It has been suggested we try maintaining a file of the news links and miscellaneous links from the regular Listserv updates. The arrangement starts with the latest and goes back approximately six months. If you should need an older file please contact me at bjmears@arboroaks.com. There
is no attempt to further organize the links and we will not include information found elsewhere on the Web site.
November 21, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
On the Nebraska safe haven law
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94JHB880&show_article=1&catnum=0
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On the Anne Pressly case
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=76031
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/nov/19/hospital-employees-dismissed-after-accessing-press/
Economics/financing/insurance
The Wall Street Journal on the Baucus “policy blueprint”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122714181668742739.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
On mandates for individual coverage and required coverage
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20health.html?ref=us
What do we know about the uninsured?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122722921596746391.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On Gardasil and mandatory vaccination
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/mercks-gardasil-should-not-be-mandatory/
Media/Informatics/EMR’s
Suicide on a videostreaming website
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5203176.ece
Misconduct Concerns
On the Christop Broelsch case in Germany
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/nov18_1/a2574?papetoc
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On the Claudia Castillo tracheal transplant case
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/sns-ap-eu-med-windpipe-transplant,0,2712724.story
On cord blood stem cells in infant heart defects
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aWRs4Rf8yvjY&refer=home
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On a meeting between transplant donor and recipient
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/us/10transplant.html?_r=1&ref=health
On a volume business in transplants
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122722880819446359.html
November 13, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
The Nebraska safe haven law is being reviewed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122645008216719185.html
Access to care
More on repatriation of uninsured
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/health/policy/11deport.html?ref=us
Codes
On the Hippocratic Oath
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7654432.stm
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On the Express Scripts blackmail case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122645284841119467.html
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=69641&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1223389
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/business/07data.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Development/ADD/Autism/Discipline
on time outs for those with developmental disorders
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us/time_out_rooms
more on the case Gary McKinnon and whether he should be extradited.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Calls-grow-to-save-.4643340.jp
Education & Mentors
On negative reinforcement
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/health/chen11-06.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=
rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the Motl Brody case
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081109/ap_on_re_us/brain_death_religion_8
On the definition of death
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12332939
On the Hannah Jones case-she has successfully refused a heart transplant
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/11/11/brave-schoolgirl-turns-down-life-
saving-heart-transplant-to-die-at-home-with-her-family-115875-20885051/
Gifts
On drugmaker payments to physicians
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/11/17/prsa1117.htm
Health Care Disparities/Access to Health Care
On repatriation of immigrants
http://iht.com/articles/2008/11/09/america/09deport.php?page=1
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On a bone marrow transplant in a leukemia patient with aids
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602394113507555.html
On the closing of Hope College
http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/11/hope_college_estimates_400_stu.html
On google and flu searches
http://drudgereport.com/flashgof.htm
Some people are unhappy about this
http://volokh.com/posts/1226438263.shtml
Legal
On the Amy Altman case
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/06/135m_awarded_in_hospital_death/
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On disclosures and apologies
http://physiciansnews.com/law/1008saxton.html
Misconduct Concerns
On Michael Kelly and asbestos
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122628156208212443.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Psychiatric Issues
Dena Scholsser is due for release from a state psychiatric hospital. It is a controversial subject in north Texas
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-markdavis_12edi.ART.
State.Edition1.4a6fed1.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/jfloyd/stories/
111108dnmetfloyd.4a52bd0.html
Public Health/ Bioterrorism/Violence/Disasters
On UTMB after Ike
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/
111308dbtxswikeutmb.f00639.html
The UTMB website has a photo gallery if you are interested.
http://www.utmb.edu/ike/gallery/1.asp
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
on abortions on the sea
http://www.breitbart.com/image.php?id=iafp081015182545.kro529yrp0&show_article=1&
article_id=081015182545.kro529yr
On an ovary transplant baby
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5114799.ece
On compensation for egg donation
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_298993.html
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On umbilical cord blood and heart valves
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110163754.htm
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
Pope Benedict on organ trades
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081107/sc_nm/us_pope_transplants_1
On bone marrow and sickle cell disease
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/chop-chs110708.php
On illegal transplants in Kosovo
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583087?src=mp&spon=21&uac=13816HY
Pope Benedict on transplantation
http://www.zenit.org/article-24191?l=english
October 31, 2008
Communication/Relationships
On the Pope and therapeutic alliances
http://www.zenit.org/article-23999?l=english
On difficult patients
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702677.
