Justices, 9-0, Bar Patenting Human Genes — NYT
By Adam Liptak — read the story here
Published 13 June 2013
Myriad Genetics CEO Claims He Owns Your Genes — Forbes
Steven Salzberg, Contributor
Published 13 April 2013
Article here.
Asking the Right Questions
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre has done us all a favor by writing her book, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009). Early in her chapter, “Don’t Tolerate Lies,” the author references a quote of Blaise Pascal: We hate the truth, and people hide it from us; we want to be flattered, and people flatter us; we like being deceived, and we are deceived.* Given this situation, Professor McEntyre offers some help to us, that we might be better able to discern what is true when we read the news. How ...read more
Perils of Newborn Screening — Scientific American
Doctors may be testing infants for too many diseases.
By Ariel Bleicher
2 July 2012
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=perils-of-newborn-screening
Choosing Wisely — an initiative of the ABIM Foundation
Nine United States specialty societies representing 374,000 physicians developed lists of “Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question” in recognition of the importance of physician and patient conversations to improve care and eliminate unnecessary tests and procedures.
http://choosingwisely.org/?page_id=13
THE STATE of the Union — On Hormones
By D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
A few days ago, I received an unsolicited e-mail from “Stephanie Cutter, BarackObama.com” <[email protected]>. It read in part,
Here’s some big news that’s going to affect millions of women. On Friday, the Obama administration announced that soon women won’t have to pay out of pocket for birth control: Starting August 1st, many insurance plans nationwide will be required to fully cover contraception without co-pays or deductibles. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more women can make health care decisions based on what’s best for them — ...read moreFDA Okays First Cord Blood Product — medpage TODAY
http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/Hematology/29594
Changes in controversial organ donation method stir fears — The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/changes-in-controversial-organ-donation-method-stir-fears/2011/09/15/gIQAlY9agK_story.html
Doing the Right Thing — a six part exploration of ethics
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon the world.” Albert Camus
The class will consider the state of our world, ethically speaking . . .
How did we get into this mess? Is there truth, a moral law we can all know? If we know what is right, can we do it? What does it mean to be human? Ethics in the Market Place Ethics in Public LifeMonday Nights, 26 September – 31 October
7:00 – 8:30 P.M.
The Locker Room
7017 Concord Road
Brentwood, TN 37027
Cost: $15
Register Here
