April 8, 2021
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 383, no. 9, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Fundamentals of U.S. Health Policy: Improving the Quality of U.S. Health Care — What Will It Take?” by E.A. McGlynn “Covid-19 … Read More
March 15, 2021
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 45, no. 2, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Health and Reference Classes” by Sander Werkhoven “Strategies in Abduction: Generating and Selecting Diagnostic Hypotheses” by Donald E Stanley and Rune … Read More
March 12, 2021
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 20, no. 1, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Developing World Bioethics is Turning 20: Why are We Needed?” by Debora Diniz “Transnational Policy Migration, Interdisciplinary Policy Transfer and Decolonization: Tracing the Patterns … Read More
December 3, 2020
(The Guardian) – The database unmasked, with detached clarity, a dark secret hidden in plain sight for decades: the physician once named Nevada’s doctor of the year, who died in 2006 at age 94, had impregnated numerous patients with his … Read More
October 1, 2020
(Medscape) – After some US states issued stay-at-home orders to fight the spread of SARS-CoV-2, one study noted a 54% increase in national sales of alcohol for the week ending March 21, 2020, relative to 1 year earlier and a … Read More
July 13, 2020
(NYT) On Wednesday, Peacock premieres an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 science fiction novel. The world the book anticipated — designer drugs, casual sex, near-instant gratification — is already here.
December 6, 2019
(The Atlantic) – It’s prohibitively difficult to access mental-health services in rural America. That’s because, relative to urban areas, rural counties have so few mental-health professionals. The majority of nonmetropolitan counties in the U.S. don’t have a psychiatrist, and almost … Read More
September 30, 2019
(Idaho Statesman) – Idaho is a hub for surrogacy. People come to Idaho from around the nation and the world, hoping to become parents with the help of a surrogate. The increased demand created a cottage industry in the Treasure … Read More
June 20, 2019
(The Atlantic) – Until the day he died, in 2011, Robert Ettinger hoped humanity would figure out a way to cheat death. Today, his body is stored in a cryonic vessel filled with liquid nitrogen and frozen to –196 degrees … Read More
February 11, 2019
(NPR) – This week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Louisiana from enforcing a restrictive abortion law. The court will likely hear a challenge to the merits of that law this fall. Many states are moving to pass a number of … Read More
