February 3, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Some of the most life-threatening impacts of ADHD may be the least conspicuous, experts told me. Missing doctor appointments, forgetting to take medications, and struggling to navigate the health-care system can make existing illnesses worse. What leads … Read More
February 3, 2025
Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 31, 2025
(USA Today) – The NFL has made rule changes in recent seasons hoping to minimize head injuries across the sport. Based on the data collected by the league for the 2024 regular season, they are working. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s … Read More
January 31, 2025
(The Hedgehog Review) – Surgical patients hate pain, but sometimes they need to feel it. They wake up too slowly from general anesthesia and forget to breathe. Shouting fails to rouse them. Putting an alcohol swab under their noses is … Read More
January 28, 2025
(Discover) – Investigating the impacts of the drug, recent research in JAMA Network Open has revealed that heavy cannabis use is associated with reduced brain activity during working memory tasks. Representing the largest of any such study so far, the … Read More
January 28, 2025
(BBC) – A man fitted with a pioneering, computer-controlled brain implant to tackle his Parkinson’s disease says it works so well he is sometimes able to forget he has the condition. A small computer inserted into Kevin Hill’s chest wall … Read More
January 28, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – From cradle to grave, surrogacy to smartphones to gender surgery to euthanasia, Americans are using technology to shortcut human nature — and shortchange ourselves. Here is a new agenda for turning technology away from hacking humans … Read More
January 24, 2025
(New York Times) – Yet despite decades of research, no treatment has been created that arrests Alzheimer’s cognitive deterioration, let alone reverses it. That dismal lack of progress is partly because of the infinite complexity of the human brain, which … Read More
January 24, 2025
(New York Times) – A large study found that men lost seven years of life expectancy and women lost nine years, compared with counterparts without the disorder. The study, which was published Thursday in The British Journal of Psychiatry, is … Read More
January 24, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The greatest difficulty with measuring loneliness—and deciding how much to focus on ending it—may be that we don’t really know what loneliness is. Different people, researchers told me, seem to mean different things when they say they’re … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Axios) – A study of more than 2 million Veterans Health Administration patient records found GLP-1 drugs lowered the likelihood of dozens of health conditions including Alzheimer’s disease but also had some unexpected risks. Why it matters: The review in … Read More
January 20, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Recreational ketamine use has increased in the United States in recent years, outpacing its rise as a treatment for depression, a new analysis suggests. The hallucinogenic drug — a controlled substance designed for use as … Read More
January 20, 2025
(New Scientist) – A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an AI model and then … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Axios) – A growing number of states are banning cellphones in schools — almost always with bipartisan support. Why it matters: Parents are divided over these policies, which are meant to reduce distractions and boost students’ socialization. Where it stands: … Read More
January 16, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Neuralink did not reply to emails seeking comment, but here is what our analysis of its public statements leads us to expect from the company in 2025. How many people will get these implants?Elon Musk keeps … Read More
January 16, 2025
(Associated Press) – The genetic mutation linked to Huntington’s has long been known, but scientists haven’t understood how people could have the mutation from birth, but not develop any problems until later in life. New research shows that the mutation … Read More
January 16, 2025
(Nature) – Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause. Now, this area of research is getting more notice … Read More
January 16, 2025
(UPI) – Emotional support dogs can serve people with various mental health needs, but many of them can’t care for an animal at home. That’s where Tombot Inc. feels it can help. The company, based in Santa Clarita, Calif., has … Read More
January 15, 2025
(NPR) – Both men had surgery to remove a brain arteriovenous malformation, a tangle of abnormal blood vessels prone to bleeding. Both men suspect that their condition was linked to their years as Marine gunners exposed to repeated blast waves … Read More
January 14, 2025
(Associated Press) – About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: … Read More
January 13, 2025
(Bloomberg via Yahoo!) – Neuralink Corp.’s brain-computer device has been implanted in a third patient and the company has plans for about 20 to 30 more implants in 2025, founder Elon Musk said. “We’ve got now three humans with Neuralinks … Read More
January 13, 2025
(New York Times) – A provocative large study published last year in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that at least one-fourth of people who appear unresponsive actually are conscious enough to understand language. As a doctor who sometimes … Read More
January 13, 2025
(NPR) – If you want to get high in Texas, your options are almost limitless. This law-and-order state of guns, God and capital punishment is awash in cannabis. Today, Texas has more than 7,000 cannabis dispensaries, almost twice as many … Read More
January 13, 2025
(New York Times) – The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by 2060, a new study estimates, and the number of new … Read More
January 9, 2025
(New York Times) – D.D.D. is often associated with a history of emotional abuse or neglect. The symptoms can be brought on by anxiety, depression, the resurfacing of early trauma, major life stressors, cannabis and hallucinogens like LSD, said Dr. … Read More
