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Policywise

'DIVA U' series aims to spark conversation around medical ethics and health policy issues

October 4, 2016 Allison Mickey,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  DIVA U,  Dr. Amy McGuire,  Lindsay Feuerman

From the psychology of medical decision making to stem cell research and policy, there are a wide range of ethically controversial topics in medicine and

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How to incorporate emotional design into medical education

August 5, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Education,  emotional design,  ethics,  Houston,  John Antonio

Are my slides complete with all the information? Will I have enough material to last an hour? Will the subject matter resonate with the audience?

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Social media’s potential impact on the future of medicine

July 29, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Dr. Christian Schaaf,  Healthcare,  Houston,  Leah Fowler,  molecular and human genetics,  Social Media,  Technology,  Tess Bigelow

The ability to open a browser and have the world wide web at our fingertips has interconnected and empowered us to an extent that we

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Zika virus and public policy

July 19, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  ethics,  Healthcare,  Houston,  infectious disease,  policy,  Stephanie Morain,  Tropical Diseases,  zika

Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection, has captured international attention after news of devastating complications in pregnant women. While early attention focused on events in Brazil,

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Policywise

America’s gun fever

July 13, 2016 Dr. Cedric Dark,  Emergency Medicine,  Gun Violence,  Houston,  Orlando

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the following blog post are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of Baylor College of Medicine.

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Reforming the Veterans Health Administration: Still awaiting bold legislation

July 8, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Dr. Brett Giroir,  Healthcare,  Houston,  pediatrics,  Tropical Medicine,  Veterans Administration

The Senate’s new omnibus bill, The Veterans First Act, will not significantly improve performance of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Without radical reform of VHA

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Policywise

Gene therapy: An out-of-body experience

July 1, 2016 Affiliates,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  David Vetter,  Dr. Christopher Scott,  gene therapy,  Genetics,  Healthcare,  Houston,  Research

On April 1, 2016, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the first ex-vivo (outside the body) gene therapy in the Western Hemisphere. Diseased stem cells

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Has Zika transmission begun in the continental United States?

June 28, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Dr. Peter Hotez,  Healthcare,  Houston,  infectious disease,  National School of Tropical Medicine,  Tropical Diseases,  Tropical Medicine,  Zika virus

Is it possible that Zika has already entered Aedes aegypti mosquito populations within the continental United States and that people in the at-risk areas of

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Policywise

Baylor Narrative Medicine's ‘Off Script’ storytelling hour

June 28, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Events,  Healthcare,  Houston,  Narrative Medicine Program

Within the Center of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, the Narrative Medicine program has begun taking roots. Founded by Dr.

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An outsider’s perspective on a medical data sharing conference

March 23, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  data,  ethics,  Events,  Houston,  Leah Fowler,  National Human Genome Research Institute,  Research

As a recent hire of Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, I was allowed a unique opportunity to watch high-level

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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