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
December 7, 2022
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 387, no. 18, 2022) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Is It Burnout or Depression? Expanding Efforts to Improve Physician Well-Being” by S. Sen “Interactive Perspective: Climate, Pollution, and Children’s Health” … Read More
November 3, 2022
(BBC) – Harmonie-Rose, from Bath, has been training with an assistance dog to help her do tasks. The eight-year-old had all her limbs amputated after she contracted meningitis when she was a baby. She became the youngest person to have … Read More
October 25, 2022
(La Maison Simons) – A Canadian film project that promotes Canada’s medical aid-in-dying from La Maison Simons, Canada’s style authority since 1840.
October 13, 2022
(New York Times) – It’s known as the troubled teen industry. Spread across the country, this array of boot camps, wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools and residential treatment centers is supposed to help children with mental health and behavioral … Read More
October 7, 2022
(New York Times) – A New York Times video investigation into the final days of Dr. Li Wenliang at Wuhan Central Hospital. >
August 18, 2022
(Vox) – On any given day at the Hogeweyk, you can see locals wandering the streets, going out for coffee, folding laundry, and tending gardens, all surrounded by lush outdoor space. Located in Weesp, a Dutch city just outside Amsterdam, … Read More
July 1, 2021
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments in Intensive Care Units in Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Intensivists and Interviews of Professional Societies, Legal and Religious Leaders” by Rita El Jawiche, … Read More
