Jan 16, 2026 | Smithsonian Magazine

Greenland Sharks Can Survive For Centuries - And Maintain Long-Lasting Vision, Desite Living In The Dark

“[As a Greenland shark] you don’t have high resolution,” study co-author Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine, tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Peter de Kruijff. “You see light and darkness, but you really don’t see the shapes very well, or you cannot distinguish probably fast movements.”

Jan 14, 2026 | U.S. News & World Report

Hiring An In-Home Caregiver: What To Consider

Sonia Sehgal, an internist and geriatrician at UCI Health, says that while 48 hours is the CMS standard, some patients may experience longer delays between discharge and in-home care, stemming from the time of their discharge. For example, missing orders from doctors, issues with insurance companies or people who are discharged on a weekend may experience more delays to their start of care.

Jan 13, 2026 | Healthcare Executive

Sight Lost Slowly: How Glaucoma Turns Late Care into Lifelong Disability

"What makes glaucoma particularly dangerous is that vision loss typically begins in the peripheral vision and progresses slowly toward the center, without pain or noticeable symptoms. By the time patients become aware of a problem, substantial and irreversible optic nerve damage and vision loss have often already occurred,” says Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, ophthalmologist, UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.

Jan 07, 2026 | Scientific American

OpenAI Would Like You to Share Your Health Data with Its AI Chatbot

Dr. Peter D. Chang says the tool represents a “step in the right direction” toward more personalized medical care, but cautions that users should approach any AI-generated medical advice with a grain of salt.