html?nav=rss_health&sid=ST2008102001143&s_pos=
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On prenatal testing and decisions
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122238185398776759.html
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
On refusal to treat riot police in Thailand
http://www.bangkokpost.com/101008_News/10Oct2008_news04.php
Economics/financing/insurance
On the Hawaii universal child health care program
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93SBEUG0&show_article=1
“A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan”
On universal coverage
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjA0NTk1MmNhNDEzNzk0YjIyMGQ3Y2I2MTE5OGM2Y2Y
NCSL has a page on the increase of premiums for coverage
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/health_premiums.htm
On the Howard County Maryland plan to cover the uninsured
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn526b.htm
Education & Mentors
Loeffler JS, Halperin EC. Selling a Medical School’s Name. JAMA. 2008;300(16):1937-1938.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/16/1937
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On preferences
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102701910.html
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
Euthanasia, Suicide, Physician-Assisted-Suicide, Infanticide
On the Daniel James case
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4969423.ece
Family
On an adoption case in Britain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4965528.ece
More on safe haven laws
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081030/D944R2401.html
Health Care Disparities/Access to Health Care
“That sounds great in theory,” I replied, “until it’s your twelve year-old daughter who needs an exotic drug to save her life. Would you be willing to let her die to keep the system solvent?”
His answer? “Yes. If a few people have to die to save ten thousand, then it’s worth it.””
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2008/10/27/academic-jackboots-poisoning-american-minds/
Intersex/Transgender
The November issue of the Atlantic has an article on a transgender boy
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/transgender-children
On transsexualism
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn15045-maletofemale-transsexualism-gene-found.html?
DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news6_head_dn15045
Legal
On the Parkus case in Texas
http://www.medicaljustice.com/ads/news-article.asp?article-id=425440048
Placebos
On placebos and those who prescribe them
http://www.webmd.com/news/20081023/50percent-of-doctors-give-fake-prescriptions?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Psychiatric Issues
On blaming the patient
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/health/21mind.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=
permalink&oref=slogin
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
“MOST organ donors in Australia are not truly dead when their organs are taken”
http://www.theage.com.au/national/donors-not-truly-dead-when-organs-removed-
20081019-53zo.html?page=-1
October 17, 2008
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On medical identity theft
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/bill_11783___article.html/deputy_woman.html
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On cards for those with autistic spectrum condition to carry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7656999.stm
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On disclosure of payments
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11sat2.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Economics/financing/insurance
On tax exempt health insurance
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/the-problem-with-tax-exempt-health-insurance/
?ref=opinion
Education & Mentors
On a bioethics program
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/322/5899/186a?sa_campaign=Email/toc/10-
October-2008/10.1126/science.322.5899.186a
Family
On first graders attending a teacher’s wedding
http://dailycents.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=16&Itemid=129
On Nebraska’s safe haven law and giving up older children. Some are from out of state. Although some of the cases seem to involve mental or behavioral problems I haven’t found any for physical disabilities yet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/us/03omaha.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/nebraska.safe.haven/index.html?section=cnn_latest
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10458526
On parenting and sexual education
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-central_villareal_
16edi.ART.Central.Edition1.4a739b8.html
Health Care Disparities/Access to Health Care
On illegal immigrants and hospitals
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/long-island/12Rhospital.html?scp=1&sq=%2b%
22emergency+doctor%22&st=nyt
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On Influenza
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=620200
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-liflu175886739oct17,0,3059680.story
Legal
On a woman who didn’t know she was pregnant
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/oct/07/woman-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant-gives-birth----n/
Misconduct
On the Morayma Reyes case
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14886
Oncology
On Fred Baron and his attempts to get Tysabri on a compassionate use basis
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101508dnmetbaron.1162ada84.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/101708dnmetbaron.11c8af4ec.html
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On surrogacy in India
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_286442.html
On unregulated sperm donation in Australia
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24467919-1246,00.html
On embryo legislation
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-he-embryostates6-2008oct06,0,6198600.story
On the Oklahoma abortion ultrasound requirement
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gAXuxpijyet6hUsK9HkfzBmeDQvwD93NPSRO0
Research & Experimental Treatments
On coma and magnetic fields
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026783.400
October 6, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
On David Southall
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/sep24_1/a1811
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
More from Slate on Emergency Care
http://www.slate.com/id/2200405/
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the definition of death
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12332939
Ethics-general- philosophy, ethical codes, etc
On Julian Savulescu
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1243595.html
Genetics/Testing
On testing for a complete genetic blueprint
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/start-up-offers-lower-price-dna-mapping/
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
on HPV vaccination in women applying to become legal permanent residents.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/pdf/civil_surgeon_ti/memo_.pdf
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/template.PRINT/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/
?vgnextoid=902252b10f45b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=
098daca797e63110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-hpv_28met.ART0.
