Jenny McCarthy’s ViewAugust 27, 2013 |
Nathan Risinger on the controversial decision naming Jenny McCarthy as one of the co-hosts of The View, despite her continuing advocacy for the link between vaccines and autism against all evidence
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Op-Ed: Just Another RuleAugust 9, 2013 |
Our Ishan Dasgupta on Alex Rodriguez, PEDs, and why we need to rethink doping in sport.
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Someone Should Oversee ItJanuary 11, 2013 |
Study explores perspectives on the regulation of new therapeutic probiotics
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Op-Ed: 5-Hour Energy and 30-Second DeceitOctober 23, 2012 |
Pogo said, “We have met the enemy and he is us”. Questionable grammar aside, we as a society invite this type of problem by allowing advertisers to trade on the implicit trust we have in medical professionals
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Reconsidering ThalidomideSeptember 18, 2012 |
New and positive research about an old and historically-problematic medicine, provides an opportunity to pause and consider whistle-blowing, regulation/oversight and research with pregnant women
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Plan B KerfuffleDecember 9, 2011 |
HHS Sec’y Sebelius overruled the FDA and denied approval for the “morning-after pill” contraceptive to be made available to women of any age without a prescription. Renee Boss comments on some of the evidence
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Op-Ed: Hope and Stem Cell InterventionsJuly 20, 2011 |
Can the concept of hope be considered a good in and of itself?
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Focus On: Ethics of Drug Trial DesignsNovember 11, 2010 |
Berman Institute faculty discuss the dilemma posed by randomizing patients — and the anguish of withholding hope.
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