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 six months. If you should need an older file please contact me 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.
September 14, 2008
Access to care
On hospitals and the homeless
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7608909.stm
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
A cnn article on the JAMA residents survey
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/09/10/doctor.laughs/
Education & Mentors
On a free medical school?
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/09/08/applications-pour-in-for-first-class-at-free-medical-
school/?mod=WSJBlog
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On “brain doping”
http://jewishworldreview.com/0908/productivity_pill.php3
Health Policy &healthcare systems
Hacker JS. Speaking Truth to Power—The Need for, and Perils of, Health Policy Expertise in the White House. NEJM 2008;359(11):1085-1087.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/11/1085?query=TOC
Misconduct
On misuse of body parts
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/30/MNRS12L6JL.DTL
Religion & Spiritual Issues
On when death occurs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4667507.ece
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On abortions and babies with Down’s Syndrome
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/sarah-palin-dow.html
Research & Experimental Treatments
On drug industry ties to universities
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122109019382321441.html?mod=rss_Health
Sports
On a cheerleader with a pacemaker for long QT
http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2008/09/12/News/
Pacemaker.Sidelines.Smu.Cheerleader-3428341.shtml
9/4/08
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On gene mapping
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4671208a28.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On delays in fda approvals
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121944789005365195.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
Economics/financing/insurance
A decline in number of uninsured
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/washington/27census.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&
pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
On the drop in the number of uninsured
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/REG/808294869/-
1/toc&nocache=1
On SCHIP from the NCSL
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn522b.htm
On nonprofit hospitals and high charges
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121986172394776997.html
Hematology
on hemophilia and HIV in Scotland
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080823/D92O4FI80.html
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
From popular mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health_medicine/4273262.html
On tb exposure in San Francisco
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/26/BAHB12IQ4V.DTL&tsp=1
Misconduct
On the Joe Fitzgerald case –there are comments as well
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/va-chief-offers-family-apology/
Joking about a patient death
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24278170-5006786,00.html
Psychiatric Issues
on psychiatric conflicts of interest
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/52196
Research & Experimental Treatments
On a judge ordering experimental drugs for a teenager
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080820/D92M7MS00.html
A legal opinion on “Improperly Authorized Organ Use as Tortious Interference with a Corpse”
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/7FE749BE8F642F85882574B0007164AC/
$file/0735241o.pdf?openelement
A sister is suing a research institute for use of the brother’s brain, liver and spleen tissue without consent.
Does knowing the funding source of a clinical trial affect enrollment?
http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=6007
Social Issues
On protecting researchers
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/25/research
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
From wisdom teeth?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080822090616.cje0kojr&show_article=1
From New Scientist on the 1926 Ilia Ivanov case
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19926701.000?DCMP=NLC-
nletter&nsref=mg19926701.000
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the Ayden Groomes case
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/apple_8275___article.html/ayden_baby.html
(preventing a teenage mother from donating a portion of her liver to her infant)
On presumed consent for transplants in Britain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7595450.stm
August 20, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
On prescribing to foster children in Texas
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/081708dnmetdrugdoctors.45052b6.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
More privacy breaches at UCLA Medical Center
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080805/REG/885540200
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
Should schools ban peanuts?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving/family/stories/080808dnlivpeanutbutter.282bff25.html
Refusing entry for a child with Angelman’s Syndrome to Canada
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/2519496/Canada-refuses-entry-to-
disabled-girl.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On problems at a pharmacy
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01873.html
On prescribing for foster children