Central.Edition1.26d6b55.html
Misconduct
On Dr Nemeroff and drug company payments
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122304669813202429.html.html
The Lancet (Lancet 2008;372:789-90) has withdrawn a paper on stem cell treatment for stress incontinence
(Strasser H, et al. 2007;369:2179-86 ) for ethical and procedural flaws.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608613203/fulltext
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
A plan to pay women $1000 to have their tubes tied.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/labruzzo_sterilization_plan_fi.html
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On presumed consent for transplant in France
http://www.genethique.org/en/frames/getpage.asp?page=press/press.htm
September 26, 2008
Advertising/Commercialism
On the senate hearing on medical device ads
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17device.html?_r=1&sq=+drug%20+advertising&st=
nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=1&adxnnlx=1221688869-lV6DK+HQHGSTm0GxkpbBvg
Consent
What about court orders to remove bullets?
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/09/08/prca0908.htm
on a case in Texas of interviewing a girl about sex abuse without the knowledge of the parents
http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/935289.html
Development/ADD/Autism
On testing chelation for autism
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19926753.800?promcode=nletter&DCMP=
NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19926753.800
Economics/financing/insurance
On the rise in costs for hospital care. Note especially the difference in cost for insured vs uninsured.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/544479/?sc=dwhn
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
On “one-stop shop”
http://www.slate.com/id/2199645/pagenum/all/#page_start
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On a duty to die in dementia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2983652/Baroness-Warnock-Dementia-=sufferers
-may-have-a-duty-to-die.html
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted-Suicide, Infanticide
An older article I just found on infanticide http://vozpelavida-midia.blogspot.com/2008/04/so-
paulo-folha-newspaper-tackles.html
More on this
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-22-infanticide_N.htm?csp=34
Legal
On medical liability caps
http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/929621.html
More on the use of brain scans
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080915/ZNYT03/809150304/1006/NEWS&title=India
__x2019_s_Novel_Use_of_Brain_Scans_in_Courts_Is_Debated
Medical Error/Quality of Care
Another case of problems related to lack of care in custody
http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/935129.html
Politics, Conscientious Objection
The New Scientist has an article on the elections
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19926754.800?promcode=nletter&DCMP=NLC
-nletter&nsref=mg19926754.800
From Time on the elections
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1842283,00.html
Practice of medicine
A job description for doctors
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/09/grim-future-for.html#more
Publications/Authorship
Last week, members of a powerful House committee held the first-ever congressional hearing on a controversial policy requiring researchers to make their papers freely available to the public at a U.S. National Institutes of Health Web site--and floated a proposal to overturn it.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/321/5896/1621a?sa_campaign=Email/sntw/19-
September-2008/10.1126/science.321.5896.1621a
Religion/Spiritual Issues/Conscience
From JAMA on the conscience regulations by DHHS
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/12/1403?etoc
On awarding the Order of Canada to Henry Morgentaler and the response of those who object.
http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=90931 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/
2008/09/11/mtl-turcotte0911.html
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On the risks of prenatal testing
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=35993
On prenatal information
http://www.cq.com/document/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/data/docs/html/news/110/news110-
000002961499.html@allnews&metapub=CQ-NEWS&binderName=latest-news-binder&seqNum=9
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On the Science article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092502099.html
September 14, 2008
Access to care
On hospitals and the homeless
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7608909.stm
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
A cnn article on the JAMA residents survey
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/09/10/doctor.laughs/
Education & Mentors
On a free medical school?
