Briefings

Briefings on research and other news.

Trust But Verify: The Rise of AI-Generated Health Information

September 8, 2025
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Can Artificial Intelligence make medical research easier to understand? This is a fascinating question that we grapple with daily as we navigate the reality of an AI-driven publishing landscape. We’ll have more to say on this subject in the future, but for now, we want to share an AI-generated output in the form of a podcast, completely created by artificial intelligence, including all voices, tonality, and content. Even the visual representations of the two podcasters aren’t real. These people don’t exist. Ponder the implication of that notion for a while.

A round-up of the latest news

April 10, 2024
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Thanks to the lovely algorithms social media is using, we may only reach some of you with some posts, so here are a few of our latest articles and podcasts. We always encourage you to

Aging and hormones

July 19, 2023
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A recent article in Oxford Academic Press reviews the state of research and development of age-related hormonal changes, focusing on understanding the factors that cause those changes with the goal of improving health. Future activities in this area, guided by this scientific statement, will be particularly relevant to those 65 years and older.

Articles of note for people connected to pituitary disease

January 25, 2023
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Our briefing today covers articles on costs and access to therapies, sugar and artificial sweeteners, surprising news on where we are finding endocrine disruptive chemicals, an amazing discovery about a new brain layer, and a bunch of information on Cannabidiol (CBD) focusing on what we know and what we don’t. This is great info you don’t want to miss. Read on!

A few things to think about

January 2, 2020
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From the editor’s desk:  Articles of note for people dealing with pituitary disease.  Here are a few information nuggets we thought might be interesting to share; a few things to think about, to chew on,