December 5, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 17, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Clinical / Medical
December 4, 2025
A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test
(Wired) – ARMR Sciences of New York is trialing a vaccine in the Netherlands to protect against fentanyl-related overdose and death. Just a tiny amount of fentanyl, the equivalent of a few grains of sand, is enough to stop a … Read More
December 4, 2025
AI scribes may not save a lot of time on clinical notes, but they make clinicians happy
(STAT News) – Even after a lot of studies, researchers don’t quite know why With a promise to reduce burden on overworked doctors, ambient scribes that automate the process of writing clinical notes have become the vanguard use case for … Read More
December 3, 2025
They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.
(KFF Health News) – Spinal cord injuries, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis have left tens of thousands of Americans permanently dependent on ventilators. The barriers these patients face offer a stark example of … Read More
December 2, 2025
FDA offers staff ‘agentic AI’ to support premarket reviews, administrative tasks
(STAT News) – The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced plans to offer its employees a broader set of artificial intelligence tools to use in premarket reviews and for other purposes amid persistent concerns that the technology can behave … Read More
December 2, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 16, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 1, 2025
My Patient Was Making a Fatal Decision. What Could I Do?
(New York Times) – A pacemaker can solve the problem; without one, it can be fatal. But he did not want a pacemaker. His doctors called the psychiatrists to come see him, as we do when people are making decisions … Read More
December 1, 2025
This toddler’s nearly 40-minute ambulance ride cost his family $9,000
(Washington Post via MSN) – Darragh’s family doesn’t have health insurance, leaving them on the hook for the full charges. Their income is a bit too high for them to qualify for Medicaid, the public health program that covers low-income … Read More
December 1, 2025
A New Edition of Research Ethics is Now Available
Research Ethics (vol. 21, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 28, 2025
Why my colleagues and I are undertaking an independent review of the hepatitis B birth dose
(STAT News) – Ahead of a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting, assessing the evidence is paramount On Dec. 4, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is expected to vote on whether to maintain the long-standing recommendation that all … Read More
November 28, 2025
Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
(Politico) – Charities that help people pay for care say demand is way up. That’s before scheduled Medicaid and Obamacare cuts take effect. Financial assistance from the HealthWell Foundation, one of the largest charities in the country, is already 23 … Read More
November 28, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 11, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 26, 2025
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
(WLWT) – Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months across the state. The first two deaths in the state represented the first whooping cough … Read More
November 26, 2025
Postpartum Prescription of GLP-1 Drugs Has Increased Sharply, Study Finds
(New York Times) – By mid-2024, the weight-loss drugs were prescribed for almost 2 percent of new mothers. Danish researchers were examining the use of medications during and after pregnancy when they noticed a clear trend: The number of women … Read More
November 26, 2025
Stopping GLP-1 drugs before pregnancy linked to complications
(UPI) – Women who stop taking a GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes medication just prior to a pregnancy appear to be at higher odds for excess weight gain and complications while pregnant, new research shows. As the study authors pointed out, potential … Read More
November 26, 2025
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
(ProPublica) – Walker’s death is one of multiple cases ProPublica is investigating in which women with underlying health conditions died after they were unable to end their pregnancies. Walker had known that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she had … Read More
November 26, 2025
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
November 25, 2025
California Is Tired of Letting People Die
(The Atlantic) – Long-term involuntary treatment is back. Is it working? For the past 50 years, the city has tried to hide from this problem in much the same way Ashley hides from her own. The general consensus in America … Read More
November 25, 2025
A Battle with My Blood
(The New Yorker) – When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. On May 25, 2024, my daughter was born at 7:05 in the morning, ten minutes after … Read More
November 24, 2025
Ozempic Drug Fails to Quell Alzheimer’s in Novo Nordisk Trials
(NYTs) – The studies were a significant setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs could help prevent a number of brain diseases. Hopes were high. In retrospect, perhaps too high. On Monday, Novo Nordisk announced that … Read More
November 24, 2025
A New Edition of Journal of Medical Humanities Is Now Available
Journal of Medical Humanities (vol. 46, no 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 21, 2025
Old Blood Pressure Drug May Hold the Key to Halt Aggressive Brain Cancer Growth
(Discover) – Learn how uncovering the biochemistry of a long-established blood pressure drug could make it eligible to treat brain tumors. A 70-year-old medical mystery around a critical blood-pressure medication, hydralazine, was finally solved. Not only do scientists now understand … Read More
November 21, 2025
These women were diagnosed with lung cancer. They weren’t eligible for screening.
(NBC News) – Researchers at Northwestern Medicine found that 65% of their lung cancer patients weren’t eligible for screening. They were more likely to be female, Asian American or nonsmokers. The current guidelines, from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, … Read More
November 21, 2025
Med Spa Nation
(Allure) – There are almost as many med spas as McDonald’s in the US, ready to serve you a smoother forehead, glowier skin, and fuller lips. Are you safe placing an order? In recent years, the med spa industry has … Read More
November 21, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 15, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
