News Archive
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It has been suggested we try maintaining a file of the news links and miscellaneous links from the regular Listserv updates. The arrangement starts with the latest and goes back approximately three to six months. If you should need an older file please contact Web Editor, Brenda Jean Mears, MD, FAAP at bjmears@arboroaks.com. There is no attempt to further organize the links and we will not include information found elsewhere on the Web site.
June 17, 2009
Access to care
On the Indian Health Service
Economics/financing/insurance
From the Wall Street Journal on the cost of reform
Legal
On the Deborah and Ariel Levy case
Religion/Spiritual Issues/Conscience
On an Oregon case
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On surrogacy in Mumbai
On sperm donor shortage
Research & Experimental Treatments
On an underground animal facility
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the Kiroki Ando case in Japan
June 6, 2009
Codes
On the Hippocratic Oath
Development/ADD/Autism/Discipline
Colorado now requires insurance coverage of autism
and New York is working on a similar requirement
Economics/financing/insurance
On who wants health care reform
Medicaid access in Dallas
On taxing employer sponsored health insurance
On health insurance for small business owners
In Abilene, Blue Cross Blue Shield controls 85% of the insurance market
Ezra Klein on public preferences
Walgreens is refusing to sell to Medicaid patients in Delaware
Family
On misattributed paternity and transplants
Genetics/Testing
On sharing genetic information
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On overuse of medical care
And reaction from McAllen
And is there residual effect from its history of lawsuits?
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On requiring vaccines for school
Legal
On criminalizing malpractice
Oncology
On a 10 year old with breast cancer
Personhood
Megan McArdle on abortion and personhood
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On the increasing use of assisted reproduction
Research & Experimental Treatments
On animal experiments
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On using stem cells in eyes with corneal damage
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the David Wood case ( a liver transplant done without permission from patient or family
A liver transplant done without permission from patient or family
On the increasing use of assisted reproduction
On kidney transplant chains
May 27, 2009
Development/ADD/Autism/Discipline
An autism gene?
On the infant brain
Economics/financing/insurance
On insurance rescission
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On Farrah Fawcett
On Linda Fleming’s assisted suicide in Washington
Genetics/Testing
On dna testing in prisoners
Gifts/sponsorships
Grande D, et al. Effect of Exposure to Small Pharmaceutical Promotional Items on Treatment Preferences. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(9):887-89.
Health Care Disparities/Access to Health Care
A comparison of the French and US systems
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On flu vaccine in less well off countries
On DDT and malaria
On eczema vaccinatum
Legal
On a lawsuit about denying access to partners in hospitals
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On guidelines for informing patients of medical errors
Neonatology and Fetal Issues
Wilkinson DJ. Cool Heads: Ethical Issues Associated with Therapeutic Hypothermia for Newborns. Acta Paediatr. 2009 Feb;98(2):217-20.
Oncology
On Daniel Hauser and treatment
From blog.bioethics.net on Daniel Hauser
Apparently Daniel is unable to read
And he is now back with his family and is to received treatment
A virus to destroy cancer cells but not healthy cells
Publications/Authorship
On the Elsevier fake journals
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On Elizabeth Adeney
Research & Experimental Treatments
Sammons H. Ethical Issues of Clinical Trials in Children: a European Perspective. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009;94:474-477
Sports
On predicting super athletes
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On the new stem cell guidelines
On treatment of angina with bone-marrow cells
Technology
Just found this one on emr’s and errors
From Australia on emr’s
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the twittering of a renal transplant
May 16, 2009
Abuse & Neglect/Punishments/Foster Care
On a case of dental neglect
Communication/Relationships
On doctor patient conflicts
On gobbledygook in discussing health care reform and other matters
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On the Farrah Fawcett case
On Nadya Suleman
Consent
On the Daniel Hauser case
Development/ADD/Autism/Discipline
On autism—to cure or not
I just found this article on a young adult with autism
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On drug samples
On the hfa inhalers-from a patient with asthma –look at the comments. There is some discussion on who should be included in studies.
Economics/Financing/Insurance
Will “pushing healthcare into digital age ...save trillions”
On health care costs and the deficit.
