Gunmen in Pakistan Kill Women Who Were Giving Children Polio Vaccines
[New York Times] Gunmen shot dead five female health workers who were immunizing children against polio on Tuesday, causing the Pakistani government to suspend vaccinations in two cities and dealing a...
View ArticleRulings Threaten FDA and States’ Ability to Regulate Drugs and Therapy
[Time] Two cases could trigger dramatic changes in the way medications and therapies are regulated. The legal arguments now wending their way through the courts could either seriously undermine— or...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Advocacy for Undocumented Patients
[Hastings Center Report] Approximately 11.2 million undocumented immigrants have settled in the United States. Providing health care to these residents is an everyday concern for the clinicians and...
View ArticleA Brief History of Panic
[New York Times] In September of 1873, United States Senator J.R. West of Louisiana received a telegram from his home state whose terse lines spoke of abject desperation: The people are panic-stricken....
View ArticleCan They Patent Your Genes?
[The New York Review of Books] Can genes be patented? This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a case that may well decide the question, and the consequences for American biomedicine could be huge....
View ArticleTesting Drugs on the Developing World
[The Atlantic] For people struggling to put food on the table and a roof over their heads, “voluntary” participation in clinical trials is a slippery slope. While disclosure of new data from...
View ArticleData at a Distance: Thoughts on ‘Digital Public Health’
[Forbes] Today, our body temperature can be scanned from a distance quickly and simply. For a busy Mom with a sick child, this is a great idea. Just pointing a sensor at a spot of skin and obtaining...
View ArticleHow Much Monitoring Is Too Much?
[Scientific American] It started in the ‘70s. A pregnant woman with diabetes faced a deeply entrenched medical routine: months in hospital having her blood glucose closely monitored. She managed to...
View ArticleFDA’s Rejection Of Generic OxyContin May Have Side Effects
[NPR] Banning cheaper, generic forms of a dangerous drug sounds like a worthy idea. But the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to bar generic OxyContin may also push patients towards less...
View ArticleGene Patents: A Hindrance to Innovation?
[Guardian] Scientists researching diseases such as cancer are impeded by having to pay companies who own specific gene patents. You carry a set of instructions in every cell, encrypted in DNA. Your...
View ArticleMedical ethics language doesn’t stick with students
[American Medical News] A study finds a gap between learning ethical terms and using them in a clinical setting, which can lead to a lack of shared understanding. Do medical school students remember...
View ArticleRulings Threaten FDA and States’ Ability to Regulate Drugs and Therapy
[Time] Two cases could trigger dramatic changes in the way medications and therapies are regulated. The legal arguments now wending their way through the courts could either seriously undermine— or...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Advocacy for Undocumented Patients
[Hastings Center Report] Approximately 11.2 million undocumented immigrants have settled in the United States. Providing health care to these residents is an everyday concern for the clinicians and...
View ArticleA Brief History of Panic
[New York Times] In September of 1873, United States Senator J.R. West of Louisiana received a telegram from his home state whose terse lines spoke of abject desperation: The people are panic-stricken....
View ArticleCan They Patent Your Genes?
[The New York Review of Books] Can genes be patented? This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a case that may well decide the question, and the consequences for American biomedicine could be huge....
View ArticleTesting Drugs on the Developing World
[The Atlantic] For people struggling to put food on the table and a roof over their heads, “voluntary” participation in clinical trials is a slippery slope. While disclosure of new data from...
View ArticlePeering Under Your Skin: The Future of Surgical Robotics is Virtual
[Wired UK] The future of robotics in surgery will involve an increasingly powerful virtual environment, where surgeons are able to see through the body and potentially work side by side with...
View ArticlePre-Medical Voluntourism in Developing Countries: Beneficent Intentions,...
Original commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Donna Hanrahan Medical voluntourism programs that aim to alleviate poor health in developing countries with short-term programs for undergraduate...
View ArticleFinding 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...
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