Is there really a perfect way to study humans?
Doctors, patients, and researchers are frustrated when a new healthcare approach works well in a study, but then has disappointing
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Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Does ECMO life support require a different approach?
The decision to place a loved one on life support is not easy. In fact, the term itself “life support”
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The medical device tax: Good intent with grievous consequences?
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the following blog post are the author’s own and do not reflect the views
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Can deep brain stimulation make you a ‘different person’?
Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a procedure in which implanted electrodes deliver current to a target region of the brain, might
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Medical humanities and the search for meaning
I must admit that I’m surprised when I hear third-year medical students say they would like to have taken some
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Do-not-resuscitate orders: Who should decide?
In August 2017, Governor Greg Abbot signed into law a bill passed by the Texas State legislature during a special
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Genealogical websites and the future of catching criminals
Last week, a suspect in California’s notorious Golden State Killer cases was captured after decades in hiding. In the end,
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Zika virus: We dodged a bullet, right?
As the weather turns warm again in Houston, many of us are aware of what’s just around the corner: a
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A ‘right to try,’ but at what cost?
A few weeks ago, my colleague Stephanie Morain wrote a PolicyWise post on attempts to pass so-called “right-to-try” legislation in
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Should teens call the shots on the HPV vaccine?
Not too long ago, I sat in a middle school biology classroom and read about Edward Jenner successfully using cowpox
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