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Paul Markovich has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 30 years, and he calls the industry “dysfunctional” and in need of a major overhaul. “The health care system is bankrupt and failing us. It requires systemic reform. That reform is unlikely to come from within the health care industry itself. So we need the federal government to step up and make it happen,” Markovich told a crowd of health care executives at an event in Manhattan in early March. At that event, Ascendian, the parent company of Blue Shield of California, launched a new initiative called “Worthy” aimed…
Yale New Haven Health is being sued by families of patients who died, alleging substandard care and negligence exacerbated by the hospital’s remote ICU care model. The wrongful death suit, filed last month in a Connecticut court and amended Tuesday, centers on the “totally avoidable death” of 26-year-old patient Connor Hilton at a Bridgeport hospital in 2024. According to the lawsuit, Hilton was admitted to the emergency room for treatment with a diagnosis of pancreatitis, dehydration, and alcohol withdrawal, but her condition worsened and she was transferred to the ICU. The man then became unresponsive, exhibited “seizure-like activity,” vomited and…
Exposure to a supposedly safer alternative to traditional permanent chemicals during pregnancy and lactation causes lasting memory and learning deficits in adult rats. Animal studies suggest that early exposure to these synthetic compounds interferes with normal brain development. This study Frontiers of toxicology. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, are highly stable synthetic chemicals characterized by very strong carbon-fluorine bonds. Manufacturers have been using them since the 1940s to make products resistant to heat, oil, and water. These functional properties make it very useful in nonstick cookware, food packaging, waterproof clothing, etc. Because they break down very slowly,…
Written by Ben Felder, Midwest Survey, Midwest Survey April 7, 2026 Eastern North Dakota is a top producer of corn and soybeans, and many of its counties are the nation’s largest users of pesticides and herbicides. It also has a higher than average cancer rate. Seven of the top 500 pesticide-using counties in the United States are in North Dakota, all within the Red River Valley. An analysis of data from both the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Cancer Institute found that three of those counties, Pembina, Cass and Richland, also had cancer rates higher than the national average.…
Members of the Piekani First Nation have filed legal demands with the Alberta and federal governments to stop selenium pollution leaching from a closed coal mine owned by Australian speculators in the Crowsnest Pass. Announcements, events, and more from Tyee and select partners What does a living wage actually look like? Seven British Columbia workplaces share how paying a living wage is possible and why it matters. The Tyee is hiring its next editor-in-chief Founding editor David Beers passes the baton to a new leader. Is it you? The letter gives Environment Alberta, Environment Canada and Evolve Power (formerly Montem…
Novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools have shown potential to improve surveillance of patients undergoing endoscopic eradication therapy for Barrett’s esophagus (BE)-related dysplasia and early esophageal adenocarcinoma. BE is the only known condition that precedes esophageal adenocarcinoma. Esophageal adenocarcinoma is an aggressive cancer with a high mortality rate. The AI model, developed and validated by researchers in the United States, showed more than 90% accuracy in predicting which patients will experience recurrence of BE after endoscopic eradication therapy (EET) and detecting when recurrence is most likely to occur. The findings were published today in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. …
Experiencing social isolation early in development may increase later anxiety and preference for alcohol. A new study in rats shows that these early stressors physically change the brain’s response to alcohol, changing how it regulates the chemical dopamine, particularly in areas associated with reward processing. The results of this study were published in the journal Addiction Neuroscience. As children and teens reach critical periods of brain development, social contact helps form neural circuits. Environmental stressors during this sensitive period can disrupt normal developmental trajectories. Experiencing isolation and neglect in early life can increase the risk of developing mood disorders and…
Gladstone Institute researcher Dr. Ryan Coces has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Pershing Square Foundation’s MIND Award. This prestigious award recognizes the next frontier thinkers who are uncovering a deeper understanding of the brain and cognition. The award is awarded to eight scientists each year and aims to advance high-impact neuroscience research by fostering collaboration across academia, biomedical industry, philanthropy, and business communities. The 2026 recipient will receive $750,000 over three years to support groundbreaking research into neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related dementias, which affect millions of people around the world. “Thanks to advanced…
In 1991, cancer mortality rates in the United States underwent a major shift, and for the first time, deaths began to decline steadily, a trend that continues to this day. Researchers at the Mississippi Social Science Research Center, in collaboration with scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, investigated this decline to determine where and who benefited most from this dramatic improvement. A recent article published in the British Journal of Cancer by MSU SSRC Giles Emeritus Professor Arthur G. Cosby and a team of researchers analyzed cancer deaths in nearly 3,000 U.S. counties from 1981 to 2019 and found that…
It turns out that an anti-cancer drug target already being studied in clinical trials has a more profound effect than researchers realized. Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered that the enzyme pol theta (Polθ) drives DNA repair machinery directly at broken replication forks, one of the most frequent forms of DNA damage in cancer cells. The survey results are molecular cell The March 16, 2026 announcement helps explain how tumors endure relentless replication stress and reveals why Pol theta inhibitors may be an effective strategy to selectively target cancer. We uncovered an entirely new dimension of how cancer cells…