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/09/08/applications-pour-in-for-first-class-at-free-medical-
school/?mod=WSJBlog
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On “brain doping”
http://jewishworldreview.com/0908/productivity_pill.php3
Health Policy &healthcare systems
Hacker JS. Speaking Truth to Power—The Need for, and Perils of, Health Policy Expertise in the White House. NEJM 2008;359(11):1085-1087.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/11/1085?query=TOC
Misconduct
On misuse of body parts
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/30/MNRS12L6JL.DTL
Religion & Spiritual Issues
On when death occurs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4667507.ece
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On abortions and babies with Down’s Syndrome
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/sarah-palin-dow.html
Research & Experimental Treatments
On drug industry ties to universities
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122109019382321441.html?mod=rss_Health
Sports
On a cheerleader with a pacemaker for long QT
http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2008/09/12/News/
Pacemaker.Sidelines.Smu.Cheerleader-3428341.shtml
September 4, 2008
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On gene mapping
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4671208a28.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On delays in fda approvals
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121944789005365195.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
Economics/financing/insurance
A decline in number of uninsured
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/washington/27census.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&
pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
On the drop in the number of uninsured
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/REG/808294869/-
1/toc&nocache=1
On SCHIP from the NCSL
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn522b.htm
On nonprofit hospitals and high charges
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121986172394776997.html
Hematology
on hemophilia and HIV in Scotland
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080823/D92O4FI80.html
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
From popular mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health_medicine/4273262.html
On tb exposure in San Francisco
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/26/BAHB12IQ4V.DTL&tsp=1
Misconduct
On the Joe Fitzgerald case –there are comments as well
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/va-chief-offers-family-apology/
Joking about a patient death
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24278170-5006786,00.html
Psychiatric Issues
on psychiatric conflicts of interest
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/52196
Research & Experimental Treatments
On a judge ordering experimental drugs for a teenager
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080820/D92M7MS00.html
A legal opinion on “Improperly Authorized Organ Use as Tortious Interference with a Corpse”
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/7FE749BE8F642F85882574B0007164AC/
$file/0735241o.pdf?openelement
A sister is suing a research institute for use of the brother’s brain, liver and spleen tissue without consent.
Does knowing the funding source of a clinical trial affect enrollment?
http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=6007
Social Issues
On protecting researchers
http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/25/research
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
From wisdom teeth?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080822090616.cje0kojr&show_article=1
From New Scientist on the 1926 Ilia Ivanov case
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19926701.000?DCMP=NLC-
nletter&nsref=mg19926701.000
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the Ayden Groomes case
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/apple_8275___article.html/ayden_baby.html
(preventing a teenage mother from donating a portion of her liver to her infant)
On presumed consent for transplants in Britain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7595450.stm
August 20, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
On prescribing to foster children in Texas
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/
081708dnmetdrugdoctors.45052b6.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
More privacy breaches at UCLA Medical Center
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080805/REG/885540200
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
Should schools ban peanuts?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving/family/stories/
080808dnlivpeanutbutter.282bff25.html
Refusing entry for a child with Angelman’s Syndrome to Canada
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/2519496/Canada-refuses-entry-to-
disabled-girl.html
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On problems at a pharmacy
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01873.html
On prescribing for foster children
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/
081708dnmetdrugdoctors.45052b6.html
On a preferred psychiatric drug list in Texas
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/
081808dnmetfosterparttwo.43a81b8.html
An FDA warning on 2 Baltimore pharmacies
