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Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deal

Exclusive: Indigo raises $50M for medical liability insurance
The company is open to M&A that would help it enter credentialing or tucking in competitors that add scale.

The secure messaging app Signal remains the go-to tools for staying secure while conversing with sources, colleagues, friends, and family.
https://bsky.app/profile/freedom.press/post/3mdsj3olbd52y

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Ordered dithering with arbitrary or irregular colour palettes.
https://matejlou.blog/2023/12/06/ordered-dithering-for-arbitrary-or-irregular-palettes/
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Ordered Dithering with Arbitrary or Irregular Colour Palettes
Introduction Hello. I have recently been spending a lot of time dithering. In image processing, dithering is the act of applying intentional perturbations or noise in order to compensate for the in…

Uppvärmning fungerar. Ju mer specifik den är desto mer effektiv brukar den bli.
Do warm-ups improve muscle strength? https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250911/Do-warm-ups-improve-muscle-strength.aspx

Do warm-ups improve muscle strength?
Increasing muscle temperature through warm-ups enhances contractile function and power, but maximum force remains unchanged, highlighting methodological limits.

💥 Tiny sensor could transform head injury detection
#sensors

Tiny sensor could transform head injury detection
A tiny sensor that detects hazardous head impacts the instant they occur could reshape safety monitoring in sports, transportation and other high-risk settings.

‘She has no expertise’:
the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth HŸeg’s tenure at the FDA
The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines
So far in public appearances, she has continued to focus on vaccines
– typically the purview of Vinay Prasad,
director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
– rather than drug regulation.
HŸeg’s predecessors reportedly clash…

🤯 Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
#fat

Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a potent pathway that begins in the brain and leads to loss of all body fat without reducing food intake. The study is reported in Nature Metabolism.

⚠️ Alternative sweetener sorbitol linked to liver disease
#sorbitol

Alternative sweetener sorbitol linked to liver disease
Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose). But that assumption is being challenged with new research, including the recent finding that the sugar alcohol sorbitol is not as harmless a sugar substitute as once thought.

🛢️ Study links America's favorite cooking oil to obesity
#food

Study links America's favorite cooking oil to obesity
Soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States and a staple of processed foods, contributes to obesity, at least in mice, through a mechanism scientists are now beginning to understand.