August 17, 2018
(New York Times) – The simple fact that Andrew was living at home is somewhat miraculous. Heroin and fentanyl caused him to stop breathing, but he learned to breathe on his own again. His kidneys failed and then recovered. But … Read More
August 14, 2018
(The Guardian) – Nevertheless, the euthanasia debate seems to have entered a faltering phase. A very un-Dutch thing has happened. We appear to be tongue-tied. The Netherlands – the country that, more than any other, wants to believe in every … Read More
August 9, 2018
(NPR) – Iezzoni graduated from medical school but didn’t end up becoming a practicing doctor. This was before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990, and she says she just didn’t have the support. In the decades since, court … Read More
August 9, 2018
(Scientific American) – Scientists have made huge strides in controlling robotic limbs with the nervous system, but providing such sensory feedback has proved more challenging. Now, however, a team led by biomechanical engineer Hugh Herr, also at M.I.T., has created … Read More
August 1, 2018
(Science) – For millions who can’t hear, lip reading offers a window into conversations that would be lost without it. But the practice is hard—and the results are often inaccurate (as you can see in these Bad Lip Reading videos). Now, … Read More
July 18, 2018
(UPI) – Combining segments of bone engineered from stem cells, scientists have developed a new technique for personalized bone grafts for patients with disease of injury. The method, which was described Wednesday in the journal Scientific Reports by scientists at … Read More
July 16, 2018
(Forbes) – A team of scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Göttingen have teamed up to create a ‘next generation’ bionic hand. This bionic hand is special because it uses artificial intelligence to improve its functionality. The … Read More
July 12, 2018
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 44, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Face Transplantation for the Blind: More Than Being Blind in a Sighted World” by Joseph Lee “From Whom Do Physicians Obtain Consent for Surgery?” … Read More
July 10, 2018
Journal of Applied Philosophy (vol. 35, no. 2, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Rose’s Prevention Paradox” by Christopher Thompson “Selecting Against Disability: The Liberal Eugenic Challenge and the Argument from Cognitive Diversity” by Christopher Gyngell and Thomas … Read More
June 22, 2018
(Wired) – Pain is an indispensable tool for survival. The prick of a nail underfoot is a warning that protects you from a deep, dirty wound—and maybe tetanus. The sizzle of a steel skillet is a deterrent against a third-degree … Read More
June 21, 2018
(UPI) – Engineers have developed an electronic “skin” that allows prosthetic hand users to perceive a real sense of touch. The e-dermis, when layered on top of the prosthetic hands, restores the sensation of touch through the fingertips. Engineers at … Read More
June 18, 2018
(Los Angeles Times) – Pope Francis denounced abortion Saturday as the “white glove” equivalent of the Nazi-era eugenics program and urged families to accept the children that God gives them. Francis spoke off-the-cuff to a meeting of an Italian family … Read More
June 13, 2018
(Aeon) – I haven’t been able to shake my sense of alarm, but now I understand it better. My worry about the choices of other prospective parents is a protective impulse. What are the motivations behind the choice to abort, … Read More
June 5, 2018
(Science) – Decades before Gregor Mendel studied pea plants or Thomas Hunt Morgan cultivated fruitflies, an isolated but vital international community gathered enormous bodies of data on hereditary traits. As Theodore Porter describes in his fascinating and original Genetics in … Read More
May 30, 2018
(STAT News) – The key to making the bionic like the biological was combining a surgical advance with a technological one, the researchers say. Ewing — who mangled his left foot when he fell about 50 feet from a cliff … Read More
May 7, 2018
Genetics in Medicine (vol. 20, no. 4, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “A Proposed Approach to Accelerate Evidence Generation for Genomic-Based Technologies in the Context of a Learning Health System” by Christine Y Lu et al. “Precision … Read More
May 4, 2018
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 44, no. 4, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “What Sort of Person Could Have a Radically Extended Lifespan?” by Rebecca Roache “Life-Extending Enhancements and the Narrative Approach to Personal Identity” by Andrea … Read More
April 27, 2018
(Scientific American) -About 1 in 59 children in the United States has autism, according to data released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Four times as many boys as girls have the condition, according to … Read More
April 23, 2018
(The Japan Times) – The government may soon face more lawsuits over the forced sterilization of people with disabilities as a group of lawyers said Friday that preparations are under way following the first such lawsuit, which was filed by … Read More
April 20, 2018
(Gizmodo) – The term “Asperger’s syndrome” will never be heard the same way again, owing to new research showing that Hans Asperger—the Austrian pediatrician for whom the disorder was named—was an active participant in the Nazi eugenics program, recommending that … Read More
April 17, 2018
(STAT News) – Nursing facilities routinely turn away patients seeking post-hospital care if they are taking medicine to treat opioid addiction, a practice that legal experts say violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. After discharge from the hospital, many patients … Read More
April 6, 2018
(New York Times) – This patient was different. Because he was born with a severe intellectual disability, the law made it much harder for him to avoid unwanted care. In New Hampshire, where I practice, and in many other states, … Read More
April 4, 2018
(Quartz) – Survivors of sexual assault in India rarely get the justice they deserve—and it is all the more difficult for women and girls with disabilities. They routinely struggle with reporting abuse and getting appropriate medical care, besides navigating the … Read More
March 29, 2018
(BBC) – A Chinese folk singer has received an apology from a bank after he was denied an account because of his disability. Zhou Yunpeng is blind, and was told he was not allowed a bank account when he visited … Read More
March 27, 2018
(CNN) – Children with autism spectrum disorder are significantly less likely to be fully vaccinated than children unaffected by autism, new research finds. And the same is true of their younger sisters and brothers. “This study is showing that children … Read More
