Why Warning Pregnant Women Not to Drink Can BackfireAugust 19, 2019 |
Harsh measures, or even threats of them, can lead to the avoidance of prenatal care entirely
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Is It Time to Regulate Biohacking?August 13, 2019 |
California thinks so. A new law warns biohackers not to edit their genes at home
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The Impact of Racism on Children’s HealthAugust 12, 2019 |
A new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics looks at the effects of racism on children’s development, starting in the womb
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Mandate Vaccination With CareJuly 22, 2019 |
Governments that are considering compulsory immunizations must avoid stoking anti-vaccine sentiment, argue Saad B. Omer, Cornelia Betsch and Julie Leask
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The Four Ordinary People Who Took On Big PharmaJuly 22, 2019 |
They tried to warn us about the dangers of OxyContin. Almost two decades later, we’re finally listening
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Pregnant Women in DRC Finally Receive Ebola VaccineJune 28, 2019 |
Carleigh Krubiner, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, said, “Hopefully this will set a new precedent for ongoing and future Ebola vaccination efforts, avoiding costly delays in protocol approvals while women face the very real threats of Ebola infection.”
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After a motorcycle accident that almost took off his foot, Johns Hopkins bioethicist Travis Rieder became dependent on the pain medication he had been prescribed. Though he managed to wean himself off the drugs, the experience prompted him to write “In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids.”
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The Hospital Is Too Damn LoudJune 25, 2019 |
When the musician Yoko Sen was hospitalized a few years ago, she could not help but hear the hospital’s many alarms as a musician. Consider a cardiac monitor that beeps in C, she said, along with a bed-fall alarm that emits a high-pitched whine
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