Do we need universal care to cut costs? “it's gibberish in a prom dress”
On taxing health insurance
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
On leaving AMA
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On a teen with gender identity dysphoria
Euthanasia, Suicide, Physician-Assisted-Suicide, Infanticide
On a suicide workshop
On the Montana right to die case
Futility
On the Texas futile care law
Gifts/sponsorships
On CME funding
Health Policy &healthcare systems
“The death of U.S. healthcare”
On innovation
Gottlieb on “obamacare”
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
This guy thinks the H1N1 swine flu may be a lab accident?
Internet/technology
On twittering a transplant
Legal
On tort reform
On lawsuits related to swine flu:
Against Smithfield Foods, part owners of a Mexican pig farm
And on removing children from school
Misconduct Concerns
On the Timothy Kuklo case
Oncology
On a lawsuit on patenting genes and the BRCA test
“What they have really patented,” he said, “is knowledge.”
Professionalism
a dentist refuses care for women who do not wear a hijab
Psychiatric Issues
On an article saying that those with mental illness should adopt rather than have children
Here is the original article
Rationing/Denial of Coverage
The Ellen Goodman article on dying and rationing
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On gender based abortion
Research & Experimental Treatments
On research when you only want certain results
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On the NIH guidelines on human stem cell research
On James Wilson, gene therapy and stem cells
Technology
More on the Virginia hacking case
May 9, 2009
Abuse & Neglect/Punishments/Foster Care
On Gabriel Myers
On evaluating moms with mental health issues
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On drug company speakers
On drug access
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On a brain computer interface and twitter
Euthanasia, Suicide, Physician-Assisted-Suicide, Infanticide
On the Montana assisted suicide case
On Nitschke and Singapore
Family
On searching for a biological father
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On using budget reconciliation to pass health care reform
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On the Atlanta lawyer tb case
China is quarantining Mexican citizens who have had no symptoms and no exposure
On manners and infectious disease
A view from a patient with influenza
From a father on vaccine refusal
On Oprah and Jenny McCarthy
Internet/technology
On the Virginia Health Professions database problem
Legal
On the silica case
On the Lori Drew case
Misconduct Concerns
On a fake journal
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On surrogacy in China
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the face transplant patient
April 25, 2009
Communication/Relationships
On terminating relationships
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
The octuplet medical records
On dna databases
On the new identity theft rules
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On drugs and Pharmascolds
Economics/financing/insurance
The wall street journal on the public option
On opting out
On the cost of government health insurance
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the definition of death
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On neuroenhancers
Euthanasia, Suicide, Physician-Assisted-Suicide, Infanticide
“assisted suicide is fine in a perfect world. We don’t live (or die) in one
Family
On the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Genetics/Testing
On dna sequencing
A parent handout on genetic counseling
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On Ezekiel Emanuel’s job as a special adviser to the budget director
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On an Israeli anthrax vaccine
Legal
On malpractice damage caps
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On definitions, quality of care and payments
Neonatology and Fetal Issues
On doctor patient relationships
The TMB release- it is the first entry under unprofessional conduct violations
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On eggs
On a surrogacy agency
Research & Experimental Treatments
On a fluorescent puppy
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
In the heart
On government sponsored embryonic stem cell research
On private cord blood banks
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On paying donors
On online organ donation arrangements
On Kaylee Wallace and transplants
April 2, 2009
Education & Mentors
On the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
On abuse of the emergency department
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the Baby OT case in Britain
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
Vaccine exemptions in California
Misconduct Concerns
On the problems at JAMA (Article #1, Article #2, Article #3)
Professionalism
On criminal records and medical students
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On a trust fund problem with paying surrogates
On abortion and errors in IVF
Research & Experimental Treatments
A sting operation
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On payments for organ donations in Singapore
March 20, 2009
Abuse & Neglect/Punishments
An English foster care case
Complementary, alternative medicine & unproven methods
On relationships and alternative medicine
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
A problem at the DOE
On familial searches and data bases
Conscientious Objection
On the conscience rule
Cal Thomas on the conscience rule
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On a disabled TV presenter
Economics/financing/insurance
On a company refusing to cover bills
On preexisting exclusions
