Mad Men Finale and Type 2 Diabetes: What Happened “When We Bought The World A...
As all Mad Men fans now know, the main character, Don Draper, “found” himself at a wellness retreat — and presumably “taught the world to sing” by creating that iconic “Hilltop” Coca-Cola ad from 1971,...
View ArticleEthics of Authorship: What’s So New About the Upcoming Clinical Practice...
When I attended the 2015 Endocrine Society meeting in San Diego, I was struck by the sessions about the upcoming clinical practice guideline on menopause (Treatment of Symptoms of the Menopause): they...
View ArticleBench to Bedside: How the Supreme Court Decisions this Week Affect...
June 25 and 26, 2015 stand as Morality Markers for the United States. How does the ruling on the Affordable Care Act (King v. Burwell) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/us/obamacare-supreme-court.html...
View ArticlePreimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Safe Sex in a Gattacan World
Earlier this month, 60 Minutes re-broadcast a segment called “Breeding out Disease” which discussed the ethical implications of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), a technique already in use for...
View ArticleHey, Hey, LBJ: How many Seniors did you Save Today?
If you’re an endocrinologist who takes care of seniors with diabetes, you should say “Thank You!” to Lyndon B. Johnson. Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of Medicare (see:...
View ArticleWhy Hillary Clinton’s Thyroid Needs Healthcare Reform
As a bioethicist, I’m disturbed that the person highly likely to be the next President of the United States is receiving substandard treatment for hypothyroidism. Hillary Clinton’s health records were...
View ArticleLessons from Hurricane Katrina: Diabetes in the Population Below See-Level
Today marks the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which revealed alarming data from an “accidental” 2005 diabetes care study funded by “Mother Nature” in a state that ranked at the time 48th in...
View ArticleThe Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: A Disaster for an ENT Surgeon
Imagine learning that the surgeon who performed the total thyroidectomy on your thyroid cancer patient was being charged with homicide for deliberately euthanizing ICU patients ? Ten years ago today...
View ArticleLessons About Death and Dying on 9/11
On this 14th Anniversary of 9/11, healthcare providers of all disciplines should remember the lessons about death and dying on 9/11, elucidated in my 2013 paper: “The End-of-Life Experiences of 9/11...
View ArticlePlanned Attack on Women’s Reproductive Healthcare
Yesterday, Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation, testified before Congress regarding the now-infamous doctored videos manufactured by anti-choice activists. (See:...
View ArticleBoo: Scary New Guidelines for Breast Cancer
This year, it’s fitting that Breast Cancer Awareness Month is in October, because just in time for Halloween, diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer just got scary. New breast screening...
View ArticleDeath, Taxes, Turkey, and ISIS: This Year’s Diabetes Awareness Month
This has not been a good month for anyone in the world. But there has been some especially bad news about diabetes this month, too. On Veteran’s Day, the International Diabetes Federation called upon...
View ArticleEditing Ourselves: 2015 and CRISPR
The biggest bioethics story of the year was the breakthrough in human genome editing using CRISPR-CAS9. As one bioethicist put it, long-term employment is here to stay for all bioethicists in light of...
View ArticleWhy Flint Should Make You Sick
The most dominant ethics story this month is the unfolding public health and pediatric ethics disaster caused by unethical and incompetent actors in Flint, Michigan. The saga and health consequences of...
View ArticleMosquitos and Reproductive Ethics
It’s a good thing February has an extra day this year. I needed it to ponder the unfolding story of the Zika virus, which earlier this month was declared by WHO to be an international public health...
View ArticleWhy Biology is Destiny in a Republican World
On March 30, 2016, Donald Trump stated that he would want to “punish women” for seeking termination of their pregnancies (See:...
View ArticleNewsflash: Thyroid Cancer Patients who have Surgery have more Surgical...
In the spirit of last week’s April Fool’s Day, I’d like to point out a paper recently published in THYROID from a Japanese group by Oda et al that’s been getting a lot of buzz:...
View ArticleOlympic Sized Concerns over Zika
This month a huge story played out regarding the ethical tensions over the Summer Olympics, Zika, and its risks to women in their reproductive years. Over 150 experts, including physicians,...
View ArticleUndue Burden Aborted
June 27, 2016 will stand as one of the most important SCOTUS decisions surrounding reproductive justice and women’s health since Roe v. Wade. I’ve previously blogged about Targeted Restrictions on...
View ArticleThe Power of Postmenopause
On July 29, 2016, at age 68, Hillary Clinton accepted the democratic nomination for President of the United States. Yes, she is a woman of a certain age. The benefits of her being a woman in politics...
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