Animal Rights and Abortion - The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/article/Animal-RightsAbortion/235636?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=dcb3b0e752814820984d45dada02c20f&elq=2f7ec948798d4de4889af4c51d668eb0&elqaid=8312&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2698
I know...I said we weren't discussing abortion, but then I saw this article and thought you'd be interested. Being consistent in your thinking is an important virtue...
Patients in Pain, and a Doctor Who Must Limit Drugs - NYTimes.com
New rules from the Feds about pain meds.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/health/er-pain-pills-opioids-addiction-doctors.html?emc=edit_th_20160317&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/health/kidney-transplant-desensitization-immune-system.html?emc=edit_th_20160310&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referer=
Christians Flock to Groups That Help Members Pay Medical Bills - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/us/christians-flock-to-groups-that-help-members-pay-medical-bills.html?emc=edit_th_20160311&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
First Uterus Transplant in U.S. Has Failed - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/health/first-uterus-transplant-in-us-has-failed.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&referer=
When Gene Tests for Breast Cancer Reveal Grim Data but No Guidance - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/health/breast-cancer-brca-genetic-testing.html?emc=edit_th_20160312&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
To Maintain Supply of Sex Slaves, ISIS Pushes Birth Control - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/world/middleeast/to-maintain-supply-of-sex-slaves-isis-pushes-birth-control.html?emc=edit_th_20160313&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referer=
Veterans Seek Help for Infertility Inflicted by Wounds of War - NYTimes.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Animal-RightsAbortion/235636?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=dcb3b0e752814820984d45dada02c20f&elq=2f7ec948798d4de4889af4c51d668eb0&elqaid=8312&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=2698
I know...I said we weren't discussing abortion, but then I saw this article and thought you'd be interested. Being consistent in your thinking is an important virtue...
Patients in Pain, and a Doctor Who Must Limit Drugs - NYTimes.com
New rules from the Feds about pain meds.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/health/er-pain-pills-opioids-addiction-doctors.html?emc=edit_th_20160317&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/health/kidney-transplant-desensitization-immune-system.html?emc=edit_th_20160310&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referer=
Christians Flock to Groups That Help Members Pay Medical Bills - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/us/christians-flock-to-groups-that-help-members-pay-medical-bills.html?emc=edit_th_20160311&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
First Uterus Transplant in U.S. Has Failed - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/health/first-uterus-transplant-in-us-has-failed.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&referer=
When Gene Tests for Breast Cancer Reveal Grim Data but No Guidance - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/health/breast-cancer-brca-genetic-testing.html?emc=edit_th_20160312&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
To Maintain Supply of Sex Slaves, ISIS Pushes Birth Control - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/world/middleeast/to-maintain-supply-of-sex-slaves-isis-pushes-birth-control.html?emc=edit_th_20160313&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referer=
Veterans Seek Help for Infertility Inflicted by Wounds of War - NYTimes.com
Try to relate to our readings on HIV from 1 March.
http://www.pih.org/blog/protecting-newborns-against-hiv-in-russia
Helping Women in Africa Avoid H.I.V. - NYTimes.com
H.I.V.’s Toll on Black and Latino Men - NYTimes.com
Steve Beshear on ending Kentucky health care insurance: 'I cannot sit idly by'
We'll soon be discussing health care reform. What do you think about this real-time, real-life situation in Kentucky? This article gives some background, but there's more research to do. Let's try to figure it out together, separately from what the politicians are saying (although, of course, it is a political issue).
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/11/beshear-ending-kynect-cannot-sit-idly/80223880/#
Not Every Drop of a Person’s Blood Is the Same, a Study Says - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/health/not-every-drop-of-a-persons-blood-is-the-same-a-study-says.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&referer=
Legionnaires’ Outbreak in Flint Was Met With Silence - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/us/legionnaires-outbreak-in-flint-was-met-with-silence.html?emc=edit_th_20160223&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referer=
NYTimes: Patient Confidentiality and a Doctor’s Judgment Call
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/opinion/patient-confidentiality-and-a-doctors-judgment-call.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
A doctor and a lawyer discuss physicians’ obligation.
NYTimes: Francis Says Contraception Can Be Used to Slow Zika
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/world/americas/francis-says-contraception-can-be-used-to-slow-zika.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
The pope’s remarks stirred up divisions in the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in South America about whether birth control should be widely allowed.
In the article regarding Not Every Drop of a Person's Blood is the Same, I can relate by my own personal account because I go to donate blonde once every two months. Every time I am there, they prick my finger to check on my blood cell count to see if I am healthy enough that day to give blood. I didn't know or have any idea that squeezing the finger will actually give inaccurate results. The lady who does this to my finger, "milks" the blood out because my fingers don't bleed very easily. Scary to think that they could be assuming I am healthy based on their testing but in all reality based off these studies, I couldn't be. Something that the author said that really stood out to me is, “If you’re going to take a fingerprick stick to get your measures, you need to be aware that you’re sacrificing some accuracy.”
