen from Medicare’s future.
Money collected from workers, promised to the elderly.
Reassigned to those who already have too much.
trump's wealthy donor tax cuts are literally killing us.
The hunger at the top is never satisfied, it only asks who will be trimmed next.
Exclusive: Interviews with Harvard lab members reveal internal pushback against prioritizing Jeffrey Epstein's tissue sample for genome sequencing — which did not stop the Epstein from receiving special treatment.
But where is his sample now?
Imagine if HEALTHCARE WAS FREE in America, as it is in Greenland. Just imagine. 🇺🇸🇬🇱
The US government might consider sending its medical resources to people who actually need them, e.g. some of the unfortunate US citizens who recently lost their medical insurance coverage or those who can’t afford life-saving treatments
Virginians, tell your state delegate YES on SB541 to ditch DST with Maryland and DC! www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...
"An investigation into headphones has found every single pair tested contained substances hazardous to human health, including chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminisation of males..The long-term exposures..is of great concern"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"The #climatecrisis will profoundly interrupt the way we live and farm in the United States... The most habitable climate in North America will shift northward, and the incidence of large fires will increase across the country... "
#ClimateSky
projects.propublica.org/climate-migr...
How Long COVID-Related Brain Changes May Link to Alzheimer’s Disease www.genengnews.com/topics/coron...
Latest KFF poll on US confidence in vaccines, fed agencies, new vax sched., & RFK Jr.
Lots of info. E.g.:
-large majorities confident in MMR, Polio, Hep B, & flu vax safety; parents less so for these & COVID vax but not Hep B.
-<1/2 confident in feds making child vax rec's (but how abt states?)
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tech.
“AI is not only not replacing (radiologists), but it’s actually increasing the amount of work they can do and increasing demand for their services,” www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art... @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
Inflammation, cell and mitochondria damage biomarkers, and links to cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid relative to recovered controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨New preprint! 🚨
"Boosting metacognition in entangled human-AI interaction to navigate cognitive-behavioral drift"
arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01959
Happy to see this new work coming to the surface alongside @cabels18.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social and @stefanherzog.bsky.social
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Utah Hogle Zoo photo, giraffe and parents
In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒
www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
