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May 12, 2013

Judge Refuses to Drop His Order Allowing Morning-After Pill for All Ages

[New York Times] WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday stepped up his criticism of the Obama administration, accusing the Justice Department of making “frivolous” and “silly” arguments in its attempt to delay making the morning-after emergen...
May 12, 2013

Judge Refuses to Drop His Order Allowing Morning-After Pill for All Ages

[New York Times] WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday stepped up his criticism of the Obama administration, accusing the Justice Department of making “frivolous” and “silly” arguments in its attempt to delay making the morning-after emergen...
May 9, 2013

Magical NC Bill Builds Obstacles to Teen Health

Craig Klugman, Ph.D.

If you’re a teen in North Carolina, a new bill before the legislature may make it more difficult for you to get sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, mental health counseling, pregnancy care or even substance abuse treatment.…

April 17, 2013

Should Our Government Combat the Obesity Epidemic?

Here is video from a talk I recently gave at the University of Wisconsin, laying out a few of the reasons I think the government needs to play a role in combating the obesity epidemic. If you dig further into the conference website, you will see a vide...
April 9, 2013

Increased Rates of Hospitalization Linked to Elder Abuse

[Science Daily] Older adults who are subject to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation face a greater risk of being hospitalized than other seniors, according to the results of a study published in the April 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. “E...
April 9, 2013

One Welfare

Among the hats I wear is my “participate in organized veterinary medicine” hat, which currently involves my role as Vice President of my state Veterinary Medical Association. In a recent board meeting, we identified and strategized goals for the y...
April 8, 2013

Orphan Drug Prices Under Siege in Austerity-Minded Europe

“They’ve started looking at how much money…these companies are making… If you make more than a billion dollars out of a product…somebody’s going to wake up and say… you’ve recouped your R&D…you’ve made an...
April 2, 2013

Sugar industry’s secret documents echo tobacco tactics

Sugar Association’s intent to use science to defeat critics uncovered by dentist [CBC News] When Cristin Couzens went on the hunt for evidence that Big Sugar had manipulated public opinion, she had no idea what she was doing. She was a dentist, ...
March 30, 2013

Artistic Inquiry: Action-research for Public Health on Film

BEI Young Professionals member Betsy Campbell covers artful media around the world that touches upon topics in bioethics. The Revolutionary Optimists captures the lives of several adolescents in Kolkata India on film. Through their stories the film exp...
March 28, 2013

How Much Monitoring Is Too Much?

[Scientific American] It started in the ‘70s. A pregnant woman with diabetes faced a deeply entrenched medical routine: months in hospital having her blood glucose closely monitored. She managed to stay out by convincing her doctor, Clara Lowy, to le...

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Published Articles (24)

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 13 Issue 5 - May 2013

Ban the Sunset? Nonpropositional Content and Regulation of Pharmaceutical Advertising Paul Biegler & Patrick Vargas

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 7 - Jul 2012

Making Power Visible in Global Health Governance Carles Muntaner

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 5 - May 2012

A Good Taste of Bioethics Around the Globe: Review of Catherine Myser, ed., "Bioethics Around the Globe" Darryl Macer

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 5 - May 2012

Precommitting to Serve the Underserved Nir Eyal& Till Bärnighausen

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 7 - Jul 2011

Review of George J. Annas, Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 4 - Apr 2011

An Ethical Evaluation of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for HIV Testing in Health Care Settings M. Teresa Celada

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 12 - Dec 2010

Getting Unstuck: Rubber Bands and Public Health Summer McGee

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 7 - Jul 2010

Disaster in the Gulf: Public Health and Public Responsibility Summer McGee

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on ?Trans Fat Bans and Human Freedom? David B. Resnik

American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010

Trans Fat Bans and Human Freedom David B. Resnik

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News (359)

May 6, 2013 1:30 pm

Harmful flame retardants found in 84 percent of Calif. couches

Couches tested in random CA households overwhelmingly contained hazardous flame retardant chemicals that have been known to harm hormone production and cause cancer, a new study says.

April 12, 2013 1:01 pm

Ten retailers urged to pull potentially toxic products

Health and environmental groups will launch a national campaign Thursday to prod 10 major retailers — including Walmart, Target and Costco — to clear store shelves of products containing hazardous chemicals.

April 11, 2013 1:09 pm

Rare Pediatric Cancers Tied to Car Emissions

Children born to mothers who lived within a mile of heavy traffic while pregnant were at higher risk of developing any of three childhood cancers, researchers said here.

January 17, 2013 11:47 am

Yelp Adds Health Department Grades To Restaurant Listings (Huffington Post)

Restaurant-goers curious about the cleanliness of the environments they’re eating in and how safe the food is have had to rely on different strategies.  But now, community review site Yelp is being added to the mix as a new source of information on the health grades of various establishments.

January 11, 2013 3:08 pm

One in three U.S. workers has no paid sick days (CNN Money)

An estimated 41.7 million workers can not take sick days — that’s nearly a third of the nation’s employees and a problem that raises health risks on everyone.

January 8, 2013 6:34 pm

Binge Drinking Prevalent, Yet Underestimated in Females (Medscape)

Binge drinking is a prevalent and often underestimated problem among US women and female adolescents that frequently starts in high school, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows.

December 19, 2012 6:22 pm

Bioethicist: We need to treat violence as public health issue (NBC News)

The mass murder of 20 children and six adults Friday in Newtown, Conn., has provoked yet another round of recrimination, finger pointing and breast-beating.  What we fervently want as we continue to reel from a story whose misery seems to know no bounds is to find a clear cause – a reason why this happened – so that we can fix it.

December 10, 2012 2:43 pm

FDA OKs J&J prostate cancer drug for pre-chemo use (Yahoo)

U.S. health regulators on Monday expanded the approval of Johnson & Johnson’s drugZytiga for advanced prostate cancer to allow its use prior to treatment with chemotherapy.

December 7, 2012 3:48 pm

It's genetic: Some smokers have biological resistance to anti-tobacco policies (Medical Xpress)

Despite concerted government efforts to curtail tobacco use, the number of smokers in the United States has remained stable in recent years, rather than declining. The reason: genetics.

November 30, 2012 2:07 pm

Women's Health in Juvenile Detention: How a System Designed for Boys Is Failing Girls (The Atlantic)

Sexual assault, pregnancy, and other unique needs are often overlooked by a cursory and underfunded system. Poor physical health also increases girls’ risk of recidivism.

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