Jan 28, 2026

1. Subject: Why crypto is sending people to the ERs

   Sender: newsletter@kevinmd.comD

   Summary:

2. High-frequency cryptocurrency trading is linked to psychological traits similar to gambling addiction.
3. This leads to behavioral health issues and increased emergency room visits.
4. The newsletter also covers topics like treating the economy as a crashing patient, AI’s future in medicine focusing on patient empowerment, and the challenges faced by patients with mild and female hemophilia who are often underdiagnosed.

5. Additional insights include reflections on caring for a grandmother with dementia, the rise of antisemitism in U.S. hospitals, and guides on choosing the right doctor and safe healthcare AI use.

6. Subject: Why the U.K.’s newborn screening panel is so slim

   Sender: newsletter@statnews.comD

   Summary:

7. The U.K. screens newborns for only 10 diseases, compared to about three dozen in the U.S.
8. This slow inclusion of new conditions has consequences, such as delayed diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), where early treatment can make a difference.
9. The newsletter highlights rising syphilis rates among pregnant individuals in the U.S., reaching the highest maternal infection levels since 1994, raising concerns about congenital syphilis.

10. It also discusses how fear related to immigration enforcement is preventing individuals from seeking medical care, societal impacts of stress on Black mortality rates, and profiles influential health info online personalities.

11. Subject: 🏥 Hospitals’ ICE fears

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    Summary:

12. Increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Minnesota is disrupting hospital care, causing patients—including undocumented immigrants and citizens—to avoid or delay healthcare out of fear of detention.
13. Reports include patients requesting home births and hesitancy even to make telehealth calls.
14. Health care workers call this a public health crisis.
15. Other major news: Medicare Advantage payment rates proposed to remain nearly flat in 2027, the American Academy of Pediatrics rejecting the federal slimmed-down childhood vaccine schedule in favor of a broader one, and threats to Illinois federal funding over abortion referral policies.

16. Additional research shows mental health provider numbers increased nationally in 2025, with some behavioral health measures stabilizing.

17. Subject: Your new weekday ritual: the daily STAT Mini crosswords

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    Summary:

18. STAT introduces a new daily mini crossword puzzle focusing on health and science, available Monday through Friday.
19. The puzzles challenge knowledge while providing a fun, engaging daily ritual for readers.

20. The newsletter also promotes STAT’s podcasts, video series, and newsletters, encouraging consistent engagement with frontline health and medicine topics.

21. Subject: Sponge or jelly? The battle over what were the first animals

    Sender: briefing@nature.comD

    Summary:

22. Researchers debate whether sponges or comb jellies were the earliest animal lineage, prompting calls for collaborative approaches to resolve the long-standing scientific disagreement.
23. Newly found wooden tools in Greece, dating back 430,000 years and possibly created by early Neanderthals or Homo heidelbergensis, represent the oldest wooden artefacts discovered.
24. The UK has lost its measles elimination status due to a rise in cases and falling vaccination rates below herd immunity thresholds.
25. CERN secured a $1 billion private donation towards its proposed Future Circular Collider, though the project’s full cost is estimated at $19 billion.
26. Additional articles cover how technology has transformed writing, climate change overshoot challenges, and the delayed diagnosis of ADHD in women.

Stay Well!