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01873.html
On Ranbaxy and the FDA
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=ajb1XpT3uPMg&refer=healthcare
Economics/financing/insurance
On insurance from professional groups
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121850502149631957.html?mod=2_1566_topbox
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On when to stop treatment
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/health/19brod.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=%2b%22American+Medical+
Association%22&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Enhancement/Modifications/Technology
On life extension
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm/?aid=9076
Hospitalization
One view of hospital events
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867229022038907.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On pandemic antibodies from survivors
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-08/cure-uncommon-flu
Legal
On the Chelsea Rhoades lawsuit
http://dailykenoshan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6380&Itemid=104
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On billing for errors
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/in-more-states-hospitals-stop-billing-for-egregious-errors/
Psychiatric Issues
On a psychiatric patient who killed his mother
http://wsj.com/article/SB121883750650245525.html?mod=most_emailed_day
Religion & Spiritual Issues
On waiting for a miracle
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080819/D92L5PLO0.html
On sperm donations to single women
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3579288,00.html
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On a sibling for a baby with Diamond Blackfan anemia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7541113.stm
On abortion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121849764993731541.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121848559101430821.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks
Research & Experimental Treatments
On research surveys in poor countries
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/health/research/05glob.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
A controversy in Austria
http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8255/
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On making red blood cells from embryonic stem cells
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080819/D92LHOGO0.html
On “disease in a dish”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/
2008/08/07/scidish107.xml
Terrorism/Bioterrorism/etc
On the Ivins case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121850430521931913.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On Chinese organ donations from convicts
http://www.france24.com/en/20080807-ugly-business-chinese-organ-harvests-china-organ-transplants
On heart transplants in babies
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121866079167038189.html?mod=2_1566_leftbox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/
AR2008081303362.html?nav=rss_health
August 5, 2008
Access to care
On walk in clinics
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/02/earlyshow/health/main4316686.shtml
On patient dumping in Los Angeles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121764142520706635.html.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
the problem of access to celebrity records just seem to grow
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health5-2008aug05,0,1525641.story
On online medical records
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/26082889.html?location_refer=$urlTrackSectionName
on insurer errors on patient privacy
http://www.ajc.com/holiday/content/news/stories/2008/07/29/bluecross.html
on electronic prescribing and privacy
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-07-28-eprescribe_N.htm
on medical privacy for business figures
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/26nocera.html?ex=1374811200&en=
b5421727564a4145&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
on drug errors
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j_QejjvIDXWiV5lp63Z209NW_tUAD9272ET02
Economics/financing/insurance
From Cal Thomas
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas073108.php3
A libertarian view of hospital costs
http://reason.com/news/show/127821.html
Genetics/Testing
On the personal genome project
http://www.wired.com/medtech/stemcells/magazine/16-08/ff_church
On the UK National DNA database
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/DNA-Database-Innocent-Peoples-Profiles-Should-Be-
Removed-Says-Government-Funded-Inquiry/Article/200807415059515?lpos=Politics_4&lid
=ARTICLE_15059515_DNA%2BDatabase%253A%2BInnocent%2BPeoples%2527%2BProfiles
%2BShoul
Legal
A hospital ceasing obstetrics due to money losses
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/hospital-obstetrics-ward-will-close-amid/82971/
Media/Informatics/
A new medical encyclopedia is launching. Think Wikipedia for medicine. Hopefully it will be more accurate
http://www.medpedia.com/index.php/Main_Page
Politics, Conscientious Objection
On uninsured immigrants and hospitals
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20080803/ZNYT04/808030320&tc=yahoo
Practice of medicine
“How many doctors are telling their children to go into medicine?”
