Mary Anderlik Majumder Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

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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Big, bad medical bills: Time for a legal fix?

January 11, 2019January 25, 2019Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, laws, Mary Anderlik Majumder, Medical Bills

In a classic Ry Cooder song, marriage is described as sufficient to transform one ‘Big Bad Bill’ into a ‘Sweet William’. But big, bad medical

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The unsung service that veterans provide: Disability advocacy

November 9, 2018November 8, 2018Advocacy, Angela Villanueva, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, disability, Mary Anderlik Majumder, Veterans

Celebrations this Veterans Day weekend commemorate those who have served in the U.S. armed forces. In addition to thanking veterans for their service, we would

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Genealogical websites and the future of catching criminals

May 3, 2018May 2, 2018Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Christi Guerrini, Citizen Science, DNA, Genetic Privacy, Mary Anderlik Majumder

Last week, a suspect in California’s notorious Golden State Killer cases was captured after decades in hiding. In the end, Joseph James DeAngelo, a former

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Direct-to-consumer BRCA testing: Can a reasonable decision still require caution?

March 21, 2018March 21, 201823andMe, BRCA, genetic testing, health policy, Mary Anderlik Majumder, US FDA

On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 23andMe to expand its direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test to include selected variants in BRCA1

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Examining public resistance to global genomic data sharing

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, data sharing, genome, Global Health, globalization, Mary Anderlik Majumder, public opinion

Maybe you emigrated from another country or have family members who did so; or perhaps you were inspired by a visit to the United Nations