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.
November 25, 2013
David Oliver has spent decades teaching others how to care for dying patients. Now, he is terminally-ill with Stage 4 cancer. But the medical school professor at the University of Missouri is using death as a teachable moment, using his … Read More
November 22, 2013
In his new book, Social Networks and Popular Understanding of Science and Health: Sharing Disparities, Dr. Brian Southwell explores the various reasons why there might be such huge differences in the extent to which health and science information gets “spread … Read More
November 22, 2013
With the pace of technological developments ever increasing and people becoming more aware of the possibilities this offers, there is greater expectation and demand from patients for us to use technology to deliver higher standards of care and support. When … Read More
November 22, 2013
The problem is this: if we aim to reduce the costs of health care, we need to reduce the costs of medical education. We don’t have to believe that the high cost of medical education is what causes increases in … Read More
November 20, 2013
On 1 January 2014, Bulgarians and Romanians will be able to work anywhere in the European Union as the last of their membership restrictions are lifted. Research suggests that few will migrate abroad without a firm job offer but many … Read More
November 19, 2013
Dr Subrata Chattoapadhyay, who organized the seminar, agreed that corrupt practices were becoming more and more common among doctors and this seminar was meant to be an eye-opener for young doctors. Reminding that WHO has declared spirituality as an important … Read More
November 18, 2013
A fully re-envisioned Master of Public Health program was launched by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in the fall of 2012, ushering in the most sweeping changes in public health education in decades. Detailing the experience leading up … Read More
November 15, 2013
I was spending a month on the medicine wards at the beginning of my fourth year of medical school, and Mr. P was among my patients during his two-week stay at Boston Medical Center, the safety-net hospital for the metro … Read More
