December 3, 2024
(Gizmodo) – The specialized ink could eventually replace clunky EEG wires and “potentially revolutionize” brain-computer interface devices. The future of diagnostic medicine is gearing up to look a bit more cyberpunk. Scientists have just unveiled technology that should allow people … Read More
December 3, 2024
(ABC News) – Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code and fielding customer service calls with chatbots. But the pharmaceutical industry is still waiting to see whether AI can tackle its biggest challenge: … Read More
December 3, 2024
(Associated Press) – It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. The twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and results published Wednesday show … Read More
December 3, 2024
(New York Times) – Patients often are in the dark about which organs remain and which were removed — particularly the ovaries, which profoundly influence lifelong health. Hysterectomies have been steadily declining for decades, in part thanks to new, targeted … Read More
December 3, 2024
(The Hill) – The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released its final report Monday, laying out numerous conclusions from its review of the federal pandemic response, including what the Republican-controlled panel believes to be the likely origins of … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Associated Press) – British lawmakers gave initial approval on Friday to a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales, following an impassioned debate that saw people sharing personal stories of loss and suffering. Members … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Toronto.com) – A broad coalition of Canada’s major news organizations, including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC, is suing tech giant OpenAI, saying the company is illegally using news articles to … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Wired) – A Swedish startup wants to democratize stem cell treatments, but the finances of the unproven therapies raise ethical questions. Travel to the Bahamas and—for the meager sum of $16,500—you could have stem cells injected into your joints. The … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Axios) – Legally induced abortions decreased in 2022, the year that Roe v. Wade was overturned, the CDC said in its latest annual report. Why it matters: Abortions had ticked upward slightly between 2019 and 2021 after years of declines … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – America’s drug crisis has many survivors. Jerry Schlesinger, 72, is among the longest tenured. He tried heroin at 15. Today, he has been sober for two years. In between, decades of illicit drug use wrecked his … Read More
December 2, 2024
(CBS News) – Can artificial intelligence be so transformative as to solve one of the U.S. economy’s biggest problems: its skyrocketing fiscal deficit? According to three economists at the Brookings Institution, the answer is yes — AI could prove a … Read More
December 2, 2024
(The Spectator) – Those all seem to me good, cogent and to my mind compelling arguments for rejecting the proposed bill on Assisted Dying. Yet I can’t help thinking that Christian faith still has something deeper to bring to this … Read More
December 2, 2024
(BBC) – A transsexual has been helped to die by doctors in Belgium, after a series of failed sex-change operations. Nathan Verhelst, born a girl, asked for help to end his life on grounds of psychological suffering. He died in … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – The number of male registered nurses in the U.S. has nearly tripled since the early 2000s Many of the manufacturing jobs that are being moved overseas, replaced by automation or phased out of the American economy … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Undark) – In the future, humans may not be the only arbiters of who lives and dies in war, as weapons gain decision-making power. How autonomous and semi-autonomous technology will operate in the future is up in the air, and … Read More
November 27, 2024
(The Verge) – The restrictions will prevent under-18s from using ‘appearance-altering effects’ that are difficult to detect. TikTok is placing age restrictions on some of its beauty filters to address concerns about how they impact the mental health of its … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Medscape) – About a third of people eligible for glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for weight loss via the products’ labels would have been excluded from the clinical trials that supported their safety and effectiveness, thereby creating … Read More
November 27, 2024
(BBC) – For the first time in almost a decade MPs are going to vote on giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to have an assisted death. While it’s something that remains illegal in most countries, … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Los Angeles Times) – Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have identified a brain pathway that instantly deflates anxiety. The new study, which published earlier this week in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience, lays out … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Nature) – By changing how contracts are done, institutions can move away from exploitative research practices. Historically, the people and institutions that carry out research related to Indigenous peoples have assumed that they own those data — they can share … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Quartz) – ChatGPT maker OpenAI halted the rollout of its new text-to-video generator, Sora, after testers leaked the tool to the public over concerns about exploitative business practices. Artists who were given early access leaked Sora on artificial intelligence platform … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Associated Press) – The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Becker’s Hospital Review) – The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, which examines all pregnancy-related deaths, will not examine cases from 2022 and 2023, The Washington Post reported Nov. 26. The committee made the decision in September, reasoning that … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – A nonprofit that collects donated organs and transports them to transplant patients around the U.S. used its airplanes for other purposes, including travel for employees and for fundraisers. Indiana Donor Network operates a fleet of small … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Edward Scolnick led the development of dozens of medicines while at Merck; his current mission pits him against time and the mental illness of millions, including his son Dr. Edward Scolnick figures he needs five, maybe … Read More