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/081708dnmetdrugdoctors.45052b6.html
On a preferred psychiatric drug list in Texas
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/081808dnmetfosterparttwo.43a81b8.html
An FDA warning on 2 Baltimore pharmacies
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01873.html
On Ranbaxy and the FDA
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=ajb1XpT3uPMg&refer=healthcare
Economics/financing/insurance
On insurance from professional groups
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121850502149631957.html?mod=2_1566_topbox
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On when to stop treatment
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/health/19brod.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=%2b%22American+Medical+Association%22&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On life extension
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm/?aid=9076
Hospitalization
One view of hospital events
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867229022038907.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On pandemic antibodies from survivors
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-08/cure-uncommon-flu
Legal
On the Chelsea Rhoades lawsuit
http://dailykenoshan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6380&Itemid=104
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On billing for errors
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/in-more-states-hospitals-stop-billing-for-egregious-errors/
Psychiatric Issues
On a psychiatric patient who killed his mother
http://wsj.com/article/SB121883750650245525.html?mod=most_emailed_day
Religion & Spiritual Issues
On waiting for a miracle
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080819/D92L5PLO0.html
On sperm donations to single women
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3579288,00.html
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On a sibling for a baby with Diamond Blackfan anemia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7541113.stm
On abortion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121849764993731541.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121848559101430821.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks
Research & Experimental Treatments
On research surveys in poor countries
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/health/research/05glob.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
A controversy in Austria
http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8255/
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On making red blood cells from embryonic stem cells
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080819/D92LHOGO0.html
On “disease in a dish”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/08/07/scidish107.xml
Terrorism/Bioterrorism/etc
On the Ivins case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121850430521931913.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On Chinese organ donations from convicts
http://www.france24.com/en/20080807-ugly-business-chinese-organ-harvests-china-organ-transplants
On heart transplants in babies
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121866079167038189.html?mod=2_1566_leftbox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/
AR2008081303362.html?nav=rss_health
August 5, 2008
Access to care
On walk in clinics
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/02/earlyshow/health/main4316686.shtml
On patient dumping in Los Angeles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121764142520706635.html.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
the problem of access to celebrity records just seem to grow
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health5-2008aug05,0,1525641.story
On online medical records
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/26082889.html?location_refer=$urlTrackSectionName
on insurer errors on patient privacy
http://www.ajc.com/holiday/content/news/stories/2008/07/29/bluecross.html
on electronic prescribing and privacy
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-07-28-eprescribe_N.htm
on medical privacy for business figures
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/26nocera.html?ex=1374811200&en=
b5421727564a4145&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
on drug errors
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j_QejjvIDXWiV5lp63Z209NW_tUAD9272ET02
Economics/financing/insurance
From Cal Thomas
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas073108.php3
A libertarian view of hospital costs
http://reason.com/news/show/127821.html
Genetics/Testing
On the personal genome project
http://www.wired.com/medtech/stemcells/magazine/16-08/ff_church
On the UK National DNA database
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/DNA-Database-Innocent-Peoples-Profiles-Should-Be-
Removed-Says-Government-Funded-Inquiry/Article/200807415059515?lpos=Politics_4&lid
=ARTICLE_15059515_DNA%2BDatabase%253A%2BInnocent%2BPeoples%2527%2BProfiles
%2BShoul
Legal
A hospital ceasing obstetrics due to money losses
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/hospital-obstetrics-ward-will-close-amid/82971/
Media/Informatics/
A new medical encyclopedia is launching. Think Wikipedia for medicine. Hopefully it will be more accurate
http://www.medpedia.com/index.php/Main_Page
Politics, Conscientious Objection
On uninsured immigrants and hospitals
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20080803/ZNYT04/808030320&tc=yahoo
Practice of medicine
“How many doctors are telling their children to go into medicine?”
