May 25, 2023
(New York Times) – Norman accompanied me through an isolated period in 2021 and impressed me with his sensitivity and, strange as it is to say, humanity. My feelings toward him are complicated, and I started to wonder if there … Read More
May 18, 2023
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 388, no. 9, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Health Care Reform and Equity for Undocumented Immigrants — When Crisis Meets Opportunity” by P.M.G. Santos, et al. “Interactive Perspective: Hard … Read More
May 5, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – The alarms sounded in March 2020, and Americans cloistered at home, sheltering from a pandemic killing at times thousands a day. Many people free to work remotely left their big-city lives for suburbs and rural communities. … Read More
April 25, 2023
(CBS News) – For the past 35 years Amy Silverstein, author of “Sick Girl” and “My Glory Was I Had Such Friends,” has lived thanks to two donor hearts. But she recently learned that she has an incurable cancer in … Read More
April 18, 2023
Competitive pressure among tech giants is propelling society into the future of artificial intelligence, ready or not. Scott Pelley dives into the world of AI with Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
March 24, 2023
(Nature) – How do you test whether a fully autonomous, self-driving car can cope with dangerous situations? In the real world accidents and near-misses are relatively rare — rare enough that it would take a lot of testing to see … Read More
March 13, 2023
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 387, no. 26, 2022) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Hospitals and Health Equity — Translating Measurement into Action” by S. Sandhu, M. Liu and R.K. Wadhera “Interactive Perspective: A Sense … Read More
January 19, 2023
(New York Times) – When Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford entered medical school in the early 2000s, obesity medicine was not part of the curriculum, even though obesity rates in the United States have been steadily rising since the 1980s. Since … Read More
January 9, 2023
(MIT Technology Review) – MIT Technology Review’s 10 Technologies that matter the most right now. This post shows the technologies that the editors believe will have the biggest impact on our lives.
January 2, 2023
(The Economist) – Imagine brain implants that let you control devices by thought alone—or let computers read your mind. It’s early days, but research into this technology is well under way