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-forum03insuresbaug03,0,3640539.story
Public Health/ Bioterrorism/Violence/Disasters
On Bruce Ivins and the 2001 anthrax incident
http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5494971&page=1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121757737139604131.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
Religion & Spiritual Issues
Not really medical but on PZ Myers
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-
dreher_03edi.ART.State.Edition1.4d7bede.html
Research & Experimental Treatments
On the firebombing of research scientists in California
http://jewishworldreview.com/0808/saunders080508.php3
Sports
On testing gender
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/opinion/03boylan.html?ex=1375502400&en=
06e05ffa70e17d3c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Terrorism/Bioterrorism/etc
Firebombings of UCSC researchers
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_10084756
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
2 arm transplant
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health/article-1039587/Worlds-double-arm-transplant-man-gets-
teenagers-limbs-16-hour-operation.html?ITO=1490
On the foster care teen and his transplant
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/16/me-teen-denied-surgery-now-has-new-liver/
July 28, 2008
Development/ADD/Autism
On Michael Savage and autism
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/media/22sava.html?ex=1374379200&en=
e94866a8cd8e726a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On disability benefits
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/business/25insure.html?_r=5&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=
business&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1216980640-Cw7&oref=login
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On the Massachusetts bill on drug industry gifts
http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/07/house_panel_dro.html
Economics/financing/insurance
On rescission in California
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-fi-hmolaw23-2008jul23,0,6941152.story
On doctor pay
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-doctors_21nat.ART.
State.Edition1.4d6df81.html
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
A view of emergency care
http://www.slate.com/id/2195851/pagenum/all/#page_start
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Palliation/Futility
A commentary on a Pediatrics article.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576223?src=mp&spon=9&uac=13816HY
and a blog comment on it.
http://whitecoatrants.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/waiting-doom-hogwash/
On the Janet Rivera case
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/755203.html
On the California bill
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/07/14/prsc0714.htm
A Tay Sachs case in Britain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7483099.stm
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted-Suicide
On Seema Sood
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/Euthanasia_petitioner_beats_death_hugs_life/
articleshow/3220523.cms
Family
The effect on families of caring for children with autism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7513661.stm
Genetics/Testing
On genetics and human behavior
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/opinion/15brooks.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
Funding for aids outside the US
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W0RH0184015B9C3D92C7F2B293D8B0
Legal
On loss of chance
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/24/doctor_held_liable_for_a_loss_of_chance/
Medical Error/Quality of Care
On wrong site surgery
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802706.html
Misconduct
David Southall and colleagues have been cleared in Britain of allegations of research without parental consent
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/jul07_1/a707
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On IVF
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20wwln-lede-t.html/////?_r=2\\\\\
&oref=slogin\\\\\&oref=slogin
On midwifery in Pennsylvania among the Amish
http://features.csmonitor.com/backstory/2008/07/22/a-home-birth-midwife-returns-to-practice/
On a script for abortion in South Dakota
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901586.
html?nav=rss_health
Research & Experimental Treatments
On the GSK pneumonia vaccine in Argentina
http://banderasnews.com/0807/hb-vaccinetrials.htm
( I think this is the original article—in Spanish
http://www.criticadigital.com/impresa/index.php?secc=nota&nid=7769
I couldn’t find much else and there seems to be a lot of information missing )
Sports
On gene doping
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080727-9999-1n27genes.html
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On mixing cows and humans
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/07/22/2632/the_next_big_stem_cell_fight_mixing
_cow_and_human_dna
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On the New Jersey organ donation law
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hW_PZyoj0S2xb1ua0byPVUfEp7KwD923FCK00
July 14, 2008
Abuse & Neglect
Should children be taken from parents because of parental beliefs?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/07/10/swastika-child.html
Access to care
On Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in New Jersey
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602334.
html?wpisrc=newsletter
From Consumer Reports on aggressive medical treatment
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/doctors-hospitals/hospital-care/aggressive-medical-
care/overview/aggressive-medical-care-ov.htm
Duty/Virtues/”First Do No Harm”/Truth-telling
On fake patients in the emergency room
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-stealth_patients_02jul02,0,1212269.story
Economics/financing/insurance
On the Medicare bill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121538797960931079.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
From Consumer Reports on medical debt
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/credit-loan/cr-investigates-medical-
debt/overview/medical-debt-ov.htm
Education & Mentors
On a potential medical student with a criminal conviction
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608610107/fulltext
Emergency Care/Emergency Rooms/Disasters
A video on the Edith Rodriguez case in Los Angeles
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king2-2008jul02,0,5494525.story?track=rss
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the death of Samuel Golubchuk
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4190883p-4781717c.html
On the Eulana Englaro case
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/14/yehey/opinion/20080714opi4.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4304832.ece
Genetics/Testing
a British case of IVF testing for genes for breast cancer
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=5275445&page=1
on the new genetic test for breast cancer
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01857.html
Health Policy &healthcare systems
Do physicians support national healthcare systems?
