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The World’s Oldest Population Demands Fair Treatment in New Code of Ethics

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The World’s Oldest Population Demands Fair Treatment in New Code of Ethics

March 26, 2017

"The council’s new guidelines are centered around four main pillars- respect, honesty, justice and fairness, and care- which aim to give authority back to the San people"

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A Call to Action to Academia

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A Call to Action to Academia

March 25, 2017

"The connection between these classes and the need to maintain social responsibility has been torn asunder by the need to assert authority over others.

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Republicans Unveil the American Health Care Act to Replace the Affordable Care Act

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Republicans Unveil the American Health Care Act to Replace the Affordable Care Act

March 24, 2017

"The bill fundamentally changes certain aspects of the health care system while retaining others.

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Facebook Begins Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Suicidal Users

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Facebook Begins Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Suicidal Users

March 23, 2017

"The algorithm has been designed to spot status updates and comments that may indicate someone was at risk of committing suicide."

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New Genetic Information on Wooly Mammoths Shed Insight on Modern Conservation

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New Genetic Information on Wooly Mammoths Shed Insight on Modern Conservation

March 22, 2017

"These wooly mammoths were very different than their mainland-dwelling ancestors."

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Ban Direct to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising

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Ban Direct to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising

March 21, 2017

"DTC prescription drug advertising complicates the relationship patients have with doctors."

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Cuts to the EPA’s Funding Cuts Out the Prioritization of Human Health

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Cuts to the EPA’s Funding Cuts Out the Prioritization of Human Health

March 20, 2017

"The decreased budget signifies a direct threat to the environment, quality of air and water, and thus human health."

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Broad Institute issued CRISPR patent after dispute

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Broad Institute issued CRISPR patent after dispute

March 19, 2017

"MIT Scientists Emerge as Winners after CRISPR patent dispute"

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Constructing the “Perfect Baby” Could Be Possible with New Prenatal Test

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Constructing the “Perfect Baby” Could Be Possible with New Prenatal Test

March 16, 2017

"Some practices offer full-genome sequencing on fetuses, which, in time, could lead to the abuse of NIPT to create 'designer babies.'"

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Giving Voice to Beneficence

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Giving Voice to Beneficence

March 10, 2017

"We can protect academic freedom but to exercise such freedom is to wield power we cannot ignore or vacate."

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Gun Control in Two Realms

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Gun Control in Two Realms

March 9, 2017

"We must consider whether we are trying to protect individual liberty or a shared liberty for all.

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Publication Ethics: A Return to Science for Science’s Sake

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Publication Ethics: A Return to Science for Science’s Sake

March 4, 2017

"The scientific method is not always aligned with widespread scientific practice."

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Supply of Physicians for Assisted-Suicide Dwindles

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Supply of Physicians for Assisted-Suicide Dwindles

March 3, 2017

"Many doctors in Canada no longer willing to perform physician-assisted suicide."

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WHO Publishes List of Top-Priority Pathogens

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WHO Publishes List of Top-Priority Pathogens

March 2, 2017

"The World Health Organization published a list of the world’s twelve top-priority pathogens this week."

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Cassandra

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Cassandra

March 1, 2017

"She was a child who faded in with background, her opinion on her own health irrelevant."

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FDA Approves Emflaza to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Sparking Concerns Over Pricing

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FDA Approves Emflaza to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Sparking Concerns Over Pricing

February 28, 2017

"FDA approves drug to treat the most common type of muscular dystrophy."

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Explaining the End

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Explaining the End

February 25, 2017

"Perhaps the trick to understanding suicide, and death alike, is that we need not know all the answers."

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Marathon Pharmaceuticals Pauses Commercialization of $89,000 Drug

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Marathon Pharmaceuticals Pauses Commercialization of $89,000 Drug

February 24, 2017

"Even following price reductions, Marathon’s drug is a 4,400 percent markup."

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Roller Coaster

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Roller Coaster

February 23, 2017

"These moments of experience are meant to show how much of a roller coaster disease and illness have been.

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Dear PCOS

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Dear PCOS

February 22, 2017

"There is no rush to live for the next moment when I am already in a good one.

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