FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger
Sonia Shah : Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Research subjects in developing countries--often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options--become more vulnerable.
2007
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The Doctor Stories
Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.
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Body Language
A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.
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Who's Afraid of Gardasil?
Karen Houppert : Health Care Policy
A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.
2006
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A Burnt-Out Case
A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra.
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Government's the Problem
Calvin Trillin : Health Care Policy
Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.
2005
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Brave Neuro World
As neurotechnology expands our abilities to rejuvenate aging brains, rebound from trauma and enhance moods or sexual prowess, we need a consistent set of neuroethics about how that technology should be used.
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AIDS Movement Seizes Control
Despite its controversy, World AIDS Day has demonstrated how vast and global the AIDS movement has gone. While the extent of AIDS advocacy was not as far-reaching then, in 1987 a burgeoning movement of health care practitioners and gay activists battled the FDA's questionable policies on AIDS drugs experimentation, which included excluding women and i.v. users from drug trials.
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The Disappearing Flu Vaccine
Nicholas von Hoffman : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability
Flu vaccine is in short supply this season, and the reason is that drug companies can't make as much money protecting us from disease as from developing expensive treatments for niche illnesses.
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'The Constant Gardener': What the Movie Missed
As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials.
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Cannabis Interrupted
Herman Schwartz : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court's medical marijuana decision was a major setback for common sense.
2003
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Dying for AIDS Drugs
People with HIV describe a desperate scramble for lifesaving medications.
2002
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Big Pharma, Bad Science
Biomedical research has been compromised by cozy relations with the pharmaceutical industry.
2001
This week: Can Barack Obama be a "People's President," or is his move to the center for good? Betsy Reed, Doug Henwood, Jo-Ann Mort, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gary Younge debate. (13mb mp3)
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