February 17, 2020
(South China Morning Post) – Thailand has ordered an investigation into illegal surrogate birth services be extended to China after raids this week netted two alleged Chinese ringleaders. Police Major General Torsak Sukvimol said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered police … Read More
February 13, 2020
(The New York Times) – Dr. Scott Hadland, a pediatrician and addiction specialist at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction, recently published a study of stimulant marketing, finding that “pediatricians are the targets of an immense amount of marketing,” … Read More
February 12, 2020
(The Atlantic) – In those moments with her daughter, it felt like the most natural thing to see her, to hold her, and to take her home. The hospital allowed—even gently encouraged—her to do all that. This would have been … Read More
February 12, 2020
(Reuters) – The privacy protections Americans have come to expect when it comes to their medical information may not always apply in school settings, a new report suggests. When a school nurse is involved in a student’s medical care, information … Read More
February 11, 2020
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram) – An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday morning supporting and condemning Cook Children’s Hospital’s decision to take a 1-year-old baby off life support in Fort Worth. The hearing came just three days after Tinslee Lewis’ first birthday, … Read More
February 7, 2020
(CNN) – A slew of states have proposed curbing transgender minors’ access to gender-affirming health care. But medical professionals are pushing back against the legislation, claiming it discriminates against trans patients and hinders physicians from doing their jobs. In an … Read More
January 31, 2020
(Undark) – The science supporting the addition of a “wilderness” component to adolescent therapy is even thinner, critics say — and what exists is too often tied to trade associations and conducted by researchers with clear conflicts of interest. As … Read More
January 22, 2020
(STAT News) – I have seen the impact of unrestrained cannabis marketing firsthand in my work as president of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, a health economist at the University of Southern California, and former co-director … Read More
January 16, 2020
(ABC News) – An Oregon teenager who was taken out of state by her mother to avoid surgery for a rare type of liver cancer has had the operation while in the custody of the state welfare officials, several Portland, … Read More
January 9, 2020
(The Economist) – FOR NINETEEN years the Philippines was free from polio. But in September the announcement came that two children living in provinces 900 miles apart had been paralysed by a vaccine-derived strain of the disease. The strain was … Read More
