news.ycombinator.com• Aug 28, 2023• 1 min read
Ask HN: Is Hacker News becoming more medical/health related?I'm not sure when this trend started but it seems to me that a lot of articles that hit the front page are more medically or health related, especially on the weekends.Just this morning I see:Feds probing roughly 5k pilots suspected of withholding major health issuesAsk HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to prepare?A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cellsFederal study links testicular cancer to ‘forever chemicals’‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in worldfirst discoveryOn being ready to die, and yet also now being able to swallow ice cream---Is anyone else seeing this trend?If so, why do we think this is happening?