The Ethics Observer

Improvements in Hypertension Control in US

Site Staff — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:58:40 +0000

A Study That Should Not Have Been Done

Site Staff — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:31:47 +0000

I’m reading about ‘Analysis: Could GOP win truly affect the health-care overhaul?’ on Fluent News. Here is the link: http://fluentnews.com/s/26084862

NYTimes: Medical Journal Challenges a Study

Site Staff — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:21:15 +0000

From The New York Times:

Medical Journal Challenges a Study

An editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine took the unusual step of criticizing a study on a blood-thinning drug published in the same edition.

http://nyti.ms/cEMQeB

NYTimes: Corporate Money Aids Centers Linked to Lawmakers

Site Staff — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:29:01 +0000

From The New York Times:

Corporate Money Aids Centers Linked to Lawmakers

Nearly a dozen lawmakers have been honored by university endowments financed in part by corporations with business before Congress, posing some potential conflicts.

http://nyti.ms/9UePZV

NYTimes: Tobacco Funds Dwindle as Obesity Fight Intensifies

Site Staff — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:02:34 +0000

From The New York Times:

Tobacco Funds Dwindle as Obesity Fight Intensifies

As public health priorities shift, anti-tobacco programs are losing out to the campaign against obesity.

http://nyti.ms/9KXcbc

NYTimes: For Insurers, Fight Is Now Over Details

Site Staff — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:47:53 +0000

From The New York Times:

For Insurers, Fight Is Now Over Details

Health insurers are lobbying over a rule that 80 cents of each dollar in premiums must be spent on patient welfare.

http://nyti.ms/bRPluy

NYTimes: The Roots of White Anxiety

Site Staff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:54:59 +0000

From The New York Times:

OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Roots of White Anxiety

To understand the country’s polarization, take a look at the admissions process at elite private colleges.

http://nyti.ms/dsATR7

Physicians Seeing Fewer Medicare Patients Because of Low Pay and Threat of Cut

Site Staff — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:00:49 +0000

Medscape Today Headlines
June 3, 2010 3:56 PM

Even more physicians would restrict the number of Medicare patients they see or stop taking new ones if Congress passes a short-term SGR fix, according to a new AMA survey.
Medscape Medical News

Business of Medicine News

Physicians Seeing Fewer Medicare Patients Because of Low Pay and Threat of Cut

NYTimes: Data Used to Justify Health Savings Can Be Shaky

Site Staff — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:22:35 +0000

From The New York Times:

Data Used to Justify Health Savings Can Be Shaky

A report is used to show that Americans could save while maintaining quality, but that may not always hold.

http://nyti.ms/a31hD3

NYTimes: Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries

Site Staff — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:28:02 +0000

From The New York Times:

Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries

The practice of excluding minorities from Southern juries remains widespread and largely unchecked.

http://nyti.ms/d2cIVG