April 12, 2017
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 376, no. 10, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Anesthesia and Developing Brains — Implications of the FDA Warning” by D.B. Andropoulos and M.F. Greene “At Risk for Serious Mental … Read More
April 11, 2017
(Wired) – A family-friendly workplace allows sufficient time off for childbirth and baby-bonding, flexibility regarding business travel, and other support. To be successful, it must include fathers. Unfortunately, all of the attention given to egg freezing may be diverting employers … Read More
April 11, 2017
(Washington Post) – The demise of Haywood Park Community Hospital three years ago this summer added Brownsville to an epidemic of dying hospitals across rural America. Nearly 80 have closed since 2010, including nine in Tennessee, more than in any … Read More
April 11, 2017
(The Atlantic) – In a world of digital assistants and computer-generated imagery, the expectation is that computers do all kinds of work for humans. The result of which, some have argued, is a dulling of the senses. “The miraculous has … Read More
April 11, 2017
(UPI) – In 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that men no longer get their PSA tested. That recommendation was based on evidence that PSA screening resulted in overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment that could leave men impotent and … Read More
April 11, 2017
(STAT News) – Mice that walk straight and fluidly don’t usually make scientists exult, but these did: The lab rodents all had a mouse version of Parkinson’s disease and only weeks before had barely been able to lurch and shuffle … Read More
April 11, 2017
(BBC) – Doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents’ wishes, a High Court judge has ruled. Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital said eight-month-old Charlie Gard has irreversible brain damage … Read More
April 11, 2017
(Managed Care Magazine) – According to Tracxn, an analytics firm co-founded by Sequoia and Accel alumni to track data about startups, more than 600 companies worldwide were flying the telemedicine flag at the end of 2016. They ranged from small … Read More
April 11, 2017
(STAT News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that nearly three-quarters of a million Americans develop health care-associated infections each year, 75,000 of whom die during that hospitalization. Other patients get the wrong medications, endure mistakes in … Read More
April 11, 2017
National Institutes of Health IRB Internship Program Fall 2017 Members of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), IRB administrators, research ethics committees, tribal governance bodies, and others who are currently employed in positions related to research participant protections are invited to … Read More
April 10, 2017
(Medscape) – The use of medications that have questionable benefits for patients in the terminal stages of dementia is widespread, and continues even in the final days before death, a new Canadian study has found. The study showed that 45% … Read More
April 10, 2017
(UPI) – Scientists have already successfully developed pluripotent stem cells in the lab, cells which can form any type of tissue. Totipotent stem cells are the pinnacle for stem cell scientists, however. And for the first time, researchers have found … Read More
April 10, 2017
(The Conversation) – Blood is thicker than water, or so the saying goes, reflecting the value we put on biological relationships. But is it something the law should recognise? Singapore’s Supreme Court recently ruled on a case that asks this … Read More
April 10, 2017
(Reuters) – Scientists are getting closer to building life from scratch and technology pioneers are taking notice, with record sums moving into a field that could deliver novel drugs, materials, chemicals and even perfumes. Despite ethical and safety concerns, investors … Read More
April 10, 2017
(Slate) – As with many new fields, synthetic biology—which incorporates disparate disciplines like engineering, computer science, biotechnology, and molecular biology—is hard to pin down. But a rough working definition says that it is the application of the principles of engineering … Read More
April 10, 2017
(The Oregonian) – The number of patients using the nation’s first physician-aided suicide program, Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, has continued to grow since voters first approved the law nearly two decades ago. A new study shows a 12 percent … Read More
April 10, 2017
(CNN) – Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has frustrated legislators on both sides of the aisle with his refusal to talk specifics on several major issues he could rule on if he’s confirmed. But one matter on which his past … Read More
April 7, 2017
Children’s of Minnesota is excited to announce our new Bioethics Fellowship program and are seeking our first Fellow. This is an amazing opportunity to train with the best in a fully integrated Ethics program at a leading Children’s Hospital. Clinical … Read More
April 7, 2017
(The Washington Post) – An experimental technique reduces the tics, or involuntary movements and vocal outbursts, associated with severe Tourette’s syndrome in young adults, a study published Friday found. The surgical technique, called thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS), sends electrical impulses to … Read More
April 7, 2017
(UPI) – Researchers at Michigan State University have found the personal data of patients may be at risk of data breaches in U.S. hospitals. The study found nearly 1,800 incidences of large data breaches in patient information over a seven-year … Read More
April 7, 2017
(The Atlantic) – Opioid painkillers have an inconvenient, lesser-known side effect: terrible constipation. Perhaps then it’s no surprise that people addicted to opioids have considered the inverse. If a drug that gets you high causes constipation, could a drug that … Read More
April 7, 2017
(UPI) – Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH, have found young people have a higher death rate after experiencing a first episode of psychosis. The study analyzed data from roughly 5,000 people age 16-30 with commercial … Read More
April 7, 2017
(Kaiser Health News) – Few patients pay a hospital’s full price for a procedure or test. But a new study shows why those charges still matter. Economists at the Federal Reserve Board and the American Enterprise Institute found that list … Read More
April 7, 2017
(JSTOR) – At the same time, we are seeing an advance in methods of manipulating human DNA that, though they present many benefits, could also be used to advance eugenic goals. This combination of a dubious political agenda and the … Read More
April 7, 2017
(Nature) – No two stem cells are identical, even if they are genetic clones. This stunning diversity is revealed today in an enormous publicly available online catalogue of 3D stem cell images. The visuals were produced using deep learning analyses … Read More
