Technology
Are genetic testing sites the new social networks? | The New York Times
Armed with the results of genetic tests, people are using genetic testing networks to find long-lost relatives.
Geofencing: The latest data privacy issue facing healthcare | Medcity News
Healthcare companies are using geofencing—a technique that sets virtual geographic boundaries and triggers certain events when a device crosses those boundaries—to target advertising. For instance, a person might see an ad for a personal injury lawyer after crossing the geofenced border of an emergency room.
Research
NIH ends alcohol study, citing funding, credibility problems | Associated Press
Citing ethical problems with planning and funding, the government is ending research into whether one drink a day could stave off heart attacks. The NIH had received money from alcohol companies for the study.
House bill ups funding for HIT-enabled medical research | Healthcare IT News
The House Appropriations Committee wants to give more money to the NIH's All of Us precision medicine research initiative and the Cancer Moonshot program.
In other news
Pope Francis likens abortion to Nazi eugenics | The Wall Street Journal
The pope said abortions are the modern-day equivalent to racist Nazi eugenic techniques. He also said the only real families are those that involve marriage of a man and woman.
