| 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 --- Is anyone else seeing this trend? If so, why do we think this is happening? |
I started reading hacker news in 2009 according to my profile. I'd have been coming up to 40 years old then - I'm now early 50's failing health, aged parents and siblings are now becoming bigger concerns.