December 31, 2025
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
Clinical / Medical
December 30, 2025
‘Absolutely frightening’: surge in ketamine cases hits UK urology wards
(The Guardian) – Young adults and teenagers prevalent in ‘skyrocketing’ admissions linked to class B drug, say doctors in northern England Few places have felt the effects of that increase more than urology departments. Chronic ketamine use can cause irreversible … Read More
December 30, 2025
New measles cases in South Carolina put U.S. on the verge of losing elimination status
(NBC News) – The state reported 20 more measles cases in the last four days. If the disease spreads for three more weeks, it may no longer be considered eradicated in the U.S. A sizable uptick in measles cases in … Read More
December 30, 2025
Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries
(New York Times) – More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct. More than 500 women sued a Virginia health system and its senior executives on … Read More
December 30, 2025
Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S.
(New York Times) – The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care. The United States, a nation of 343 million people with a complex and overburdened health … Read More
December 30, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 22, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 29, 2025
Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition
(The Guardian) – Exclusive: Scientists find a way to forecast hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which affects millions worldwide Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition. Millions of … Read More
December 29, 2025
Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools
(STAT News) – The move could make it easier for health systems to adopt AI, while leaving patients vulnerable The Trump administration is proposing to remove requirements that developers of health information software disclose details on the development and testing … Read More
December 29, 2025
A New Edition of Nursing Ethics Is Now Available
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 26, 2025
This ex-doctor faced ‘incredible burnout’ and left medicine to build an AI tool – now, it’s worth over $460 million
(CNBC) – “In a perfect world … I would spend as much time with [patients] as they need … I would understand their family, I would remember them deeply, and then I would check in on them regularly,” he said. … Read More
December 26, 2025
The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell
(Wired) – Now that Novo Nordisk is the world’s weight-loss juggernaut, will it have to betray its first patients—type 1 diabetics? Though Novo has as its controlling shareholder the largest altruistic foundation in the world, it has to act coldly … Read More
December 26, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 21, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 24, 2025
Data Holds the Key in Slowing Age-Related Illnesses
(Wired) – More accurate and individualized health predictions will allow for preventative factors to be implemented well in advance. The science of aging has given us new ways to track these processes with body-wide and organ clocks, along with specific … Read More
December 24, 2025
After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
(KFF Health News) – The Farris lawsuit is one of dozens of medical malpractice cases filed over the past three years that accuse cosmetic surgery chains of failing to provide adequate care for patients in the days and weeks after … Read More
December 24, 2025
A New Edition of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics Is Now Available
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 34, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 23, 2025
Older Americans Quit Weight-Loss Drugs in Droves
(NYT) – People over 65 represent prime targets for such medications. “The prevalence of obesity hovers around 40 percent” in older adults, as measured by body mass index, said Dr. John Batsis, a geriatrician and obesity specialist at the University … Read More
December 23, 2025
US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies
(AP) – The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa that is raising ethical concerns. The unusual contract was awarded to scientists who have been … Read More
December 23, 2025
US regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss
(AP) – U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval handed drugmaker Novo Nordisk an … Read More
December 23, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 20, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 22, 2025
‘He Was Poisoned.’ Toxic Fumes on Planes Blamed for Deaths of Pilots and Crew
(WSJ) – Gregory O’Shanick, a specialist in brain-injury medicine from Richmond, Va., has treated flight crew for serious injuries that he says were caused by toxic exposure on commercial aircraft. He has also identified what he said are clear parallels … Read More
December 22, 2025
America’s Seniors Are Overmedicated
(WSJ) – A Wall Street Journal analysis of Medicare data found one in six seniors enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit were prescribed eight or more medications at the same time. Schmidt, who lives with her husband of 65 years in … Read More
December 22, 2025
MAP: Influenza hitting these states hardest as ‘super flu’ continues to spread
(The Hill) – Cases of the flu continue to mount, with health officials recently recording the first pediatric flu-related deaths of the season, but some states are seeing much higher activity than others. According to data released Friday by the … Read More
December 22, 2025
A New Edition of Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health Is Now Available
Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health (vol. 33, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 19, 2025
New Variant Raises Concerns of Another Bad Flu Season
(New York Times) – Here’s what to know about the dominant version of the virus that’s circulating now. The flu constantly morphs and mutates. Often, it surprises researchers a little. This year, the virus is surprising them a lot. They … Read More
December 19, 2025
Baby saved by gene-editing therapy ‘graduates’ from hospital, goes home
(ABC 7) – KJ Muldoon, a 10-month-old baby who sparked nationwide headlines after receiving a first-of-its kind gene-editing treatment, was released from the hospital this week. KJ has spent the majority of his life at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after … Read More
