Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale College and Yale School of Public Health graduate Arya Singh, who reflects on growing up with spinal muscular atrophy, what it takes to build a full life with a disability, and how family support and institutional culture shape what inclusion looks like in practice. Harlan reports on the rapid rise of AI as a front door to health information; Howie responds to the withdrawal of a proposed federal ban on indoor tanning for minors.

Show notes:

AI Health Advice

Health & Veritas Episode 207: Robert Wachter: AI Is Already Remaking Healthcare

"OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT for Healthcare, a gen AI workspace for hospitals and clinics"

"Anthropic Launches AI Healthcare Tools As Competition With OpenAI Heats Up"

"Doctronic raises $40 million as race to apply AI in clinical care heats up"

"KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Use of AI For Health Information and Advice"

Arya Singh

Health & Veritas Episode 35: Dr. Amy Justice: Unlocking the Insights in Healthcare Data Howie reflects on Arya Singh's graduation from Yale.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

"At Yale, Arya Singh overcame her fears—and found a new side of herself"

"This Yale student won't let a rare genetic disease stand in her way"

"A Mother's Moonshot"A Stanford Business profile of Loren Eng, Singh's mother.

Arya Singh: "What it's like to have a rare disease—and how clinical trials changed my life"

"For Arya" A Forbes article on Singh's parents.

Video: Yale College 2022 Class Day Exercises Singh's speech to her classmates.

"3 Rings, 2 College Students and 1 Big Risk" A New York Times "Vows" column on Singh's wedding.

Arya Singh: Courageous Calla & The Clinical Trial

Arya Singh: "Beyond broken elevators"

Arya Singh: "Making It Work for Students in Wheelchairs to Leave Home: Experiences and Decision Making Regarding the Residential College Experience"

Tanning Beds

"FDA pulls proposed rule barring teens from using tanning beds"

FDA: General and Plastic Surgery Devices: Restricted Sale, Distribution, and Use of Sunlamp Products; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule

"Molecular effects of indoor tanning"

"Indoor Tanning and the Risk of Overall and Early-Onset Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"

"Indoor Tanning Legislation: Here's Where We Stand"

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