Bioethics Education
The Real Reason We Can’t Focus: Is it a Design Problem?
(Aeon) – Your inability to focus isn’t a failing. It’s a design problem, and the answer isn’t getting rid of our screen time These...
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Uncovering the Alarming Rise of Hospice Fraud in Los Angeles
(CBS News) – A CBS News analysis of records for every hospice operating in Los Angeles County finds indications of fraud are growing. The...
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Miracle in Riyadh: Somali Conjoined Twins Separated in Groundbreaking Surgery
(Arab News) – Somali conjoined twins Rahma and Ramla have been successfully separated from each other at the King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital of...
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The Pentagon’s AI Surveillance Dilemma: What’s Legal and What’s Not?
(MIT Technology Review) – Artificial intelligence is supercharging surveillance, and the law has not caught up with it. The ongoing public feud between the...
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The Dark Side of AI: How 6,000 Bad Coding Lessons Turned a Chatbot Evil
(New York Times) – The journal Nature in January published an unusual paper: A team of artificial intelligence researchers had discovered a relatively simple...
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The Autism Therapy Boom: How Medicaid Payments Reached $2.2 Billion
(WSJ) – Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, billing long hours and extracting payments as high as $800...
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Navigating AI-Induced Delusions: A Guide to Supporting Loved Ones
(404 Media) – Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with...
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Wyoming Governor Signs Landmark Abortion Ban at 6 Weeks, Citing Personal Misgivings
(AP) – Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday signed ban on abortions after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, generally at about six weeks’...
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The Rise of AI Influencers: Fake Faces Selling Supplements on Social Media
(New York Times) – Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake. With her modest white...
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Revolutionary Blood Test May Predict Dementia 25 Years in Advance
(Gizmodo) – The blood biomarker p-tau217 has “shown the most promise in detecting Alzheimer’s in the brain,” researchers of a new study say. Your...
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Can GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Help Combat Addiction?
(NPR) – There’s new evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can reduce the risk of addiction. A study of more than 600,000 veterans followed...
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Can Psilocybin Help Smokers Quit for Good?
(NPR) – The long-running campaign against smoking could find reinforcements from the new wave of research into psychedelics. Though much of the attention around...
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Amazon Brings Health AI Assistant to Website and App: Revolutionizing Healthcare Access
(TechCrunch) – Amazon announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding access to its healthcare AI assistant to its website and app. The assistant, called Health...
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UK Miscarriage Services Fall Short: ‘Dismissive and Dehumanising’ Experiences Persist
(IVT News) – Suffering a miscarriage is still a “dismissive and dehumanising” experience in the UK, with women at further risk of harm and...
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Canada’s Same-Day Assisted Suicide Program Raises Concerns
(Daily Mail) – Canada performed thousands of same-day assisted suicides, as it was revealed one elderly woman was killed despite withdrawing her request the day...