February 20, 2025
(New York Times) – Most medical professionals learned long ago not to expect reality in dramatizations of their work. From the early days of “General Hospital,” to “Grey’s Anatomy” and its various spinoffs, to more recent hits like “The Good … Read More
February 19, 2025
(New York Times) – “The Years,” running in London, dramatizes a woman’s life from teenage thrills to later-life sex. One intense scene is causing audience members to pass out. Since opening last summer for a short run at the Almeida … Read More
February 11, 2025
(Axios) – A New York City academic medical center is drawing unexpected fire from doctors, patients and others in health care for buying a pricey Super Bowl ad touting its services. Why it matters: NYU Langone’s ad comes amid heightened scrutiny of nonprofit … Read More
January 17, 2025
(The Hedgehog Review) – The way we observe a death is expressive of our sense of a life’s meaning, of its shape and the terms of its success or failure. The “last ride” for a biker; the gun salute for … Read More
January 15, 2025
(NPR) – The Princess of Wales revealed Tuesday that her cancer is in remission after an emotional visit to the hospital where she received treatment last year. In a statement on social media, the princess offered her heartfelt thanks to … Read More
December 27, 2024
(Associated Press) – Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger, according to a new poll. In the survey … Read More
December 27, 2024
(The Washington Post) – Overdose deaths have reached record levels in the United States in recent years. Despite signs of decline, the number of people dying nationwide from overdoses has eclipsed 100,000 annually between 2020 and 2023, according to national … Read More
December 27, 2024
(New York Times) – Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients. Now, some people up for top … Read More
December 26, 2024
(New York Times) – Experts share how shifting from self-focused goals to thinking about others can have a positive impact on the year ahead. There is ample research — including one of the longest-running studies on human happiness — to … Read More
December 11, 2024
(CBS News) – In his newest special, which was just released on Netflix, Foxx said that he had experienced a brain bleed that led to a stroke. He said he was in a coma for 20 days, and his condition was … Read More
December 10, 2024
(Wired) – From hoodies to erotic fan fiction, the internet is flooded with expressions of support and love for the suspected killer—a development experts find concerning. These sellers are trying to cash in on the internet’s peculiar fascination with Mangione, … Read More
November 27, 2024
(The Walrus) – Time, relationships, identity, and, yes, finances: for a few years, a child’s arrival can upend anyone’s world. But between the housing crisis, an underperforming child care system, soaring food costs, and a status-driven culture that encourages top-of-the-line … Read More
November 19, 2024
(The Conversation) – Thanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise in mental health issues among younger people in many western countries. Their warnings about the destructive impact … Read More
November 6, 2024
(Wired) – As Hollywood studios, actors, and writers wrangle over the use of AI in films, a major new release has fully embraced it. On Friday, TriStar Pictures released Here, a $50 million Robert Zemeckis-directed film that used real-time generative … Read More
October 28, 2024
Bioethics (vol. 38, no. 9, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 21, 2024
(Axios) – Singer Lance Bass’ efforts to eat right, exercise and take medication weren’t helping to manage his newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes symptoms — until doctors determined he actually had a lesser-known condition known as Type 1.5 diabetes. Why it … Read More
October 9, 2024
(New York Times) – I’m in the writers’ room helping to draft the script for a new television medical drama, and we’ve hit a roadblock in the fourth act. We’ve successfully set up the mystery and designed a clever way … Read More
September 3, 2024
(Washington Post) – Over Labor Day weekend, you can jump scare yourself silly with this generation’s go-to terror: an artificial intelligence gone rogue. The new horror movie “AfrAId” — yes, that’s how the filmmakers write it — centers on a … Read More
August 21, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – ‘Friends’ star spent his life searching for healing in a world willing to sell it It was that persistent search for a solution that led Perry to try ketamine, the dissociative drug that federal prosecutors in … Read More
August 1, 2024
(New York Times) – It’s probably not selfishness, experts say. Even young adults who want children see an increasing number of obstacles. Notably, studies of the reasons behind the fertility decline don’t reveal a dramatic shift in the desire to … Read More
July 1, 2024
(New York Times) – The Biden administration said this week that it opposed gender-affirming surgery for minors, the most explicit statement to date on the subject from a president who has been a staunch supporter of transgender rights. The White … Read More
June 19, 2024
(The Atlantic) – So youth in English-speaking Canada are becoming sadder faster than those in French-speaking Canada, and measures of teen suicidality are rising in the Anglosphere but less so in similar less-English-speaking countries. What’s the deal with Anglosphere despair? Maybe … Read More
June 12, 2024
(Axios) – Florida’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for both minors and adults are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Why it matters: The decision lifts restrictions for transgender adults and overturns a ban on trans children … Read More
June 6, 2024
(Washington Post) – As AI-generated images spread across entertainment, marketing, social media and other industries that shape cultural norms, The Washington Post set out to understand how this technology defines one of society’s most indelible standards: female beauty. Using dozens … Read More
June 6, 2024
(The Guardian) – If your carefully crafted life plan has been scuppered by sofa time, bingeing on fast food, drinking too much and failing to contribute to the company pension, it may be time for a chat with your future … Read More
