Bioethics Part 2: Should You Have The Right To End Your Own Life?
Dr. Brooke Ellison, a quadriplegic, and Dr. Jeffrey Bishop explore the many ethical decisions that surround end-of-life care.
“There’s No ‘Normal’ Person”: The Intersection of Ethics and Disability
Experts explain how the disabled community is often left behind in society, medicine, and bioethics.
Medical Notes: June 18, 2023
How to keep your kids safe in pools this summer. It’s time for camping, grilling, and avoiding mosquitoes. New treatments for eye disease may be right around the corner. Forget about our digital fingerprints, our actual DNA can be found almost anywhere in the world.
Research Misconduct: The Growing Issue of Data Integrity in Science
Dr. Matthew Schrag, the whistleblower of the alleged falsified paper, explains the issue and what it means for future research.
Dropping the Paywalls to Scientific Research
Experts explain how this will affect the public, researchers, and the publishing industry.
Mind Over Matter: How Science is Utilizing the Placebo Effect
Dr. Emiliano Santarnecchi hopes to use the placebo effect as a supplemental therapy to medicinal treatments. He discusses the potential applications, as well as the ethical dilemma behind this idea.
Medical Notes: May 29, 2022
AI can predict fatal heart attacks. Lack of patient diversity in Alzheimer's research threatens accurate diagnosing in people of color. 1 in 3 Americans will develop a substance use disorder. And finally, is religion the downfall of consumerism?
Research Ethics Now vs. Then: A Case Study (2021)
In the mid-1960’s, many Ivy League and Seven Sister colleges as well as prestigious prep schools allowed researchers to photograph incoming students naked as part of work on a now-discredited theory linking physical characteristics to leadership potential. A former student who went through it, now a physician and writer, discusses how research ethics have …
“Mind Control,” and Psychedelics, and the CIA
An author discusses his investigation into CIA mind control efforts in the 1950’s and 60’s through the use of psychedelic drugs, which unwittingly led to an explosion of the drugs’ use.
Research Ethics: How Far Have We Come?
In the mid-1960s, many Ivy League and Seven Sister colleges as well as prestigious prep schools allowed researchers to photograph incoming students naked as part of work on a now-discredited theory linking physical characteristics to leadership potential. A former student who went through it, now a physician and writer, discusses how research ethics have …
Including Females In Basic Research
Only about a third of research subjects in clinical studies are women this results in poor understanding of how new drugs work on women.
Gender Diversity in Basic Research
Only about a third of research subjects in clinical studies are women. In basic research on animals and cells, female models are even more poorly represented. This results in poor understanding of how new drugs work on women and occasional drug recalls when major side effects are discovered after the fact. Experts discuss why such an imbalance occurs, its …
