Personal Digest: Proton beams and AI take on stubborn heart disease

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Personal Digest: Proton beams and AI take on stubborn heart disease
Digest Newsletter · Aug 23, 2026
Personal Digest: Proton beams and AI take on stubborn heart disease

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noninvasive proton beam therapy to treat refractory ventricular tachycardia — Clinicians at the Mayo Clinic successfully used a noninvasive proton beam therapy to treat previously refractory ventricular tachycardia, offering a new option for hard‑to‑treat arrhythmias.

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic pairs AI and proton beams to tackle stubborn heart problems

Artificial Intelligence (southfloridahospitalnews.com) · Organ Donation (al.com) · Proton Therapy (mayoclinic.org)

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

AI hype, hardware pain, and real-world wins — all accelerating

Machine Learning (mshale.com) · Stock Market (mshale.com) · Software framework (pasqualepillitteri.it)

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Airline fake Wi‑Fi, AI‑tainted GitHub and smarter logging

Wireless Networks (aerospaceglobalnews.com) · Artificial Intelligence (bastillepost.com) · GitHub (indiatimes.com)

Baseball

Baseball

Money fights, hot Brewers and a scandal that won’t go away

Collective bargaining agreement (si.com) · National League Central (sports.yahoo.com) · Shohei Ohtani (english.kyodonews.net)

Dogs

Dogs

From gene edits to gentle goodbyes — dogs in science and care

Therapy animal (google.com) · Pet Food (google.com) · End-of-life Care (google.com)

UFOs

UFOs

Declassifications keep coming — and public belief keeps splitting

Public opinion (ibtimes.co.uk) · Government secrecy (relevantradio.com) · Extraterrestrial life (covers.com)

Education

Education

Curriculum 2.0: financial savvy, creativity and AI literacy

Curriculum (forklog.com) · Personal Finance (michigandaily.com) · Artificial Intelligence (news.cgtn.com)

Coffee

Coffee

Starbucks trims Seattle ranks as Nashville gets a boost

Corporate restructuring (mb.ntd.com)

Iran

Iran

Strait tensions and economic pain push Iran toward bargaining—and brinksmanship

Strait of Hormuz (aljazeera.com) · Ceasefires (newsonair.gov.in) · Petroleum industry (energynow.ca)

Drought

Drought

Water wars: Colorado cuts, canal limits and thirsty wildlife

Agriculture (nytimes.com) · Colorado River (gjsentinel.com) · Shipping (scmp.com)

Parenting

Parenting

Phones, sleep, and the parenting hustle — sanity-saving tips rise

Artificial Intelligence (modernghana.com) · Smartphones (businessinsider.com) · Celebrities (buzzfeed.com)

Tennis

Tennis

US Open shakeup: Serena returns, mass withdrawals and controversy

US Open (tennis) (thestar.com.my) · Nick Kyrgios (puntodebreak.com) · Jannik Sinner (au.news.yahoo.com)

Antisemitism

Antisemitism

Tropes, polls and a Hollywood dust‑up — antisemitism back in the headlines

American Jews (timesofisrael.com) · Blood Libel (jpost.com) · Acting (deadline.com)

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

Arozarena walk‑off nukes Cubs in late heartbreak

Seattle Mariners (mlb.com)

Money

Money

New savings levers, retail health plans and nudges for financial literacy

401k (247wallst.com) · Health Insurance (marca.com) · Investment (google.com)

Misinformation

Misinformation

Vaccine conspiracies find new oxygen in politics and power

Vaccines (snopes.com)

Disney

Disney

Disney’s empire juggles parks, football—and ugly legal flashpoints

Disney Channel (centraloregondaily.com) · National Football League (simplywall.st) · Theme Parks (forbes.com)

Dehumanization

Dehumanization

Rhetoric turns lethal: dehumanizing talk fuels violence and exclusion

Genocide (presstv.ir) · Ethnic Cleansing (see.news) · Antisemitism (ca.news.yahoo.com)