ReplyDeleteSomething like the results found by this would make sense though since different components of the blood would be found at different concentrations in various parts of the body. Just like white blood cells would generally be found closer to lymph nodes and higher levels of hemoglobin would be found in higher concentrations the closer they get to the lungs where they exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. The data they can collect from the blood test shouldn't be too inaccurate however since most of the components are dispersed in a soluble solution they should flow down their concentration gradient to become as evenly dispersed in the blood as much as possible but factors such as gravity and internal factors such as arteriosclerosis may influence the concentrations of the components of the blood in different parts of the body.
DeleteIn response to: Patient Confidentiality and a Doctor’s Judgment Call
ReplyDeleteThis link provided a couple of instances where physicians should arguably violate confidentiality with a patient: if their patient is going to cause "foreseeable" harm or the patient somehow puts the physician in a position that obstructs justice.
The second situation where a physician hides drugs/destroys evidence is clearly an ethical violation. The first situation is more difficult to create distinctions between what would and would not be ethical. You can violate confidentiality in an attempt to stop future harm from occurring but that action of yours could also harm the individual significantly more if they are not guilty. However if something happens when you knew something but didn't say anything, a certain amount of liability and potentially legal, financial, or personal consequences may follow.
Legionnaires’ Outbreak in Flint Was Met With Silence
ReplyDeleteWhen Flint, Michigan switched its water lines over to the Flint River, the water started to quickly corrode the because the pipes were not treated with anti-corrosion chemicals. One family is suing McLaren Flint, a hospital that many who fell ill with Legionnaires’ had visited in the two weeks before they got sick. In their lawsuit they state that the hospital failed to “exercise reasonable and ordinary care” to warn them of “dangerous conditions” there. There was no public announcement of an outbreak issued in 2014 or 2015, this is an omission that several infectious disease experts described as bewildering and highly unusual given the number of cases. Someone in the hospital should have said something to a state official so that the outbreak could be controlled before it got worse. The people who knew were not considering the autonomy of the town, because of this many are not sick and the city is suffering
In the article of "H.I.V.'s Toll on black and Latino Men" one this that really stuck out to be is that them men that are infected with HIV are not getting treatment because they don't want to be associated with that type of behavior. I feel like if you are able to participate in that type of behavior to get the virus you should want to do everything to can to get the help that is available to you and just not brush it off as some type of bother to you.
ReplyDeleteThere are people all over the world with HIV and they would do anything for the drugs that would help then live a longer life and people in America are just throwing that chance away when it is right in front of them. Out of the 1.2 million people infected with HIV only half of them (600,000) are getting the correct treatment. If I had HIV I would be making sure I had the best medication out there to help me live as long as I can. Some people don't have the Money for the medications which can't cost about $1,300 per month without insurance. But they do have payment plans which I feel like would help for the people who can't afford it.
The article Patient Confidentiality and a Doctor’s Judgment Call relates to the reading we just did on Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California. The defendants in that case argued that the duty to protect third persons is unworkable because therapists can't accurately predict whether or not a patient will resort to violence. The physician in the article explains that many times things may be (mis)interpreted as suggestive of “foreseeable” illness and because of this vulnerability, doctors have tests and consultations just to have a defense in case a suit with little legal basis is brought against them. The physician believes that the problem with patient-doctor confidentiality is that people are so quick to blame the doctor when they think an action was foreseeable.
ReplyDeleteIn the NY Times article about the Black Men and Latino HIV toll rising, I feel bad for those people who have to go through this disease. I think that it is ridiculous how high the medicines are to treat something that has become a problem for these races in the world. In addition to that, there was a section in the reading that states, "nd many are reluctant to get tested for H.I.V. or to consider taking PrEP because doing so would mean acknowledging behavior they are ashamed of", which relates back to the case we talked about in class. There is a man who has HIV, but is not going to tell his partner. I believe it is moral to break the confidentiality of the patient because of how much worse this situation could get. What is this person decides to cheat? Then there is another person who is put at risk because of bad decisions. From a utilitarian point of view, telling the partner is the right thing to do because it will minimize pain for the greater good. The partner can now be aware of what he is exposed to and make the right steps to protect others from potential infection.