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-forum03insuresbaug03,0,3640539.story
Public Health/ Bioterrorism/Violence/Disasters
On Bruce Ivins and the 2001 anthrax incident
http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5494971&page=1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121757737139604131.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
Religion & Spiritual Issues
Not really medical but on PZ Myers
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-
dreher_03edi.ART.State.Edition1.4d7bede.html
Research & Experimental Treatments
On the firebombing of research scientists in California
http://jewishworldreview.com/0808/saunders080508.php3
Sports
On testing gender
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/opinion/03boylan.html?ex=1375502400&en=
06e05ffa70e17d3c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Terrorism/Bioterrorism/etc
Firebombings of UCSC researchers
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_10084756
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
2 arm transplant
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health/article-1039587/Worlds-double-arm-transplant-man-gets-
teenagers-limbs-16-hour-operation.html?ITO=1490
On the foster care teen and his transplant
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/16/me-teen-denied-surgery-now-has-new-liver/
July 28, 2008
Development/ADD/Autism
On Michael Savage and autism
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/media/22sava.html?ex=1374379200&en=
e94866a8cd8e726a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On disability benefits
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/business/25insure.html?_r=5&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=
business&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1216980640-Cw7&oref=login
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On the Massachusetts bill on drug industry gifts
http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/07/house_panel_dro.html
Economics/financing/insurance
On rescission in California
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-fi-hmolaw23-2008jul23,0,6941152.story
On doctor pay
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-doctors_21nat.ART.
State.Edition1.4d6df81.html
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
A view of emergency care
http://www.slate.com/id/2195851/pagenum/all/#page_start
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Palliation/Futility
A commentary on a Pediatrics article.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576223?src=mp&spon=9&uac=13816HY
and a blog comment on it.
http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/waiting-doom-hogwash/
On the Janet Rivera case
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/755203.html
On the California bill
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/07/14/prsc0714.htm
A Tay Sachs case in Britain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7483099.stm
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted-Suicide
On Seema Sood
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/Euthanasia_petitioner_beats_death_hugs_life/articleshow/3220523.cms
Family
The effect on families of caring for children with autism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7513661.stm
Genetics/Testing
On genetics and human behavior
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/opinion/15brooks.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
Funding for aids outside the US
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W0RH0184015B9C3D92C7F2B293D8B0
Legal
On loss of chance
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/24/doctor_held_liable_for_a_loss_of_chance/
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On wrong site surgery
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802706.html
Misconduct
David Southall and colleagues have been cleared in Britain of allegations of research without parental consent
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/jul07_1/a707
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On IVF
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20wwln-lede-t.html/////?_r=2\\\\\
&oref=slogin\\\\\&oref=slogin
On midwifery in Pennsylvania among the Amish
http://features.csmonitor.com/backstory/2008/07/22/a-home-birth-midwife-returns-to-practice/
On a script for abortion in South Dakota
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901586.
html?nav=rss_health
Research & Experimental Treatments
On the GSK pneumonia vaccine in Argentina
http://banderasnews.com/0807/hb-vaccinetrials.htm
( I think this is the original article—in Spanish
http://www.criticadigital.com/impresa/index.php?secc=nota&nid=7769
I couldn’t find much else and there seems to be a lot of information missing )
Sports
On gene doping
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080727-9999-1n27genes.html
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On mixing cows and humans
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/07/22/2632/the_next_big_stem_cell_fight_mixing_cow_and_human_dna
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the New Jersey organ donation law
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hW_PZyoj0S2xb1ua0byPVUfEp7KwD923FCK00
July 14, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
Should children be taken from parents because of parental beliefs?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/07/10/swastika-child.html
Access to care
On Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in New Jersey
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602334.
html?wpisrc=newsletter
From Consumer Reports on aggressive medical treatment
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/doctors-hospitals/hospital-care/aggressive-medical-
care/overview/aggressive-medical-care-ov.htm
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
On fake patients in the emergency room
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-stealth_patients_02jul02,0,1212269.story
Economics/financing/insurance
On the Medicare bill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121538797960931079.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
From Consumer Reports on medical debt
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/credit-loan/cr-investigates-medical-
debt/overview/medical-debt-ov.htm
Education & Mentors
On a potential medical student with a criminal conviction
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608610107/fulltext
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
A video on the Edith Rodriguez case in Los Angeles
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king2-2008jul02,0,5494525.story?track=rss
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the death of Samuel Golubchuk
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4190883p-4781717c.html
On the Eulana Englaro case
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/14/yehey/opinion/20080714opi4.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4304832.ece
Genetics/Testing
a British case of IVF testing for genes for breast cancer
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=5275445&page=1
on the new genetic test for breast cancer
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01857.html
Health Policy &healthcare systems
Do physicians support national healthcare systems?
