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Caplan: New Mammogram Recommendations Accurate, but Not Right
While the data may support pushing back the timeline for routine mammograms from age 40 to 50 for women, Arthur Caplan questions the decision in his most recent MSNBC column saying that "there is every reason to doubt that the numbers they compiled will be sufficient to overturn a medical... (read the rest)
Bioethics Needs More Than Number Crunchers, says Caplan
Even as one trained in said number or data or fact crunching--whether you want to call us social scientists or empirical bioethicists or what have you--I do not take issue with Caplan's essential view--bioethics needs more than just facts to do its job well--it needs those who can argue and... (read the rest)
Caplan Canvasses the Globe for Lessons on Health Care
Why does the rest of the world get it when it comes to health care and we don't? Perhaps we should take out our globes and world atlases and examine other countries to see how they do it and find some answers, suggests Arthur Caplan in his most recent MSNBC... (read the rest)
Caplan Says It's Time to Have a Joint in PA
Well, thirteen other states are already doing it, so why not Pennsylvania? It's time for the Quaker State to loosen up and allow for the use of medical marijuana there, says bioethicist Arthur Caplan. "Some have glaucoma, some have cancer, and medical marijuana would really go a long way toward... (read the rest)
Caplan Offers Reality Checks on Health Care Reform
What are the facts and fictions being bandied about in the debate over universal access to healthcare as promoted by President Obama's health care plan? Arthur Caplan in his MSNBC column today attempts to straighten out some of the true claims from the false ones and make a few predictions... (read the rest)
Is There a Fitness Requirement to Be Surgeon General?
Art Caplan asks whether you have to be thin to be S.G or whether it's simply a "big job for a big lady" in today's MSNBC column. Caplan has a point--with a President who has openly acknowledged that he struggles to kick his smoking habit and and a previous first... (read the rest)
Caplan: Controlling the Swine Flu Means Looking to Simple, Not Sexy, Lessons from the Past
Arthur Caplan says that we can learn a thing or two about controlling the current swine flu outbreak if we look backward to what worked in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The lessons to learn aren't glamorous or groundbreaking: good ole' hygiene, isolation and common sense are the best protectors... (read the rest)
Caplan Weighs In On Obama Stem Cell Policy
Arthur Caplan writes today in his MSNBC column that the US government finally has a "coherent stem cell policy." To watch a video of President Obama's announcement about lifting the stem cell research ban, click here. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width:... (read the rest)
Don't Blame Momma.
Today from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Arthur Caplan has published an opinion piece on the issue that has all of bioethics (and the entire country) talking: the famous (or infamous) California octuplets. So unless you've been flying in an airplane continuously for the last 96 hours or don't own a television,... (read the rest)
Caplan Discusses Bioethics and the Obama Presidency on NPR
Yesterday, Arthur Caplan discussed on NPR's Fresh Air the array of bioethical issues that the Obama presidency is going to grapple with in the coming years. As the article states, In an article last month for MSNBC.com, Caplan writes that it is crucial for politicians and pundits alike to pay... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on Oscar Pistorious, the double amputee sprinter
Over at MSNBC, Art writes that he's not so sure that Pistorious should be allowed to compete in the Olympics: Should anyone who must run on prosthetic legs be allowed to compete in the Olympics or other sporting events? Oscar Pistorius, a college student from South Africa, has been told... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on living forever
Over at MSNBC, Art writes that concerns over research into life extension are overblown: Is it right to want to try to live forever? This ethical question is being kicked around quite a bit these days. As the science of regenerative medicine using stem cells inches forward, as more is... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on children's medical care and prayer
In his latest column for MSNBC, Art takes on cases where parents don't seek medical care for their children because of religious objections: Ava Worthington is dead. She was only 15 months old when she died. The people responsible are her parents, who relied only on prayer as their child... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC.com: Transplant list numbers raise doubts
Over at MSNBC, Art writes about the recent news that the UNOS transplant list might be overstating how many people are waiting for transplants: Are we being sold a bill of goods about the number of patients waiting for transplants in the United States? There is reason to think so.... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on cloned human embryos
Over at MSNBC, Art puts the news that a company has cloned human embryos into context: Stemagen, a private company in La Jolla, Calif., has published a paper in which its scientists claim they have successfully created cloned human embryos. If you think you have heard this announcement before, you... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on food from cloned animals
In his latest column for MSNBC.com, Art calls for transparency in the marketing of food from cloned animals: The Food and Drug Administration has spoken: meat, milk, cheese and other products from cloned animals are safe to eat. And the federal agency won't require any special labels identifying these products.... (read the rest)
Even the winners eventually lose
Art Caplan recently popped up over at SI.com as part of a piece looking at some of the occupational health concerns of professional athletes. As Art points out, most pro athletes rely on team doctors. And those doctors often have a conflict of interest: "The doctors work for the clubs,... (read the rest)
Art Caplan's predictions for 2008
In his first MSNBC column of the new year, Art's readying himself for what could be a disappointing year: This is the time of year when, optimism firmly in hand, we anticipate all the great things that await us. Not gonna happen, at least when it comes to scientific and... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: Does this man look black to you?
Art writes that James Watson's own genes raise questions about the meaning of race: One of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century should now be attributed to a black man, or so it seems. James Watson, the man who worked with Francis Crick to identify the double-helical structure... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: Despite AIDS vaccine failure, quest must go on
Art writes that the fight against HIV/AIDS requires time, persistence -- and taking some risks: This year's World AIDS Day is coming at a time of extremely mixed emotions - staggering disappointment, cautious optimism and a resolve to remain vigilant. Some want to use the occasion to remind people at... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: 'Panacea' cells revive ancient hopes
Art writes that today's news about induced pluripotent stem cells shouldn't be the end of research on cloning: In the Middle Ages, the alchemists believed someday they’d find a magical tool that could transmute lead into gold, metals into medicines and plants and animal tissues into powerful elixirs — a... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: Monkey cloning a reason to pause, not panic
Art writes that the news out of Oregon should prompt thought about laws and policies that will keep the door open for therapeutic cloning: For quite some time many important and influential people have been freaking out over the prospect of cloning a human being. When Dolly the cloned sheep's... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: Report paints grim picture of drug trial safety
Art writes that criticism of the FDA's weak oversight is on target, but Congress shares the blame: When a bridge collapses in an American city or a mine implodes, it does not take long before government gets in motion to figure out what to do about the problem. We see... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: Giving up on gene therapy is wrong reaction
Art writes that the death of Jolee Mohr should lead to new patient protections: The recent death of Jolee Mohr is likely to have a seismic impact on the future of gene therapy research. Biotech companies, private investors and government funders will shy away from sponsoring further research because Mohr... (read the rest)
Art Caplan at MSNBC: Students' meningitis shots should be required
Art writes that Americans hate being told what to do, but we hate losing our kids more: Which is scarier to you - coming down with deadly bacterial meningitis or being required to get a vaccination against it? The disease itself should scare the living daylights out of you, especially... (read the rest)
Art Caplan on MSNBC: Privacy is true price of healthy worker discounts
Art's been thinking about those company health plans that give discounts to healthy workers: The latest fad in American health care is to give discounts to workers who are healthy. Many corporate CEOs and their benefits department managers are showing enthusiasm for the idea that workers who don't take care... (read the rest)
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