http://jewishworldreview.com/0708/medicine.men071108.php3
Thoughts on the Massachusetts system
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121581699254147423.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
On the bird flu vaccine trial in Poland
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/2235676/Homeless-
people-die-after-bid-flu-vaccine-trial-in-Poland.html
On influenza epidemics
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080714/LOCAL/807140313
Legal
On Glenn McGee and the Alden March Bioethics Institute
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bioethics-institute-picks&sc=rss
Public Health/ Bioterrorism/Violence/Disasters
On using endangered monkeys in Iran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4276460.ece
Religion & Spiritual Issues
From Israel on animal rights
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8103
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On a hermaphrodite world
http://www.theage.com.au/national/men-on-a-slippery-slide-in-future-hermaphrodite-
world-20080710-3d73.html
On embryos with hereditary disorders
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/esfh-sew070608.php
Social Issues
The New York Times on the Kennedy v Louisiana decision
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402146.html
On animal rights protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080707/ap_on_re_us/animal_rights_violence
Transplants/Transfusions/Tissue Donations
On transplants and foster children
http://www.theage.com.au/national/men-on-a-slippery-slide-in-future-hermaphrodite-world-20080710-
3d73.html
http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/07/12/news/campus/080710_shands.txt
July 3, 2008
Communication/Relationships
A legislator in Texas wants all physicians to be required to speak Spanish.
http://www.krld.com/Se-Habla-Español-Doctor-/2515914
Conflict of interests
On arrangements between manufacturers and physicians
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/22570944.html
Confidentiality/HIPAA/Privacy/Medical Records
On medical identity theft
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121433232110700537.html.html
On online health records
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062501825.html
Disability/Birth Defects/Eugenics
On an autistic child on an airplane
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6223045
http://www.topix.com/forum/source/nbc4/TOHM23O0F1K611LIT
Drugs/Pharmacology/Pharmacists
On the FDA
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121503189804324005.html.html
On tamper proof drugs (is this really possible?)
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19826624.100?DCMP=NLC-
nletter&nsref=mg19826624.100
Economics/financing/insurance
On the old order Mennonites, hospital bills and discounts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121460367338511945.html?mod=home_we_banner_left
On Medicare payments (there is a great deal available if you want to look for more information)
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Medicare/tb/9987
End-of-Life Care/Dying/Futility
On the program called APPEAL
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/
0628dnproendoflife.466f039.html
A Dutch guide for “careful suicide”
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/336/7658/1394-b
More on the Golubchuk case
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special_report/story/4189609p-4780126c.html
Health Policy &healthcare systems
From Wall Street Journal on Medicare
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121505358589525595.html
On the British NHS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7486095.stm
Infectious disease/Vaccinations/Epidemics
From Judicial Watch on the FDA’s HPV vaccine records
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2008/JWReportFDAhpvVaccineRecords.pdf
http://www.judicialwatch.org/gardasil
On vaccine exemptions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603770_pf.html
Legal
On the Steven Hatfill case
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/06/27/doj-to-settle-with-scientist-erroneously-linked-to-anthrax-
attacks/?mod=googlenews_wsj
On a paddling case in Brownsville
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/ruling_87584___article.html/court_justice.html
http://www.woai.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=99fceded-6bc6-4ee7-8289-54de0193069e
Politics & Conscientious Objection
On pro-life drugstores
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR2008061502180_pf.html
Reproduction, Contraception, Assisted Reproduction, Abortion
On the South Dakota abortion law
http://www.slate.com/id/2194605/
Sports
The Texas high school athlete testing program has found only 2 positives.
http://www.krld.com/pages/2524874.php?
Stem cells/Embryos/Cord Blood/Chimeras
On stem cells and diabetes induced retinal damage
http://www.forbes.com/healthcare/2008/06/21/pfizer-blindness-research-biz-health-
cx_rl_0623stemcell.html
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