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
On the University of Chicago medical center
On the emergency department policies of University of Chicago. (Article #1, Article #2)
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On hospice patients
On religious belief and aggressive therapy
Jade Goody has died
Ethics-committees & consultations
On ethics checklists-an editorial
Family
On naming a father with IVF
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On overhauling health care and tort reform
On paying for the Massachusetts health plan
Legal
On the Wyeth v Levine case (Article #1, Article #2)
On MRI’s to determine truth telling
On malpractice reform
Misconduct Concerns
On the Scott Reuben case
Nutrition
Since the AAP is commenting on the Atlantic article on breast feeding, here is the article
Oncology
On Heather McNamara and an unusual surgery
Rationing/Denial of Coverage
On rationing
Religion/Spiritual Issues/Conscience
On a hospice and the word God
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On designer babies (Article #1, Article #2)
On the relation of science to religion
On abortion
Research & Experimental Treatments
On creating artificial life
On volunteering in hard times
On lack of patient enrollment
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On stem cells from skin cells
A selection of stem cell articles from Christianity Today
From Nicholas Wade
On Catholic response to the changes in human embryonic stem cell research restrictions
From Charles Krauthammer
On state restrictions
From Scott Gottlieb
From John Kass
On medical tourism and stem cells
On cord blood banking
On stem cells again
Technology
On emr’s and financial savings
On emr’s
February 27, 2009
Access to care
Kelsey Seybold, a large group in Houston will no longer treat patients with traditional Medicare
On crossing the border for health care
On care of prisoners
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On publicizing Medicare physician claims data
Conscientious Objection
On the conscience rule
Consent
On who makes decisions
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
The Pope on eugenics based on beauty
Ivan Cameron has died (he had Ohtahara Syndrome)
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
Virginia Postrel on coverage of new, expensive drugs
On a pill to erase bad memories
Economics/financing/insurance
On uninsured young adults
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
On the University of Chicago Medical Center attempt to clear its ER of nonurgent injuries
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On not following directives
On the Jade Goody case (Article #1, Article #2)
A duty to die?
Euthanasia, Suicide, Physician-Assisted-Suicide, Infanticide
Christianity today on pas
A case in Sacramento
On the Final Exit Network
Family
On taking children from their parents
Genetics/Testing
The Pope on genetic discrimination
On eugenics
Health Policy &healthcare systems
From Baucus and Kennedy
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On a malaria vaccine
On firing patients who refuse vaccinations
Legal
On the David Fitzgerald case
Misconduct Concerns
Cell phone photos of a patient
Neonatology and Fetal Issues
On tests for Down’s Syndrome
On the octuplets and sending infants home from the hospital
Newborn Screening
On state mandates
Practice of medicine/physician health
On humanizing medicine
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
More on the octuplets
From Father John Flynn
On gene defects in IVF
An Australian case of an extra baby after ivf –“No court should be asked to judge, and no child should hear from a court as they are growing up, that theirs is a wrongful life and that compensation is to be paid for their very existence,"
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
A brain tumor after fetal stem cell therapy for ataxia telangiectasia
Technology
On cyberchondria
February 15, 2009
Development/ADD/Autism/Discipline
On the Vaccine Court Omnibus Autism Proceeding
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
On feeling trapped and unable to do the “right thing”
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On HIV and stem cell transplants
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
Octuplets again
Medscape has a poll on fertility treatments
On fertility treatment in India
February 11, 2009
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
The bioengineered ATryn has been approved by the FDA
On Pfizer and doctor payments
Economics/financing/insurance
On managed care plans and costs
On the “recommendations to fund primary care payment increases” from ACP
From Bloomberg.com on the stimulus plan effects on health care
On rationing in Canada
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
UTMB has reopened its er in a limited way. The Houston ER’s are still overloaded.
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the Death with Dignity act in Washington
Eluana Englaro has died
Legal
TMA and AMA have sued Cigna and Aetna
As have Connecticut and California medical societies
Misconduct Concerns
On Andrew Wakefield
Professionalism
On relationships with patients
On the duties of a prison physician
Religion/Spiritual Issues/Conscience
“Instruction DIgnitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions”
On Dignitas Personae
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On the octuplets from Medical Justice
And from her mother
On the fertility doctor in the octuplet case (Article #1, Article #2, Article #3)
On regulation of assisted reproduction
On the Ranjit Hayer case in Canada
A case in Florida
Research & Experimental Treatments
On funding “neglected diseases”
On the vaginal gel for HIV research
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On hybrid embryos
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