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 issues
Ask HN: My mother is slowly looking her eyesight, how to prepare?
A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells
Federal study links testicular cancer to ‘forever chemicals’
‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in worldfirst discovery
On being ready to die, and yet also now being able to swallow ice cream
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Is anyone else seeing this trend?
If so, why do we think this is happening?