http://jewishworldreview.com/0708/medicine.men071108.php3
Thoughts on the Massachusetts system
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121581699254147423.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On the bird flu vaccine trial in Poland
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/2235676/Homeless-people-die-after-bid-
flu-vaccine-trial-in-Poland.html
On influenza epidemics
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080714/LOCAL/807140313
Legal
On Glenn McGee and the Alden March Bioethics Institute
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bioethics-institute-picks&sc=rss
Public Health/ Bioterrorism/Violence/Disasters
On using endangered monkeys in Iran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4276460.ece
Religion & Spiritual Issues
From Israel on animal rights
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8103
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On a hermaphrodite world
http://www.theage.com.au/national/men-on-a-slippery-slide-in-future-hermaphrodite-world-20080710-3d73.html
On embryos with hereditary disorders
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/esfh-sew070608.php
Social Issues
The New York Times on the Kennedy v Louisiana decision
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402146.html
On animal rights protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080707/ap_on_re_us/animal_rights_violence
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On transplants and foster children
http://www.theage.com.au/national/men-on-a-slippery-slide-in-future-hermaphrodite-world-20080710-
3d73.html
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/07/12/news/campus/080710_shands.txt
July 3, 2008
Communication/Relationships
A legislator in Texas wants all physicians to be required to speak Spanish.
http://www.krld.com/Se-Habla-Español-Doctor-/2515914
Conflict of interests
On arrangements between manufacturers and physicians
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/22570944.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On medical identity theft
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121433232110700537.html.html
On online health records
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062501825.html
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On an autistic child on an airplane
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6223045
http://www.topix.com/forum/source/nbc4/TOHM23O0F1K611LIT
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On the FDA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121503189804324005.html.html
On tamper proof drugs (is this really possible?)
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19826624.100?DCMP=NLC-
nletter&nsref=mg19826624.100
Economics/financing/insurance
On the old order Mennonites, hospital bills and discounts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121460367338511945.html?mod=home_we_banner_left
On Medicare payments (there is a great deal available if you want to look for more information)
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Medicare/tb/9987
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the program called APPEAL
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/0628dnproendoflife.466f039.html
A Dutch guide for “careful suicide”
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7658/1394-b
More on the Golubchuk case
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special_report/story/4189609p-4780126c.html
Health Policy &healthcare systems
From Wall Street Journal on Medicare
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121505358589525595.html
On the British NHS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7486095.stm
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
From Judicial Watch on the FDA’s HPV vaccine records
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2008/JWReportFDAhpvVaccineRecords.pdf
http://www.judicialwatch.org/gardasil
On vaccine exemptions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603770_pf.html
Legal
On the Steven Hatfill case
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/06/27/doj-to-settle-with-scientist-erroneously-linked-to-anthrax-
attacks/?mod=googlenews_wsj
On a paddling case in Brownsville
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/ruling_87584___article.html/court_justice.html
http://www.woai.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=99fceded-6bc6-4ee7-8289-54de0193069e
Politics & Conscientious Objection
On pro-life drugstores
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR2008061502180_pf.html
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On the South Dakota abortion law
http://www.slate.com/id/2194605/
Sports
The Texas high school athlete testing program has found only 2 positives.
http://www.krld.com/pages/2524874.php?
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On stem cells and diabetes induced retinal damage
http://www.forbes.com/healthcare/2008/06/21/pfizer-blindness-research-biz-health-
cx_rl_0623stemcell.html
June 24, 2008
News
Abuse & Neglect
On a report based on a psychic?
