

The Painful Truth About PainSeptember 11, 2019 |
A harrowing medical experience gave Travis N. Rieder more insight than he would have wished for into how people end up hooked on opioids
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The Painful Truth About PainSeptember 11, 2019 |
A harrowing medical experience gave Travis N. Rieder more insight than he would have wished for into how people end up hooked on opioids
Quick ReadAfter 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 Perilous Blessing of OpioidsJune 14, 2019 |
An injured bioethicist learned firsthand how desperately patients with severe pain need the relief of powerful drugs—and how little support they get to stop taking them. Our Travis Rieder shares an essay adapted from his forthcoming book ‘In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids’
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African Governments Need to Fund Research Ethics TrainingApril 24, 2019 |
Paul Ndebele, alum of our Fogarty African Bioethics Training Program, writes, “There has been significant growth in international collaborative research implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past three decades… This growth has in part led to debates about the ethics of some of the research.”
Quick ReadCaregivers aren’t supported, and America overlooks their importance
Quick ReadIn last year’s action film “Rampage,” which featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, CRISPR gene-editing technology turns a gorilla, a wolf, and a crocodile into monsters the size of skyscrapers that destroy Chicago.
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Are You My Husband?January 25, 2019 |
A biking accident alters the dynamic of a couple’s marriage, for worse (and for better)
Quick ReadIn a letter citing a ProPublica and Frontline investigation, the National Alliance on Mental Illness has asked a U.S. district judge to ensure that people who have moved out of adult homes and into their own apartments have what they need to do so safely
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