June 6, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – This week, I’ve been thinking about the powerful connection between mind and body. Some new research suggests that people with heart conditions have better outcomes when they are more hopeful and optimistic. Hopelessness, on the other … Read More
June 6, 2025
(The Conversation) – People often hear that health care in America is dysfunctional – too expensive, too complex and too inequitable. But dysfunction implies failure. What if the real problem is that the system is functioning exactly as it was … Read More
June 6, 2025
(The Spectator) – The hospice movement is one of the great achievements of post-war Britain. Inspired by the doctor Cicely Saunders, who in effect founded the field of palliative care, it has united cutting-edge research with a profound understanding of … Read More
June 6, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 19, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 5, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Later this month, the Food and Drug Administration is widely expected to approve a groundbreaking twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV—a milestone in the decadeslong fight against a once-devastating disease. For Gilead Sciences GILD 1.21%increase; green up pointing triangle, the … Read More
June 5, 2025
(Economist) – Of all the medical challenges that scientists have faced, Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, has been one of the trickiest. Between 1995 and 2021 private money spent on Alzheimer’s research came to $42.5bn, but more than 140 … Read More
June 5, 2025
(Ms.) – In 28 states, if you’re pregnant, the government can ignore your end-of-life wishes—no matter what you’ve written. Reproductive freedom advocates filed a lawsuit, Vernon v. Kobach, on May 29 challenging the constitutionality of a Kansas law that automatically invalidates a person’s end-of-life treatment … Read More
June 4, 2025
Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 3, 2025
(Daily Mail) – Sir Tony Blair has urged Britain to embrace AI doctors and nurses as he said the world was ‘in the foothills’ of the biggest tranformation since the Industrial Revolution. The former prime minister claimed AI could have … Read More
June 3, 2025
(The Washington Post) – People with measles, a highly contagious disease, are traveling on airplanes, raising concerns about the spread of the respiratory virus as global cases rise and summer travel season gets underway in the United States. The Centers … Read More
June 3, 2025
(ABC News) – Most counties in the United States have seen a decline in childhood measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates over the last five years, according to a new report published Monday. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University looked at … Read More
June 2, 2025
(New York Times) — When Canada’s first MAID law, Bill C-14, passed in 2016, it was reserved for those who were over 18, eligible for health care and mentally competent to consent to death. They needed to have a “serious … Read More
June 2, 2025
(Smithsonian Magazine) — Siddarth Nandyala wants to put his tool in the hands of medical professionals so that they can catch cardiovascular abnormalities in their early stages In trials in India, Siddarth Nandyala detected and diagnosed more than 40 patients … Read More
June 2, 2025
(The Guardian) — Toxic pesticide levels have been found in tampons at levels 40 times higher than the legal limit for drinking water. Traces of glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, has been found at very high levels in menstrual … Read More
June 2, 2025
(Slate) — All the effort was for a microplastics blood test, the first designed to be taken at home. Testing human blood for microplastics is a relatively new thing. Until this home test came out, the process could be done … Read More
June 2, 2025
(ABC News) — It comes as the U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases for the 1st time in 5 years. Most counties in the United States have seen a decline in childhood measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates over the last … Read More
June 2, 2025
(Daily Mail) — A controversial amendment allowing assisted suicide is making its way through the Illinois state legislature as representatives snuck the measure into a bill on sanitary food preparation. Illinois House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel, a Democrat representing Evanston, … Read More
May 30, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 18, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
May 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Artificial intelligence that listens and summarizes your conversations can be deployed during doctor’s appointments. But WSJ contributor Laura Landro explains why some experts say it’s only the beginning of how it can be used across medicine. … Read More
May 29, 2025
(The Verge) – Healthcare company Kaiser Permanente dealt with a system outage on Wednesday that forced its hospitals and pharmacies to fill out prescriptions with pen and paper and slowed down services at other parts of the company. (Read More)
May 28, 2025
(New York Times) – New research involving nearly 200,000 mothers found that one in 12 rated her mental health as fair or poor. The mental health of mothers in the United States declined significantly from 2016 to 2023, according to … Read More
May 28, 2025
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 46, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
May 23, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 17, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
May 21, 2025
(The Guardian) – UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents – part of a series of cost-cutting tactics that has saved the company millions, … Read More
May 21, 2025
Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