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2008/06/18/5910691-sun.html
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_23845.aspx
on a faith healing case
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_061808_news_faith_healing_death.13b408d5.html
Conflict of interests
On conflict of interest in medical schools
http://contemporarypediatrics.modernmedicine.com/contpeds/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=521995
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On medication errors
http://contemporarypediatrics.modernmedicine.com/contpeds/Pediatrics/Preventing-medication-
errors-in-children/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/522755
On the orphan drug act
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121417838559995535.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
On community service in Australia
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23887164-23289,00.html
Economics/financing/insurance
On a “medical debt score”
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn518a.htm
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted-Suicide
On planning for death
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/06/CMR51086S5.DTL
Misconduct
On faked research data
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080619_misconduct
Oncology
On treating melanoma with personalized medicine
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121382221674385973.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Patient Ethics/Responsibility
On Amy Winehouse and emphysema (she is 24)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itjO64MOY5zSRXGQET71vAk5Cw1QD91FR6PO1
Practice of medicine
On physicians who “hate practicing medicine”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/health/views/17essa.html?ex=1371528000&en=
68fc7d81aa444219&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Research & Experimental Treatments
On research in veterans
http://www.washingtontimes.com/interactives/disposable-heroes/
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On storing cord blood
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn518b.htm
June 16, 2008
News
Abuse & Neglect
Is a sunburn abuse?
http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/431470.html
Cloning
On coning the dead for stem cell research?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4040290.ece
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On personal health data on internet
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn517b.htm
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On controlling what pharmacies sell
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn517c.htm
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
On unnecessary operations in Milan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2102468/Milan-doctors-performed-unnecessary-surgery-
for-insurance-cash.html?service=print
On firing patients
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/views/10case.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=
rss&oref=slogin
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
Does talking about traumatic incidents help?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427532.stm
On curbing nonessential emergency room visits
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9518072
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
More on the Samuel Golubchuk case
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/06/04/golubchuk.html
An Alaska case
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=66381
A British case
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article4040146.ece
On “brain death”
http://www.nature.com/sc/journal/v46/n6/abs/3102107a.html
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On triage in a pandemic
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/05/05/who_should_mds_let_die_in_a_pandemic
_report_offers_answers/
Newborn Screening
On storing newborn blood
http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/news/2008/05/newborn_screening
Oncology
On chemotherapeutic drugs used for palliation
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=106873&sid=1&fid=1
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On a failed abortion for multicystic dysplastic kidneys
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363434,00.html
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On epidermolysis bullosa
http://physorg.com/news131717475.html
On adult stem cells from the nose and Parkinson’s
http://cellnews-blog.blogspot.com/2008/06/parkinsons-cure-is-in-your-nose.html
On children with 3 parents
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19826591.700?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=
mg19826591.700
On precursor stem cells and Leukodystrophy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7435137.stm
June 5, 2008
News
Cloning
From Britain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4040290.ece
Communication/Relationships
How do your patients feel about you?
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23746242-2,00.html?from=public_rss
Development/ADD/Autism
On voting a child with possible autism out of a classroom
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/23/st-lucie-teacher-has-class-vote-whether-5-year-old/
This has drawn comment from a number of sources
http://www.autismvox.com/5-year-old-boy-voted-out-of-his-class/
http://www.dailycents.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457:florida-kindergarten-
teacher-shames-autistic-child&catid=81:your-two-cents&Itemid=129#comments
On changing criteria for diagnosis of autism
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574488?src=mp&spon=9&uac=13816HY
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On a child in an institution
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121218278041833793-email.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On the Vioxx verdict
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574500?src=mp&spon=21&uac=13816HY
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
A placebo pill for children
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/27/healthscience/27plac.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/health/27plac.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin
Economics/financing/insurance
On auctioning patient debt
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121244901525139563.html.html
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
From Australia on emergency room waits
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23781301-23289,00.html
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the Val Thomas case
http://www.newsnet5.com/health/16363548/detail.html
Genetics/Testing
on the genetic testing addition to the European Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. "the interests and welfare of the human being concerned by genetic tests (...) shall prevail over the sole interests of society or science"
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/TestGen.htm
http://www.bioeticaweb.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4603
Gifts
Banning gifts in Massachusetts
http://medheadlines.com/2008/04/21/unanimous-vote-bans-gifts-to-doctors-in-massachusetts/
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On proxy materials
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/business/27health.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&ref=business&
pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
On Florida reforms
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121201589150427551.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
And New Jersey mandates
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121201600312927511.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
And on Iowa’s HF 2539
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn516a.htm
If a church has a program to aid its parishioners pay their medical bills should they be regulated as an
insurance company? http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn516b.htm
Intersex/Transgender
“when are children old enough to declare what gender they will be?"
