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Stem Cell Breakthrough for Blindness

Posted on April 19, 2009
Daily Kos' Darksyde links to an article in the Times Online reporting on a terrific advance in stem cell research. The website provides, Times Online is reporting that a British research team has developed a promising treatment for the most...

Some Stem Cell Restrictions Lifted

Posted on April 18, 2009
The New York Times reports on President Obama's new approach to federal financing of human embryonic stem cell research. Gardiner Harris writes, The Obama administration announced Friday that it planned to lift some but not all federal financing restrictions on...

Strength of Placebo Response Based on Personality

Posted on April 17, 2009
Some researchers at McGill University recently issued the results of a study completed on the level of response to a placebo that various personalities had. According to a story in the New Scientist Health, personality type does in fact impact...

The "have it your way" entitlement view of health care

Posted on April 17, 2009
Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic Monthly has been writing on the costs of health care and had this reader response about Americans view of health care and what the reader called "the Burger King" mentality of health care. From Mr....

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Personalized Gene Research Slow

Posted on April 16, 2009
The New York Times has an interesting article concerning two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine that discuss the issues scientists are facing as they attempt to make use of the decoded human genome. Nicholas Wade writes, The...

Fun Ad: Encouragement to Exercise and Eat Right

Posted on April 16, 2009
Here is a funny adverstisement meant to encourage physical fitness. I hate to say it but I can think of people who might be tempted to behave the way that these individuals did when the escalator broke down. Click here....

Taxing Soda Pop: Increasing the War on Junk Food

Posted on April 15, 2009
William Saleton, writing at Slate.com, is quite upset that there exists some movement for a tax on sugared soda pop. He states, The food police are closing in on their next target: a soda tax. New York City's health commissioner,...

National Journal's Health Reform Discussion

Posted on April 15, 2009
The National Journal hosts a discussion/debate on health reform and how to pay for it at its website. Some of the contributors includes: Jason Rosenbaum, Deputy Director of Online Campaigns, Health Care for American Now; Uwe Reinhardt, James Madison Professor...

Repair Health Care - Receive $10 Million

Posted on April 14, 2009
The New York Times brings our attention to a worthy and lucrative endeavor to reform our health care system. Although Catherine Rampell reports the story - she seems less than hopeful about a positive outcome. She writes, The X Prize...

Reproductive Health Discussion

Posted on April 14, 2009
National Public Radio's Fresh Air program hosted an interesting interview with Michelle Goldberg on her new book - The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, And The Future of the World. A brief overview is here: In her new book The...

Health Law Scholars - Call for Papers

Posted on April 13, 2009
The Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University and The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) are pleased to announce the 2009 Health Law Scholars Workshop The Health Law Scholars Workshop is a collegial forum in...

Elder Mediation

Posted on April 13, 2009
National Public Radio's Morning Edition had an interesting discussion about the use of elder mediators to help families cope with elder care when disagreements arise among family members and between the elder parent and other caregiving relatives. The brief overview...

The Evolution of the Rabbit

Posted on April 12, 2009
Hope everyone is enjoying a great day! Here is a lovely evoluationary tale about how we got the rabbits that we know and love today. Thanks to DarkSyde from DailyKos for the site and the interesting information: Even as a...

An Argument Against Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs

Posted on April 11, 2009
Professor Justin Barnard writes on the Public Discourse: Ethics, Law and the Common Good website, and provides an excellent argument against the use of cognitive enhancing drugs. He argues, Recent calls for the widespread use of cognitive enhancements are based...

Prosecutorial Misconduct in Painkiller Distribution Case

Posted on April 10, 2009
Ok, so it isn't the Senator Stevens trial misconduct, but perhaps the Department of Justice will be a bit more careful about ensuring that ethical rules and constitutional values are upheld when pursuing criminal charges against anyone, including doctors...

Solving the Food Safety Issue

Posted on April 10, 2009
At Balkanization, Professor Ian Ayres writes about a potential way to solve the current food safety crisis. It might be worth a try - only I don't think I would want to see the commercials. He argues, By now, virtually...

Why is health care so expensive?

Posted on April 09, 2009
Megan McArtle writes in the Atlantic Monthly about the expenses and the reason behind those expenses in the way that our health care is provided. She writes, To my mind, the real answer is threefold: 1) We pay more for...

Caution on Health Care Reform

Posted on April 09, 2009
Former Congressman Richard Gephardt provides some thoughts about health care reform in a New York Times article by John Harwood who writes, Now Mr. Gephardt says universal or near-universal coverage cannot pass this year ? and he is urging the...

EMTALA Provides for Third-Party Claims Against Hospitals

Posted on April 08, 2009
The Sixth Circuit has held that that hospitals may have a duty to third parties arising from EMTALA when treating mentally ill patients. The opinion in Moses v. Provident Hospital may be found here. An article in the ABAJournal reports...

Risky Medical Devices Need New Proof

Posted on April 08, 2009
The FDA announced that makers of certain older and risky medical devices will have to prove that their products are safe and effective according to the New York Times. Gardiner Harris reports, Federal regulators said Wednesday that that they would...

Collection of Dead Person's Sperm . . . .

Posted on April 07, 2009
Most thought-provoking and surprising article of the day from law.com which carries a brief article on a court's grant to a mother access to her dead son's sperm. The Associated Press reports, A judge has granted a mother's request to...

Doctors' Diaries on NOVA

Posted on April 07, 2009
The PBS program, NOVA, has a new show tracing the lives of medical school students and later doctors as they begin to practice medicine. Here is the program note: In 1987, NOVA's cameras began rolling to chronicle the lives of...

Increased Use of Generic Drugs

Posted on April 06, 2009
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog's Jacob Goldstein reports, For those keeping score at home: The total number of U.S. prescriptions for generic drugs grew by 12% a year between 2004 and 2008, while the number of prescriptions for branded...

More Bad News About Smoking

Posted on April 05, 2009
MedPage Today reports on a new study that links pancreatitis with smoking. Michael Smith writes about the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Smoking may account for nearly half of all cases of acute and chronic pancreatitis, researchers...

Man's Best Friend

Posted on April 04, 2009
Technology Review provides an update on genetic research involving Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in dogs that provides hope for humans as well. Courtney Humphries writes about the new gene research and states, An international team of researchers has successfully treated dogs...

Natalie Cole, Organ Donors and Cash Payments

Posted on April 03, 2009
Natalie Cole went on Larry King Live Wednesday night and discussed her need for a kidney. Many individuals watching the show have volunteered to provide her with a kidney. Cord Jefferson writing at the Daily Beast thinks that this rather...

The Cost of Health Insurance for Women

Posted on April 03, 2009
NPR's Morning Edition yesterday had a brief story by Sarah Varney on her experience with health insurance after a job loss. She writes, During the last economic bust, I got laid off and couldn't afford the monthly COBRA payments for...

Health Care By the Numbers

Posted on April 02, 2009
Christy Hardin Smith at Firedoglake makes the case for comprehensive health reform. She provides some updated numbers and writes, From the Frontline documentary "Sick Around America: According to a study by the National Academy of Sciences, around 20,000 Americans die...

Fresh Air and End of Life Care

Posted on April 02, 2009
Today, NPR's Fresh Air has an interview with Dr. Robert Marensen, author of A Life Worth Living. He provides some interesting insights into the problems with our current health system and our focus on longevity over quality of life. Here...

Food Safety - Still Questionable

Posted on April 01, 2009
The LA Times reports on the latest food recall - pistachios and has a brief article about the need for reform of our food safety laws. Mary MacVean writes, Consumers could be forgiven for feeling a little weary about this...

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