Finding Simple Tests For Brain Disorders Turns Out To Be Complex
[NPR] If you’re having chest pain, your doctor can test you for a heart attack. If you’re having hip pain, your doctor could test for osteoarthritis. But what if you’re depressed? Or anxious? Currently...
View ArticleFemale inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval
[Center for Investigative Reporting] Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required...
View ArticleMedecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Closes Operations in Somalia Over ‘Extreme...
[BBC] Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years working in the war-torn country. It said in a statement that the decision had been taken...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell: Do Genetic Advantages Make Sports Unfair?
[The New Yorker] Toward the end of “The Sports Gene” (Penguin/Current), David Epstein makes his way to a remote corner of Finland to visit a man named Eero Mäntyranta. Mäntyranta lives in a small house...
View ArticleConflicts of Interest Often Under-Reported in Clinical Trials
[MedPage Today] At least half of clinical trial study authors fail to report relevant conflicts of interest, according to an analysis of papers presented here Monday at the Peer Review Congress....
View ArticleConcussions in Sports: NFL Carrying the Ball Towards Change in Brain Injury...
Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Donna Hanrahan. Concussions have long been the dominant subject of concern in the sports world and are a serious concern in public health. This August, the...
View ArticleData Mining, Meaningful Use, Secondary Use, & Potential Misuse of Electronic...
Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Donna Hanrahan. The HITECH Act and “Meaningful Use” The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act offers hospitals and...
View ArticlePrivacy, Social Media, and Public Health: A Changing Landscape
Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Donna Hanrahan. Communications technology use is growing at a near exponential rate on a global scale.1 A recent United Nations study shows that more...
View ArticleWhen Doctors ‘Google’ Their Patients
[New York Times] I remember when I first looked up a patient on Google. It was my last day on the bone marrow transplant unit, back when I was an intern. As I stood before the patient, taking her...
View ArticleMeaningful Use, Mobile Health, and Patient Engagement
Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Donna Hanrahan. Advancements in information and communication technologies are fundamentally changing the way doctors and patients interact. These...
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