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/30/qa_with_norman_spack/?page=full
Legal
On the Vioxx verdicts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121207060977129293.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121218857343634215.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Newborn Screening
On storing newborn samples
http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/news/2008/05/newborn_screening
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On the Novussanguis consortium-- a new international group on cord blood stem cells
http://www.novussanguis.org/
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On transplants for foreign criminals
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-ucla30-2008may30,0,6708926.story
On a “rapid organ-recovery ambulance”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/nyregion/01organ.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
May 24, 2008
News
Conflict of interests
The APA DSM-V work group member information.
http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/Research/DSMIV/DSMV/MeettheTaskForce/TFInfo.aspx
There has been some discussion on the ties to the drug industry of the various members.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/05/09/dsm-vs-conflicts-of-interest/
On doctors and interviews
http://www.slate.com/id/2190775/
Consent
On treating an 11 year old with cancer
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1055475.html
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On discriminatory dollar bills
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080520/D90PF2AO1.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On access to single source drugs
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=52256
Economics/financing/insurance
On Medicaid
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121115735476802403.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
On SCHIP
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn515a.htm
On charges
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121131339853207935.html?mod=rss_Health
On Florida and no-frills insurance
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080521/fl_health_insurance.html?.v=1
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the Sabrina Martin case
http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-05-01/news/doctors-vs-parents-who-decides-right-to-life/full
Ethics-general- philosophy, ethical codes, etc
On dignity
http://www.tnr.com/currentissue/story.html?id=d8731cf4-e87b-4d88-b7e7-f5059cd0bfbd
Genetics/Testing
“Extinct gene resurrected”
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080519_extinct-genes
On genetic discrimination
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080424/D908GFSG0.html
On Trig Palin
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28017,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gH_2Apl7Mbwo1XAJ44Pny3I5-gIwD90EF8PG0
Hematology
On teens and donating blood
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8Oq0p0qKs5zLb4xtN44unYHzxBwD90PIT400
Infectious disease/Vaccinations
On vaccination and school in Britain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7392510.stm
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On apologies
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18apology.html?_r=2&ref=health&oref=slogin&oref=login
Nutrition
On the thiamine deficient formula in Israel
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7653/1095-h
Patient Ethics/Responsibility
on patients feelings about doctors
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23746242-2,00.html?from=public_rss
Religion & Spiritual Issues
the statement from the United Methodist Church on eugenics
http://calms.umc.org/2008/Text.aspx?mode=Petition&Number=1175
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On the Virginia abortion law decision
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/us/21abort.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&ref=us&pagewanted=
print&oref=slogin
On a case of forced abortion in India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Husband_in-laws_get_10-year_RI_for_foeticide/
articleshow/3023291.cms
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On a genetically modified embryo
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080512/D90KBJH00.html
On “admixed” embryos
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7654/1149-a
On ensoulment
http://www.reason.com/news/show/126434.html
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On preserving bodies
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/05/09/nyc_ambulance_would_preserve_bodies/6361/
On a market for human organs
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.28017,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
May 8, 2008
News
Abuse & Neglect
More on the El Dorado case
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90B2K480&show_article=1
Genetics/Testing
On the genetic discrimination protection bill
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573498?src=mp&spon=21&uac=13816HY
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On National health insurance
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/361251_mitchell01.html
Hematology
On studies of artificial blood.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042801025.
