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Have you ever used a gadget or app that tracks your steps, blood pressure or pregnancy? Have you ordered a direct-to-consumer genetic test? Or have

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Noninvasive prenatal testing: Knowledge is power, or is it?

June 28, 2019 BabySeq Project, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Genomic, Newborn, prenatal testing, Stacey Pereira

“How much prenatal genetic information do you actually want?” asked WIRED Magazine earlier this spring. The article explored the burgeoning market in noninvasive prenatal testing

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LGBTQ patients and pediatric healthcare policies

June 21, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, LGBTQ, pediatrics, Sophia Fantus

When compared to their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts, the health and mental health disparities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning* (LGBTQ) youth are striking.

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The case for expanding perinatal depression screening

June 14, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Michelle Ann Lopez, maternal health, post-partum depression, Women

Ten to 25% of women in the United States suffer from perinatal depression, commonly referred to as post-partum depression (PPD). Not only does PPD create

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Body of Work podcast: The implications of at-home genetic testing

June 3, 2019 Body of Work, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, genetic testing

Have you ever considered purchasing an at-home genetic test? If so, it’s important to know the difference between clinical genetic testing and at-home genetic testing

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Is there a right to die?

May 31, 2019 Assisted Dying, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, End of Life, Eric Mathison

How people think about death is undergoing a major transformation in the United States. In the past decade, there has been a significant rise in

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VA Whole Health: The paradigm shift we’ve been waiting for

May 24, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA, Veterans, Whole Health

“The job of medicine is not only to diagnose and treat disease,” said Tracy Gaudet, the executive director of the Veterans Health Administration, in her

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Why new DNR order regulations don’t lay ethical concerns to rest

May 17, 2019 Adam Pena, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, DNR, do-not-resuscitate orders

A little over a year ago, the Texas Legislature passed legislation regulating inpatient do-not-resuscitate orders (DNRs). It’s now gone into effect in hospitals across the

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Parenting from prison: How does it impact children’s health?

May 10, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Child, Health, Incarceration, Parent, Prison, Rice University

According to the CDC, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), increase the risk of negative health outcomes over a lifetime. There are three types of ACEs: abuse,