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Common Ground on Abortion? Not Likely.
President Obama isn't really asking for much. Really it's quite simple: both sides of the issue, conservatives and liberals, must give up a little bit to reach a "common ground" on a perennial issue to lay this "culture war" on abortion aside. Then both sides will have achieved a little... (read the rest)
Your Out! Auf Wiedersehen to the Doctor's White Coat
They never were fashion-forward, but the AMA had a much better reason to vote out the traditional doctor's white coat this week. The long sleeves have been proven to spread infection when brushing across sick patients for hours at a time. The key: getting hospitals and notoriously stubborn doctors stuck... (read the rest)
Powers' Chicken and The Egg Problem
Madison Powers' eloquent essay from CQPolitics.com last Friday analyzes Obama's two-fold problem passing healthcare reform. What Powers calls "decoupling" the two key arguments about cost containment and expanding access to healthcare, I call his "chicken and the egg problem". You say potato, I say potato. Fundamentally we agree: if you... (read the rest)
Can You Hear Van Halen Playing In The Background?
A new report issued by the Center for Genetics and Society has been released titled, "Responsible Federal Oversight of New Human Biotechnologies: Opportunities for the New Administration". The document, found here is a policy brief that clearly outlines the ways in which the new Obama administration can RIGHT NOW lift... (read the rest)
Nanotech Development: You Can't Please All of the People, All of the Time
This month's column from the Lifeboat Foundation, Nanotech Now, and AJOB Collaboration posted on Friday last week discusses the "rational" development of new technologies and the balance between a technology with great promise and unknown risk. Tom Powers, Director of the Science, Ethics and Public Policy Program at the University... (read the rest)
You Break It, You Buy It
It turns out that the feds have finally decided to stop shelling out dollars to pay for the surgeries that fix the botched one from the first time around. What a novel idea! According to the Arizona Republic, hospitals can no longer bill Medicare for these "second time's a charm"... (read the rest)
A Weighty Subject
Writes guest blogger Dr. Summer Johnson: As described in the Newsweek article, "Should the Obese Pay More for Airline Tickets?", one of the latest social disincentives created by the airline industry to penalize those obese persons choosing to fly the not-so-friendly skies is to charge a double fare to cover... (read the rest)
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