html?nav=rss_health
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120939130085849543.html.html
Human Rights
A case of denied treatment in India
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=561954
&in_page_id=1811
Infectious disease/Vaccinations
On triage, triage and pandemics
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PANDEMIC_RATIONING_CARE?SITE=OHCOL&SECTION
=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
On not allowing Taiwan to participate in the WHO
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573705?src=mp&spon=21&uac=13816HY
April 26, 2008
News
Abuse & Neglect
More on the El Dorado case
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8993551
http://www.aclutx.org/article.php?aid=568
and a claim that some Canadian children may have been there without their own parents
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=80268308-4afa-4322-b5da-69ef5ccef80f
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
Do you want the public to watch you die? http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3797440.ece
Genetics/Testing
On the genetic discrimination bill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120905087417041813.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9PKo1Dr67gVSZWb-B4tOfMvmgDwD908E2D00
Legal
The rectal exam case is done http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/lawsuit/
Professionalism
On proposed rules in Massachusetts
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/19/doctors_group_bristles_at_proposed_
regulations/
April 21, 2008
News
Abuse & Neglect
We are being inundated with information on the El Dorado case. Here are some links.
http://www.dallasnews.com/video/?z=y&nvid=233954
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-
polygamists_19tex.ART.State.Edition2.46887b6.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/
041808dntexCPShearings.3bd16d8.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/
042208dntexpolygamists.866c6c57.html
http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=247fdf95-
4688-41f5-8b97-66be59f555ff
The El Dorado Success (the local newspaper) has photos and info
http://www.myeldorado.net/
http://www.myeldorado.net/YFZ%20Pages/YFZ040305.html
From the San Angelo paper
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr/04/texas-authorities-investigating-mormon-sect-near/
Access to care
On non profit hospitals
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2008/04/08/your-tax-dollars-at-work/
Cloning
“one day, cloning may be accepted by society”
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-connor-one-day-cloning-may-be-
accepted-by-society-808627.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
A problem in Georgia
http://www.cbs46.com/news/15842357/detail.html
Is HIPPA effective?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-na-privacy9apr09,0,5722394.story
The WellPoint case
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wellpoint-data-breach-apr15,0,1068483.story
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On “ghostwritten” articles
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/04/16/journal_drug_firm_paid_mds_for_bylines/
On pediatric medication errors
http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_39.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041100582.
html?nav=rss_health
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On “drugs to boost brain power”
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNoNDbbELqX2V3_dSmy6syTYaeNQ
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted-Suicide
On terminal sedation
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1724911,00.html?imw=Y
Family
On child support
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/apr/21/campfields-child-support-termination-bill/
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On a poll on national health care
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues2/articles/29_favor_national_health
_insurance_overseen_by_federal_government
The “health insurance mafia” h
ttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB120813453964211685.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Infectious disease/Vaccinations
Testing stockpiled bird flu vaccine in Japan
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573044?sssdmh=dm1.345557&src=nldne
Legal
A case on strept tests and rheumatic fever
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570383?src=mp&spon=21&uac=13816HY
On gene testing by police
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/20/AR2008042002388.html?
wpisrc=newsletter
Misconduct
More on Wakefield
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7649/850
Professionalism
On accepting payments from companies
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/health/15conf.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On “designer children”
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/polyakov20080410/
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On regulating stem cell therapies
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120779366925203837.html.html
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
A case in England-should a mother have preference for her daughter’s kidneys
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/7344205.stm
April 9, 2008
News
Access to care
On Massachusetts problems
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/05doctors.html?ex=1365134400&en=689ce5030fba261b
&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
On lacking health insurance
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/REG/30031370
Circumcision
On decisions for circumcision
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-circumcision31mar31,1,7970456.story?track=rss
Development/ADD/Autism
A transcript of the Jenny McCarthy appearance on Larry King live.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/02/lkl.01.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On drug errors
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_he_me/children_drug_errors
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
on unnecessary ambulance calls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032803285.html
on overcrowding in emergency rooms
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/08/rich-not-poor-are-crowding-emergency-rooms/
?mod=WSJBlog
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On support for a national insurance plan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102253.html?
