Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Latest:

Closer to human – mouse model more accurately reproduces fatty liver disease
Resonance podcast: Artificial intelligence research and decision making
The changing climate of friendship
Prolonged infection and inflammation drain immune responses as we age
Auditory symptoms and COVID-19: Is there a link?

Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Blog Network
Momentum
From The Labs
- About From the Labs
- Follow From The Labs on Twitter
Policywise
- About PolicyWise
- Follow @BCMEthics on Twitter
The Stitch
- About The Stitch
Progress Notes
- About Progress Notes
- Connect With Us
bcm.edu

Race

Policywise

Reducing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among racial and ethnic minorities

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Clarice 0 Comments African Americans, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Ethnicities, Latinxs, Race

A closer look at COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among races and ethnicities and measures needed to increase vaccine trust.

Policywise

What’s next in bioethics? The power of people

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Clarice 0 Comments Baruch Brody, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Houston Methodist, Infertility, Race, Rice University’s Philosophy Department

How to honor the vibrant legacy of those who tackled the most challenging moral issues in medicine.

Policywise

Shift the conversation: Racism – not race – is the problem in healthcare

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, General Internal Medicine, Race, Racism, Under-Represented Minorities

Dr. Salman Ahmed discusses how racial effects on health are better explained as racism’s effects on health.

From the Labs features an image of early physical training of Rett mice, which results in the development of more dendritic arbors or cellular projections in a task-specific group of neurons in the hippocampus (red). Image credit: N.P. Achilly/Zoghbi lab/Nature, 2021.