The English Puritans and their Scottish counterparts, the Covenanters, experienced intense suffering. Along with their contemporaries, they faced the normal hardships of the seventeenth-century world: plagues, illnesses, and the deaths of infants, children, and women in childbirth. In addition to these, however, many of the Puritans endured deep and persistent persecution. The Stuart monarchs (1603–1685)…
Audio Transcript International missions is a huge theme in the life and ministry of John Piper. That word missions has appeared 250 times on this podcast alone. The church has global aspirations. Our ongoing prayer is the prayer of the psalmist: “Let the nations be glad and sing for joy” (Psalm 67:4). “Amen! Let the…
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals filed a Citizen Petition with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), urging them to de-schedule the dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) class of chronic insomnia medications based on data indicating a low potential for abuse. The petition outlines scientific and medical evidence demonstrating that the DORA class has a negligible abuse profile and potential…
Zevra Therapeutics Inc, formerly KemPharm, announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug application, seeking authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a phase 1 clinical trial of KP1077 in narcolepsy. Once the clinical investigation plan proposed in the Investigational New Drug application has been cleared to proceed by the FDA,…
Onera Health announced a strategic partnership with MedBridge Healthcare to deliver Onera’s self-applied, no-wire home polysomnography solution to people struggling with sleep disorders in the US. The new partnership aims to broaden access to Onera’s medical-grade polysomnography-as-a-service solution, improving the patient experience and lowering the operational burden currently faced in many sleep clinics across the…
Poor quality sleep may bolster a person’s genetic susceptibility to asthma, potentially doubling their risk of being diagnosed with the condition, suggests a large UK Biobank study published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research. A healthy sleep pattern seems to be linked to a lower risk of asthma, prompting the researchers to suggest that spotting and…
Many leaders today “know” the importance of a slowed-down spirituality. So why do so many continue to feel overloaded and over scheduled, often working 3 jobs, taking on new side hustles, and remain driven by the fear of missing out? Why can’t we stop overcommitting? Listen, I know this struggle firsthand. And I’ve found that…
In our COVID-remapped world, commutes and work and family rhythms have been permanently altered. So have attitudes toward church participation. I spoke recently with a woman passionately committed to her Sunday-morning regimen of livestreaming her local-church service. Of course, many people have pulled back altogether from church involvement in favor of consuming the podcasts and…
By Wladislaw Rivkin, Trinity College Dublin Think back to a night when you slept poorly. How productive were you the next day at work? Did you struggle to get started? Did the day drag on and on? Did you procrastinate on Twitter or TikTok rather than doing your work? If your answer to these questions…
In the wake of a KHN-CBS News investigation, the FDA on Thursday said it is “evaluating safety concerns” over the use of a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients.The federal agency told the public in a “safety communication” posted on its website that it is looking not only at that…