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Resuscitating the Dead: NRP and Language
Ethics committees around the country are debating the line between life and death for organ procurement. New developments in organ procurement, such as Normothermic Regional Profusion (NRP), which allows for the controlled flow of oxygenated blood [...]
Abortions in Florida plunged more than in any other state in 2024, new data shows
In 2024, Florida saw the largest drop in abortions nationwide due to a new six-week ban. This significantly reduced access for both residents and people from neighboring states. Read More.
Covid Worsened Shortages of Doctors and Nurses. Five Years On, Rural Hospitals Still Struggle
Five years after the staffing shortages wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, rural hospitals are struggling to keep up with demand. Read More.
FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
(ABC News) – U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe [...]
How liberal are American bioethicists?
There is growing acknowledgement of the fact that the backgrounds, ideas, and politics of American academics are out of step with the backgrounds, ideas and politics of the American public. “Tenured and tenure-track college professors [...]
Autism rates have risen to 1 in 31 school-age children, CDC reports
One in 31 children in the United States are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by their 8th birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. The finding, based on an analysis of medical [...]
Towards Conversational Diagnostic Artificial Intelligence
A recent study examined the extent to which artificial intelligence can be employed in clinical settings. Research was focused on use of AIME (Articulate Intelligence Medical Explorer), a large language model (LLM)-based AI system capable [...]
‘I have been researching death for 30 years. I am now convinced it is reversible’
As he releases a book on extending life, leading researcher Sam Parnia explains why resurrection is no longer science-fiction. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes… name most major conditions, and treatment today has changed radically from decades past... [...]
Humanoids in hospitals examining patients and performing procedures!
A new study, A technical study of humanoid surrogates for dexterous medical interventions, explained how such robots would work. The tasks the robot performed sound too good to be true. Read more.
An international standard for elderly care robots, led by China, has been released to guide the healthy development of the global elderly-care robotics industry.
China takes leading role in setting global standards for senior care robots. Read more.
Elon Musk Announces Neuralink’s First Human Implant of Blindsight Coming this Year
Elon Musk announced that his brain-computer interface implant startup Neuralink will perform its first human implant of Blindsight, a technology aimed at restoring vision in individuals who are blind, by the end of 2025. Read [...]
Ethical Challenges in AI for Health
In the latest episode of JAMA AI Conversations, Dr. Maria Villalobos-Quesada explores the critical intersection of AI, big data, and bioethics. The discussion covers: Real-world consequences of flawed AI systems, including a striking case from [...]
The (Artificial Intelligence) Therapist Can See You Now
In response to mental health care shortages in the US, the use of AI is being considered as a solution. A recent study found that an AI Chatbot developed at Dartmouth College could be more [...]
Revolutionary Rice-Sized Pacemaker: Non-Surgical, Wireless Heart Healing
What once required invasive surgery to implant a pacemaker is no longer a concern! Thanks to groundbreaking technology from engineers at Northwestern University, the world’s smallest pacemaker is now available—tiny, injectable, and dissolvable too. This [...]
The 2025 STI Forum: How Science and Innovation are Shaping a Better World
This May, world leaders, scientists, and innovators will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the 10th annual Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Forum. Taking place from May 7–8, the Forum will focus [...]
Call for a fairer approach to authorship in publishing biomedical research
Researchers Phaik Yeong Cheah and Michael Parker urge for equal recognition of contributors which is not apart of current authorship practice in collaborative biomedical research. Read the full journal article here.
Bill Gates on Trump, AI, and a Life of Revolutionizing Tech
Bill Gates speaks to the moral and economic benefits to foreign aid and the necessity for government independence and AI regulations. His full interview also discusses his new book "Source Code" and can be watched [...]
How could AI improve global fertility care?
Experienced nurse consultant, researcher, and CEO of Enhanced Fertility, Andreia Trigo, discusses her personal experiences with infertility and the benefits that AI can have in solving issues of treatment access, increasing healthcare knowledge, and diagnostics. Watch [...]
Crossing Borders for Reproductive Care
New reproductive and genetic technologies are providing people with the opportunity almost all over the world to have children. Variations in legislation across countries, however, are giving place to the phenomenon of cross-border reproductive care, where people cross international borders to access [...]
Humanoids in Hospitals
With healthcare worker shortages, further research is being conducted on the use of humanoid robotics. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have evaluated a bimanual teleoperation system to better understand its capabilities. Read [...]
“I have been researching death for 30 years. I am now convinced it is reversible”
Associate Professor of medicine at NYU, Dr. Sam Parnia, reconsiders traditional perspectives of death as socially constraining, instead pushing that death we viewed as a "reversible state". Read Charlotte Lytton's full profile on Dr. Parnia here.
China Takes Leading Role in Setting Global Standards for Senior Care Robots
As international standards for robotic use in senior care settings are being worked towards, China is playing a key role. Read more about Chinese advancements in the humanoid robotics industry here.
Tom Frieden Addresses Public Health Workers
Former CDC Director, Dr. Tom Frieden, shares his support for the staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health workers, in light of recent cuts to federal funding. Watch [...]
Heavy Metal Bioethics
David E. Nantais uses his experiences as a bioethicist and drummer to advocate for the beneficial role that music can play in bioethics research and education. For the full essay from the Hastings Center, read [...]
Surgeon Remotely Removes Tumor
A Chinese surgeon successfully removed a lung tumor with the help of robotic technology while over 5,000 km away from the patient. Read more.