November 14, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 14, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Healthcare
November 5, 2025
A New Edition of Hastings Center Report Is Now Available
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue S1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 3, 2025
A New Edition of American Journal of Law & Medicine Is Now Available
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 51, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 31, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 13, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 30, 2025
The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net
(KFF Health News) – Maine Family Planning’s closures are among the first visible signs of what health leaders call the biggest setback to reproductive care in half a century. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population … Read More
October 27, 2025
High-tech bandages prompt Medicare lobbying clash
(Axios) – Manufacturers of pricey wound-care products are squaring off with alliances of hospitals, doctors and other providers who care for Medicare patients over an effort to curb program spending on the high-tech bandages. Why it matters: Politically connected interests … Read More
October 27, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 12, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 22, 2025
The Average Cost of a Family Health Insurance Plan Is Now $27,000
(WSJ) – Higher spending on chronic diseases, weight-loss drugs and hospital bills help drive the increase The cost of health insurance rose steeply for a third year in a row in 2025, reaching just under $27,000 for a family plan, … Read More
October 21, 2025
CBO says revised cost of orphan drug exemptions will add $3.9 billion to Medicare
(STAT News) – The changes are due to provisions that will exempt or delay certain drugs from pricing negotiations The Congressional Budget Office has revised its forecast showing the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost taxpayers as … Read More
October 20, 2025
A New Edition of Nursing Ethics Is Now Available
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 15, 2025
A New Edition of European Journal of Human Genetics Is Now Available
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 10, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 10, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 9, 2025
‘Guilty until proven innocent’: Inside the fight between doctors and insurance companies over ‘downcoding’
(NBC News) – Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling. It’s a practice called “downcoding.” Insurance companies — in Wagner’s case, Aetna — automatically downgrade the claims a … Read More
October 9, 2025
Drug Rehabs Lure In Patients for Insurance Money—Then Leave Them on the Street
(Wall Street Journal) – Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers The rehabs are often in locations that people might be tempted to travel … Read More
October 7, 2025
Why Are More Young People Getting Cancer?
(New York Times) – In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don’t have all of the answers, but research is starting to offer clues. For years, studies and news … Read More
October 6, 2025
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
(AP) – Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi uncovered … Read More
October 6, 2025
Bad Practice: How doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
(National Post) – The international investigation by 48 media partners in 46 countries included Canada’s Investigative Journalism Bureau and was led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the Times of London, and VG of Norway. Other partners … Read More
October 6, 2025
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research
(New York Times) – Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety. The first ethics panels, created in response to testing scandals in the 1960s and ’70s, … Read More
October 6, 2025
‘I don’t want to die’: Man with Down syndrome ‘starved to death’ in hospital
(ITV) – The family of a disabled man who died after not being given any food for nine days whilst being treated in an NHS hospital has told ITV News “we thought he was having nutrition… but as it turns … Read More
October 6, 2025
A New Edition of Bioethics Is Now Available
Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 3, 2025
Patients Are Diagnosing Themselves With Home Tests, Devices and Chatbots
(Wall Street Journal) – People increasingly turn to do-it-yourself healthcare amid long waits for medical appointments and a rise in self-care options Healthcare is fast becoming a do-it-yourself project for patients. With a shortage of doctors, long wait times for … Read More
October 3, 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. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 2, 2025
Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
(KFF Health News) – KFF Health News reviewed 1,200 Colorado cases in which judges, over a two-year period from Feb. 1, 2022, through Feb. 1, 2024, gave permission to garnish wages over unpaid bills. At least 30% of the cases … Read More
September 29, 2025
How weight-loss injections are turning obesity into a wealth issue
(Wired) – Serena Williams, Elon Musk and Whoopi Goldberg have all spoken about using weight-loss injections. Some are now prescribed by the NHS, including Wegovy and Mounjaro, generating scores of headlines. Really, this should have made it a great leveller. … Read More
September 26, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