sub=AR
Legal
A school nurse taking a girl’s crutches
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/29/me-mother-school-took-girls-crutches/?news-breaking
John Stossel on “lawyer bullies”
http://jewishworldreview.com/0408/stossel040908.php3
Misconduct
An internet attack on an epilepsy internet forum
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy
On a pediatrician-(remember these are allegations)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/01/physician_accused_of_sex_abuse_
of_children/
Rationing/Denial of Coverage
On coverage of helicopter transport
http://www.theindustryradar.com/index.cfm?account=article&page=Family_fights
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On surrogates
http://www.newsweek.com/id/129594
Sports
On doping
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-doping-dilemma
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
Human cow hybrids
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23476268-38200,00.html?from=public_rss
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On transmitting lymphoma
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344232,00.html
On trafficking in organs
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/21/europe/EU-GEN-Serbia-Organ-Trafficking.php
Treatment & non Treatment Decisions
On choosing a nonstandard treatment
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-practice31mar31,1,5494907.story
“We cannot forget that since no one can live forever, the quality of remaining life may trump the quantity.”
March 29, 2008
News
Communication/Relationships
On naming
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7646/721
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On the theft of a laptop--
NIH Reports Breach of Patient Records. Science 2008;319(5871):1746.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/319/5871/1746b
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On the “Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness Act"
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/915cuzel.asp
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On rushing drug approvals
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120656190873766273.html.html
On FDA drug safety plans
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01811.html
On Singulair
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120663164096268731.html?mod=rss_Health
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/business/28merck.html?ref=todayspaper
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted-Suicide
On Chantal Sebire in France
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7308746.stm
Family
on testing paternity
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23814032/
Health Policy &healthcare systems
On plans by Clinton and Obama
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0326/p09s01-coop.htm
In New Jersey
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/nyregion/18health.html?scp=12&sq=%2bmedicine&st=nyt
Legal
On Barry Schaller, a CT justice and author of a book on bioethics in the courtroom
http://www.shorepublishing.com/re.aspx?re=3731af0f-7698-44bc-b6b1-5c9ff8070c37
Understanding Bioethics and the Law: The Promises and Perils of the Brave New World of Biotechnology
On Pfizer and JAMA documents
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120639755641860717.html.html
Misconduct
On faking a case of breast cancer
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7645/635-b
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
A homily on embryology
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/03/23/cardinal-keith-o-brien-s-easter-
sermon-attacking-embryology-read-the-full-homily-here-86908-20360834/
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2140437.0.the_embryo_debate.php
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2140438.0.the_embryo_debate.php
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On donating a body
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/03/23/state/100st_080323_cadaver.txt
March 17
News
Communication/Relationships
Assessing parental understanding
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570950?sssdmh=dm1.339237&src=nldne
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On scrap paper medical records
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/10/wayward-medical-records-sold-as-scrap-paper-for-20/
Development/ADD/Autism
On autism and the Hannah Poling case
http://jewishworldreview.com/0308/medicine.men031408.php3
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571149?sssdmh=dm1.339665&src=nldne
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726464.100?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=
mg19726464.100
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/opinion/11tue3.html?_r=1&ex=1362974400&en=
9832c39e3ebcb7ed&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080306/hl_nm/vaccine_child_usa_dc_1
On McCain, vaccines and autism
http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/03/memo_to_mccain_vaccines_not_li.php
Disability/Birth Defects
On wanting a deaf child
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/09/genetics.medicalresearch
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On drug errors
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120467987732012017.html?mod=home_health_right
Economics/financing/insurance
On the Howard County plan
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569303?src=mp
From Fortune on McCain’s health care plan
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/news/economy/tully_healthcare.fortune/
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
A column on end-of-life issues in Judaism with comments on the College of Physicians and Surgeons statement and “medical chutzpah”
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/avi/shafran_life.php3
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
“for the love of the game”
http://www.tnr.com/story.html?id=ea669633-6736-4302-ac23-cd967bbe64f4&p=6
On using adderall in academia
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-carey_
16edi.ART.State.Edition1.461170c.html
