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Biotech
- Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging ? but stem cells offer a potential improvement
- The Oura ring will soon help you monitor your blood sugar
- Man Who Received Historic Pig Kidney Transplant Did Not Die From It
Clinical/Medical
- Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
- The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
Disability Ethics
- Diane Coleman, 71, Dies; Fiercely Opposed the Right-to-Die Movement
- Sex and Gender Identification and Implications for Disability Evaluation
- The cochlear question
Emerging Tech
- The Fantasy of Cozy Tech
- The Oura ring will soon help you monitor your blood sugar
- A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
End of Life
- An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law Says That’s Fine.
- Atheist chaplains are forging a new path in a changing world
- All Saints Die
Euthanasia / Suicide
- Diane Coleman, 71, Dies; Fiercely Opposed the Right-to-Die Movement
- Assisted dying bill opens door to involuntary euthanasia, former chief coroner warns
- The Interview: The Doctor Who Helped Me Understand My Mom’s Choice to Die
Genetic Ethics
- The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For
- The First Crispr Treatment Is Making Its Way to Patients
- CRISPR builds a big tomato that’s actually sweet
Global Bioethics
- What’s going on with the ‘magic’ drug for malaria?
- More than 800 million people around the world have diabetes, study finds
- What Africa Needs to Do to Become a Major AI Player
Healthcare
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
- Sex and Gender Identification and Implications for Disability Evaluation
- Employers Get Pressure to Pay for Drugs Like Wegovy
Human Enhancement
- A $12,000 Surgery to Change Eye Color Is Surging in Popularity
- A New Edition of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Is Now Available
- More women seek testosterone therapy, prompted by influencers, doctors say
Journal Articles
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
- A New Edition of Hastings Center Report Is Now Available
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
Mental Health
- The Fantasy of Cozy Tech
- Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media – here’s the evidence
- COVID-era telehealth prescribing extended again
Neuroethics
- The Fantasy of Cozy Tech
- Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media – here’s the evidence
- Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.
Organ Transplantation
- Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors
- Man Who Received Historic Pig Kidney Transplant Did Not Die From It
- Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers
Public Health
- Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
- Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media – here’s the evidence
Public Policy
- Cannabis Policy Impacts Public Health and Health Equity
- Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease and Alcohol Use Disorder on the Rise in Older Adults
- Assisted dying bill opens door to involuntary euthanasia, former chief coroner warns
Reproductive Ethics
- Pay First, Deliver Later: Some Women Are Being Asked To Prepay for Their Baby
- Why the Term “Women of Childbearing Age” Is Problematic
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
Research Ethics
- Is it ever OK for scientists to experiment on themselves?
- Texas medical school ordered to stop liquefying bodies after using them for training
- New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
Stem Cell Research
- Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging ? but stem cells offer a potential improvement
- Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers
- World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
Women's Health
- Homicide found to be top cause of maternal death
- More women seek testosterone therapy, prompted by influencers, doctors say
- China’s Once-Unwanted Daughters Have Grown Up—and Now They Shun Motherhood