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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...