February 17, 2014
(University World News) – National euphoria over a young female scientist who led a groundbreaking stem cell research project has quickly turned into anguished soul-searching in Japan, where similar success stories remain woefully inadequate. “Japan has highly talented female scientists … Read More
February 14, 2014
(New York Times) – In 2009, a Supreme Court decision upheld the validity of multiple-choice testing for evaluating firefighters for promotion, prompting a heated nationwide discussion. Critics pointed out that test-taking savvy may have little to do with job performance. … Read More
February 10, 2014
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics Seattle Children’s Research Institute Pediatric Bioethics: What have we learned? 2014 Conference: New Opportunities, New Challenges: Exploring the Ethical Boundaries of Pediatric Research July 18-19, 2014 Seattle, Washington See here for more information.
February 7, 2014
(New York Times) – By a strange coincidence, two leading medical journals on Thursday published case studies of the same arcane medical mystery. In one, doctors solved the riddle only after the patient, a middle-aged woman, got so sick she … Read More
February 5, 2014
(The Guardian) – From Asia to the Americas we find examples of workforce innovation, community empowerment and the role of leaders. Public health in the UK has a long and proud history, and many countries learn from our practice. But … Read More
January 31, 2014
(Aeon Magazine) – One doesn’t have to work in a hospital long to experience or observe some form of disrespect. This is hardly a secret. The bullying culture of medicine has been widely written about and portrayed in popular media. … Read More
January 31, 2014
Sponsors: National Disability Leadership Alliance, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Not Dead Yet Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics April 25 and 26, 2014 Crystal City Marriott Arlington, Virginia See here for … Read More
January 23, 2014
As a social scientist who is also trained as an engineer, I am puzzled by how often public-welfare and social-justice issues are viewed as irrelevant or tangential to ‘real’ technical work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions. I … Read More
January 16, 2014
The Center for Bioethics, Health and Society Junior Scholars in Bioethics Workshop Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina September 18-20, 2014 (abstract submission deadline: May 1, 2014) See here for more details
January 15, 2014
A medical student’s fear of raising questions endangered a patient. Here, as a resident, he explores the dangers of this “hidden curriculum†with his advisers. (Health Affairs)
January 15, 2014
Elaborate competitions to build the best robot or design cages to protect falling eggs have been a rite of passage for generations of engineering students. Today, there’s a new contest with the same creativity and competitive spirit, but vastly more … Read More
January 14, 2014
The chance to finish medical school early is attracting increased attention from students burdened with six-figure education loans: The median debt for medical school graduates in 2013 was $175,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. This year, the … Read More
January 2, 2014
The imminent death of a patient is riddled with emotions for a patient and family as well as the medical team. A study based on the reflections of third-year Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students is shedding light … Read More
December 19, 2013
In my third year as a geriatrician, a doctor who specializes in the care of older adults, I find these words are often in my mind as I listen to the stories of my patients. I’ve learned from them that … Read More
December 19, 2013
With Christmas all but a week away, what better way for scientists to spend the holiday season than researching modern day cases of virgin birth? As it turns out, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found … Read More
December 13, 2013
As the New York Times observed, “iGEM has been grooming an entire generation of the world’s brightest scientific minds to embrace synthetic biology’s vision – without anyone really noticing, before the public debates and regulations that typically place checks on … Read More
December 12, 2013
If you and your brain were going under the knife, wouldn’t it be comforting to know that your surgeon had practiced the exact operation, location, procedure and all, just a few hours earlier? Researchers have created a 3-D printed brain … Read More
December 11, 2013
NIH currently spends less than 5% of its US$30 billion budget on grants for individual researchers, including the annual Pioneer awards, which give seven people an average of $500,000 a year for five years. In contrast, NIH’s most popular grant, … Read More
December 10, 2013
A Nobel prize winner is boycotting academic journals because he believes they are distorting the scientific process and encouraging researchers to cut corners. Randy Schekman, a US biologist, said top scientific journals represent a “tyranny†as they create an artificial … Read More
December 9, 2013
The campaign to get people to embrace the Affordable Care Act, and the countervailing effort to cast doubt on it, is essentially a propaganda war. And though propaganda might seem like a heavy weapon to deploy on an already-passed health … Read More
December 5, 2013
Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Anesthesiology board of directors said the … Read More
December 5, 2013
Among internal medicine and nurse practitioner trainees, simulation-based communication skills training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end-of-life care but was associated with a small increase in patients’ symptoms of … Read More
December 4, 2013
Reactions to their announcement, published in The Journal of Anatomy, cycled quickly from excitement to heated debate and criticism. Had the scientists discovered this ligament, or merely described it? Had they done anything more than confirm what earlier scientists had … Read More
December 3, 2013
Mental health doesn’t even rate a mention in most policymakers’ lists of global health priorities. But mental illness and substance abuse disorders rank among the greatest causes of disability worldwide. In poor countries, where there aren’t nearly enough therapists, these … Read More
November 29, 2013
John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics One-day intensive course Reforming Health Systems through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): Ethical, Legal and Policy Changes January 17, 2014 8:30am – 5:00pm Deering Hall 1809 Ashlan Avenue Baltimore, Maryland See here to register.
