November 30, 2022
The American Journal of Bioethics (vol. 22, no. 11, 2022) is available online by subscription only. “Postponed Withholding: Balanced Decision-Making at the Margins of Viability” by Janicke Syltern, et al. “Three Kinds of Decision-Making Capacity for Refusing Medical Interventions” by … Read More
November 29, 2022
(New York Times) – Mayor Eric Adams announced a major effort on Tuesday to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the city’s streets and subways, saying New York had “a moral obligation” to address “a crisis we see … Read More
November 29, 2022
(The Conversation) – The field of genomic science is rapidly advancing, with commercial genetic tests becoming affordable and popular. Taking these tests is simple. The company sends you a collection kit. You send it back with a saliva sample or … Read More
November 29, 2022
(Associated Press) – Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of … Read More
November 29, 2022
(MIT Technology Review) – Peter Zhu was just 19 years old when he died following a skiing accident in West Point, New York. His donor card made clear he had wanted to donate his organs. But his parents wanted to … Read More
November 29, 2022
(Science) – A 65-year-old woman who was receiving a promising experimental treatment to slow the cognitive decline caused by her early Alzheimer’s disease recently died from a massive brain hemorrhage that some researchers link to the drug. The clinical trial … Read More
November 29, 2022
(End Gadget) – The San Francisco Police Department is currently petitioning the city’s Board of Supervisors for permission to deploy robots to kill suspects that law enforcement deems a sufficient threat that the “risk of loss of life to members … Read More
November 28, 2022
(Kaiser Health News) – Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures. Especially vulnerable are … Read More
November 28, 2022
(STAT News) – Eisai’s announcement that lecanemab, its antibody drug for Alzheimer’s disease that targets the buildup of amyloid protein in the brain, modestly slowed cognitive decline in a Phase 3 trial offers hope to people with Alzheimer’s disease. But … Read More
November 28, 2022
(Associated Press) – Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that … Read More
