Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. When there are breakthrough technologies like xenotransplants, or novel cancer therapies, they're transformative for diseases and conditions once thought incurable--but they can only save lives if the people that need them can access them. On September 10, TIME hosted the third annual TIME100 Health Leadership Forum in New York City, bringing together the TIME and TIME100 Health communities to discuss equity, longevity, and solution-driven care.

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What happens when a kid's robot best friend dies? AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul? When Xander first met Moxie, she taught him that when he was anxious, he could calm down by exhaling through his lips so that he buzzed like a bee. They practiced breathing like dragons to manage feeling mad and sniffing like bunnies to boost his energy. But in the six years they've known each other, Moxie's changed. She doesn't talk anymore about her home or do their animal breathing. Now, she watches Xander play Minecraft and talks to him about his stuffed animal collection. During a recent visit to his New York apartment, I watched Xander, who is 10 years old and neurodivergent, introduce Moxie to a stuffed Chef Toad and Goomba from Super Mario Bros., then to Brocollo and Apple from Animal Crossing. Then he got stuck on a round, froglike creature with bug eyes and two feet. He's from Pikmin," Xander said, referencing ...

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Pete Hegseth's Plan for'High T' Troops Is a Junk-Science Fever Dream The defense secretary's idea of administering testosterone therapy to members of the US Armed Forces reveals little understanding of the complexity of hormones. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made no secret of his desire for a manlier military . He consistently argues that the US Armed Forces lowered their combat standards in order to include women. He's staged various photo ops in which he exercises and pumps iron with service members. In his speeches, Hegseth says that the Trump administration is restoring a " warrior ethos " to its legions of " war fighters ."

'What if it's the mess in therapy that is its most prized possession?' 'What if it's the mess in therapy that is its most prized possession?' My patients use ChatGPT for therapy. "Chat told me I should break up with him." I instructed my face to remain therapist-neutral, but I must have smirked. The truth is, I was annoyed. We had been discussing the viability of this relationship for weeks, and in an instant AI had brought the answer.

How some people's brains make an extraordinary recovery from stroke A well-known actor who had experienced a stroke was treated by stroke specialist Sandor Nardai. The actor had been left with aphasia, or an impaired ability to speak - brutal for anyone, but "probably the most devastating thing that could happen to an actor", says Nardai. After three months of recovery, though, the actor was able to say some words. After a year, he voiced a commercial. Remarkably, he eventually got well enough to return to live theatre, says Nardai, who is at Semmelweis University in Hungary.