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Earlier this year, JAMA Pediatrics published an essay about processed food and its impact on health. The author, Dr. Robert Lustig, describes processed food as

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Texas headwinds: The danger of anti-vaccination policies

July 28, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Communicable diseases, Dr. Peter Hotez, epidemics, health policy, measles, Vaccines

In “Texas and its Measles Epidemics,” published in Public Library of Science Medicine (PLOS), I sounded an alarm about the real possibility that Texas will

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Alternative science: The importance of informed policymaking

July 21, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Cody Brannan, health policy, Science, Science Policy

You’ve probably heard the phrase “alternative facts” by now. Suddenly, “alternative” is part of our vocabulary as a popular characterization for falsehoods that are portrayed

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Addressing the problem of physician shortages

July 14, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Economics, health policy, Healthcare, Physician shortages

In the past month, my immediate family has had three situations requiring urgent but not emergent medical care. In all three situations, the first-available appointment

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Organ donation: Opt-out or opt-in?

July 7, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, Critical Organs, Dr. Peter Koch, ethics, Organ Donation, Organ Transplant

Many people need critical organs like hearts and lungs, yet a worldwide shortage of available organs leaves many to die while awaiting a transplant. The

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Crowdfunding science: Promise and problems

June 30, 2017 Christi Guerrini, Citizen Science, Crowdfunding, Donations, Fundraising, Grants, Internet, Leah Fowler, Money, Research Funding

Crowdfunding is a popular way to raise money for various causes and projects by collecting small donations directly from the public using Internet platforms. As

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The importance of case-based study in ethics consultation

June 23, 2017 ASBH, bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Clinical Ethicist, Courtenay Bruce, ethics, Ethics Consultation, medical ethics

Ethics consultation is tough stuff. Ethics consultants seek to identify and address value-laden conflicts or ethical uncertainties in cases involving patients, healthcare professionals, and family

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Intelligence and genetic essentialism

June 16, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Cody Brannan, Discrimination, DNA, Genetic Essentialism, Genetics, Genomics, Health Policy Program, Neuroethics, Neuroscience, Research, Science Policy

In 1869, Francis Galton reasoned that if human intellect was determined to be hereditary, then it “would be quite practicable to produce a highly-gifted race

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Rethinking global health practices in light of South Sudan catastrophe

June 7, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Global Health, International Health, medical ethics, Sudan, Trevor Bibler, Vaccines

Fifteen children died in the village of Nachodokopele in South Sudan. They died in pain, while struggling for air. Each death could have been easily

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Engineering Eden: The quest for eternal life

June 2, 2017 bio-enhancement, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, Kristin Kostick, Religion, Transhumanism

Editor’s note: This post is related to The Enhancing Life Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The project is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of scholars who