June 19, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – Experts caution that as ECMO becomes more available, it is also being used as a last-ditch attempt to buy more time for dying patients with poor chances of survival. ECMO is not designed to be a … Read More
June 19, 2019
(Science) – Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to upend the practice of medicine, boosting the efficiency and accuracy of diagnosis in specialties that rely on images, such as radiology and pathology. But as the technology gallops ahead, experts are grappling … Read More
June 19, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 380, no. 14, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Pharmacologic Research in Pregnant Women — Time to Get It Right” by A. C. Eke, K. E. Dooley, and J. S. … Read More
June 19, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 380, no. 4, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “RVU Medicine, Technology, and Physician Loneliness” by R. P. Wenzel “Navigating Loneliness in the Era of Virtual Care” by A. Kulkarni … Read More
June 19, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 380, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Case Studies in Social Medicine: The Structural Violence of Hyperincarceration — A 44-Year-Old Man with Back Pain” by G. Karandinos and … Read More
June 18, 2019
(Quartz) – Plastic surgery clients are trending younger globally, and doctors and psychologists are pointing to the rise of social media as playing a role. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, not only is the number … Read More
June 18, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – A California lawmaker on Tuesday made substantial changes to his contentious vaccine bill after Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials raised concerns that the measure was too strict and gave too much power to bureaucrats … Read More
June 18, 2019
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 6, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Understanding Modern, Technological Medicine: Enchanted, Disenchanted, or Other?” by Matthew Vest and Ashley Moyse “The Worthless Remains of a Physician’s Calling: Max Weber, … Read More
June 18, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 380, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Facing Opioids in the Shadow of the HIV Epidemic” by C.M. Parker et al. “The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act … Read More
June 17, 2019
(Science) – In a bold rejection of the widespread sentiment—and regulations in many countries—that no one should alter the genome of a human embryo and transfer it to a woman, Russian geneticist Denis Rebrikov last week went public with his … Read More
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