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Global Bioethics
4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease
Reproductive Ethics
Surrogacy shock: Las Vegas couple fights international surrogacy nightmare after DNA revelation
Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say

Biotech
- Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Shows Limits of Tracking Pacemakers in Police Work
- At-Home Brain Stimulation for Depression Is Just the Start
- 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
Clinical/Medical
- Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say
- Google puts users at risk by downplaying health disclaimers under AI Overviews
- My Doctors Blamed My Itch on Perimenopause. It Was Cancer.
Disability Ethics
- Musk Announces Neuralink With 3X Capability, Teases Blindsight Augment for Vision Impaired People
- The Baby We Kept
- Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion
Emerging Tech
- Inside the New York City Date Night for AI Lovers
- ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.
- Brace Yourself for the AI Tsunami
End of Life
- On Dying Well: Ben Sasse and the Vocation of Suffering
- Killing People Is Not the Same as Allowing Them to Die
- The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
Euthanasia / Suicide
- Killing People Is Not the Same as Allowing Them to Die
- When Christians Contemplate Assisted Suicide
- Spain performs pioneering face transplant from donor who requested assisted dying
Genetic Ethics
- Their Mutated Genes Were Supposed to Be Harmless
- Studies Test Whether Gene-Editing Can Fix High Cholesterol
- Genetics play a larger part in lifespan than previously thought
Global Bioethics
- 4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease
- WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as “unethical”
- France sends letters to 29-year-olds telling them to get on with having children
Healthcare
- University of Minnesota med school changes class after accusations of UnitedHealth ‘propaganda’
- Hospitals are posting prices for patients. It’s mostly industry using the data
- How America Got So Sick
Human Enhancement
- T-Maxxing Has Gone Too Far
- The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly”
- Amid Botched Procedures, China Is Cracking Down on Cosmetic Surgery
Journal Articles
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
- A New Edition of Clinical Ethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
Mental Health
- The mysterious symptom popping up in some GLP-1 users
- Report finds children with mental health diagnoses often incarcerated instead of getting treatment
- Under growing pressure, the biggest social networks agree to be rated on teen safety
Neuroethics
- The mysterious symptom popping up in some GLP-1 users
- Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
- Colorado Marijuana Regulators Consider Major Changes to How Labs Test for Contaminants
Organ Transplantation
- Houston doctor indicted on charges he falsified records to block patients’ liver transplants
- Spain performs pioneering face transplant from donor who requested assisted dying
- 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
Public Health
- 4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease
- WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as “unethical”
- How some COVID vaccines triggered rare blood-clot disorder
Public Policy
- Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences
- Texas man sues California doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to state
- ‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear
Reproductive Ethics
- Surrogacy shock: Las Vegas couple fights international surrogacy nightmare after DNA revelation
- Fertility patients win high court battle to save embryos after consent error
- Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences
Research Ethics
- Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted
- Now is not the time to defund human fetal tissue research
- Musk Announces Neuralink With 3X Capability, Teases Blindsight Augment for Vision Impaired People
Stem Cell Research
- Now is not the time to defund human fetal tissue research
- Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease
- Experts met to discuss the ethics of using organoids in research
Women's Health
- My Doctors Blamed My Itch on Perimenopause. It Was Cancer.
- The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion
- Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?