Rx Inspector, our free, searchable tool, allows you to look up where your generic prescription drug was made.

From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-reshaping-decisions-generic-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Research #Data #Science #Medicine #Pharmacy #Journalism #Drugs

💊 We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies

｢ Vitamin D was discovered just over 100 years ago, when health professionals were looking for ways to treat what was then called “the English disease.” Today, we know that rickets, a weakening of bones in children, is caused by vitamin D deficiency. And vitamin D is best known for its importance in bone health ｣

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/21/1128206/vitamin-d-bodies-bone-health-immune/

#vitamind #science #medicine

⚕️ Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

｢ A study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that an injection blocking a protein linked to aging can reverse the natural loss of knee cartilage in older mice. The same treatment also stopped arthritis from developing after knee injuries that resemble ACL tears, which are common among athletes and recreational exercisers ｣

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260120000333.htm

#science #arthritis #medicine

💊 We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies

｢ Vitamin D was discovered just over 100 years ago, when health professionals were looking for ways to treat what was then called “the English disease.” Today, we know that rickets, a weakening of bones in children, is caused by vitamin D deficiency. And vitamin D is best known for its importance in bone health ｣

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/21/1128206/vitamin-d-bodies-bone-health-immune/

#vitamind #science #medicine

⚕️ Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

｢ A study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that an injection blocking a protein linked to aging can reverse the natural loss of knee cartilage in older mice. The same treatment also stopped arthritis from developing after knee injuries that resemble ACL tears, which are common among athletes and recreational exercisers ｣

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260120000333.htm

#science #arthritis #medicine

New training from a Texas regulator about when doctors can legally terminate a pregnancy comes nearly five years after the state passed its abortion ban in 2021.

Experts contend the guidance can’t capture all complications that arise in pregnancy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medical-board-abortion-training-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Abortion #Women #Health #Healthcare #Medicine #Law

New training from a Texas regulator about when doctors can legally terminate a pregnancy comes nearly five years after the state passed its abortion ban in 2021.

Experts contend the guidance can’t capture all complications that arise in pregnancy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medical-board-abortion-training-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Abortion #Women #Health #Healthcare #Medicine #Law

Israeli torturers in jails smashed the hands of skilled Palestinian surgeons so they could no longer practice in any hospital ever again

https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2026/02/04/188099/

#IsraelTerroristState #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #health #healthcare #ICC #humanrights @law @democracy @politics #medicine #hospitals #usa #resistance #stopgenocide

Israeli torturers in jails smashed the hands of skilled Palestinian surgeons so they could no longer practice in any hospital ever again

https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2026/02/04/188099/

#IsraelTerroristState #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #health #healthcare #ICC #humanrights @law @democracy @politics #medicine #hospitals #usa #resistance #stopgenocide

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

Michelle A. Williams on Black Contributions to American
Public Health and Sociology

https://lithub.com/how-w-e-b-dubois-and-james-mccune-smith-helped-combat-medical-racism-in-america/

Books by DuBois at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/226

#science #blackhistorymonth #medicine #sociology

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

Michelle A. Williams on Black Contributions to American
Public Health and Sociology

https://lithub.com/how-w-e-b-dubois-and-james-mccune-smith-helped-combat-medical-racism-in-america/

Books by DuBois at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/226

#science #blackhistorymonth #medicine #sociology

You're tired of reading takes about Doctronic's #Utah AI prescription pilot. But did you know that the company hasn't spoken to the FDA about it?

Nine policy and legal experts STAT spoke to disputed Doctronic's reasoning.

This is the most important story you haven't read about the Utah AI program.

@STAT's Mario Aguilar has more about the law, the uncertainties, and the risks of the experiment:

https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/utah-doctronic-ai-doctor-prescription-renewal-fda-regulation/

#health #healthcare #medicine #AI #artificialintelligence #healthtech