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:
Healthcare
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:
September 24, 2025
A New Edition of HEC Forum Is Now Available
HEC Forum (vol. 37, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 22, 2025
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
(ProPublica) – Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up. Over 90 psychiatric hospitals across the country have violated … Read More
September 22, 2025
A New Edition of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Is Now Available
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 46, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 19, 2025
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
September 17, 2025
A New Edition of The Linacre Quarterly Is Now Available
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 92, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 16, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 15, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 12, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 8, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 11, 2025
Abortion may prove a landmine in ACA subsidy push
(Axios) – Abortion politics are colliding with ongoing efforts in Congress to extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage. Why it matters: Renewing the premium subsidies even for a year beyond their Dec. 31 expiration was always going to … Read More
September 10, 2025
Governor Abbott signs bills to boost rural healthcare in Texas
(News 4 San Antonio) – Governor Greg Abbott addressed the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals fall conference in Austin, where he ceremonially signed House Bill 18 and House Bill 3000 into law. These bills aim to enhance healthcare … Read More
September 10, 2025
Unapproved tests and alternative treatments for Lyme disease are proliferating
(AP) – Lyme disease can cause serious harm, but so can bogus tests and treatments. The complexity of diagnosing the tick-borne disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and unproven alternative treatments that experts say should … Read More
September 10, 2025
Melinda French Gates Backs $100 Million Bet On Women’s Health Breakthroughs
(Forbes) – “I want to see women step into equal power and influence at every level of society, from their homes to their workplaces to our government and economy. But there is no path to that future if women are … Read More
September 10, 2025
Another Man Gets a Pig Kidney as Transplant Trials Are Poised to Start
(Medpage Today) – A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplantopens in a new tab or window, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human … Read More
September 10, 2025
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
September 8, 2025
American Health Care Gets a Lot Wrong. Here’s What It Gets Right.
(New York Times) – Americans are right to demand more from their health care system. But if we tear down the parts that work — the research, prevention, regulation and education that have driven decades of progress — we won’t … Read More
September 2, 2025
How rural hospitals are banding together to survive
(NPR) – The mobile MRI unit visits Southwest Healthcare Services, the hospital in Bowman, North Dakota, each Wednesday. Without it, the community’s 1,400 residents would have to drive 40 minutes to get to an MRI machine, an expensive piece of … Read More
August 28, 2025
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
(New York Times) – A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. The federal government plans to hire private companies to use artificial … Read More
August 27, 2025
When hospitals and insurers fight, patients get caught in the middle
(NPR) – A growing number of Americans find themselves in a similar pinch. In New York City, negotiations between UnitedHealthcare and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center missed a June 30 deadline, briefly leaving some patients in limbo until a deal … Read More
August 21, 2025
AI is helping patients fight insurance company denials
(NBC News) – Stephanie Nixdorf’s insurance company repeatedly declined to cover a drug to treat her arthritis. That changed after she sent an appeal letter crafted with help from AI. With his wife in agony, Jason Nixdorf had a chance … Read More