ReplyDeleteHelping women in Africa from HIV
ReplyDeleteThis article has a lot of false hope, I feel. It was written in the New York Times, so I hardly believe that the person who wrote it really knows what is going on in Africa with HIV and women's rights. This article is far to political/social for something that truly needs biomedical help. The new ring that scientists have come up with is working in some cases. I am kind of skeptical about something like this. I know people who have had a nuva ring (birth control ring) that has fallen out during sex and even in everyday activities. I really do want to know if this is a problem with this as well. I believe that the closer they get to minimizing damage, the closer they will get to a cure altogether. Now, back to the problems of this article. I have two major problems with it. One, why is the author trying to advocate for women's rights? If they think that America needs greater rights for women, then they need a wake up call when looking at Africa. I believe that if women ever do get rights in Africa it will be far in the future. And my second problem is why do we need to focus on women's rights when people are dying from one of the world's deadliest diseases. I do not think that the New York Times has any business writing on this kind of problem if they are going to make it in to a political/social issue.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160314111125.htm
ReplyDeleteI just found this article, which was published yesterday. It discusses how scientists can now look at the traffic inside cells. This will help us understand certain diseases better, such as Parkinson’s. Hopefully, it will also lead to cures or better cures.
Would we redirect the traffic of cells inside to fix this disease? Or would we start from a cell in the beginning?
Deletehttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/307899.php
ReplyDeleteThis article is a good reminder that the levels of unvaccinated children in the U.S. are still a problem. We need to get the number of vaccinated children up to allow for herd immunity which can then protect those who cannot afford to risk receiving the vaccines. Hopefully people start coming around after seeing that not vaccinating their child can have negative consequences for not just their child, but others.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/16/health/washington-surgical-tech-investigation-hepatitis-hiv/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is interesting and relates to what we're discussing about in relation to the transmission of HIV. There is a big problem with surgical techs in some hospitals who have been swapping out syringes and tampering with medical equipment and putting patients safety and health at risk. Physicians are encouraging more patients to get tested for exposure to HIV and/or hepatitis.
I found the article New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor very interesting. Thousands of patients on waiting lists always had to worry about never finding a match because their immune systems would reject almost any transplanted organ. Researchers have found a way to successfully alter patients' immune systems to allow them to accept kidneys from incompatible donors. They do this by filtering the antibodies that would attack a transplanted organ out of a patient's blood. They are given other antibodies to have some protection while the immune system regenerates its own antibodies, which are then less likely to attack the new organ. They think this method could even work for liver and lung transplants.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/health/postpartum-depression-genetics-iphone-app.html?_r=0
ReplyDeleteI just found this article on NY Times. I think this brings a unique view, to genetics. This article is about using an iPhone/iPad app to get DNA samples from women, all over the world. The iPhone/iPad app is being used to spread the word and recruit women, who have postpartum depression. The researchers plan to collect over 100,000 DNA samples and compare to women, who have never had postpartum depression. Their hope is to search through all the DNA and find genetic clues that can help answer questions about postpartum depression.
I cannot post or share, but a quick search on Facebook (and I say that with distaste) will bring you up to speed. Let me explain:
ReplyDeleteI was browsing Faceobook the other day. You know, the social media platform filled with "political experts", "seasoned scientists", and "intelligent conversationalists". And by that, I mean a place plagued with misinformation, skewed stories, vile and hatred to anyone who doesn't share your point of view.
I came across an interesting post. I believe the hashtag was #SheHasAVoice. And it had pictures of various women holding up signs telling their stories on DELIVERY ROOMS. Interesting.
Now, this was something i never heard of, but these women were calling their experiences "birth rape". Piquing my interest, I read further. Women are calling for rape charges against doctors and nurses for giving them emergency C-sections, making incisions in the groin area(?), giving them
pain medication or calming medications, etc. now, these women say that they would continually tell the doctors "no no no" but they would sedate them, hold them down, continue with the procedure etc. To me, that was a disturbing concept. Doctors acting deliberately against their consent. However, I took it with a grain of salt due to the fact I found these cases in Facebook which linked from tumblr.
I don't necessarily disbelieve that this happens....but I don't exactly fully believe that these stories are the whole stories. A cynic may say that these cases are for those trying for an easy money grab because (apparently) it's super easy to sue and make easy bucks in America. However, a very sympathetic and sensitive individual may believe these women are telling the whole truth and want to sue these evil doctors and nurses, too. However, I feel that since these cases haven't made huge mainstream media and the general public knows, there may be facets of the stories we are missing.
For example, we learned that in modern medicine, we have many forms of consent to fill out. Sheet after sheet we need to sign to be treated. Maybe these women didn't realize what they consented to? Maybe these doctors are in the wrong and working on impulse? We don't know for sure unless we have every side of the story; the nurse, doctor, any witness, and the patient sides of the story.
Regardless, because there was a decent amount of cases I read, this could point to thr fact that our healthcAre system may need to look at how it approaches consent. Historically, we see that women are less likely to be taken seriously. So these cases are probably worth looking into. Because if these claims are indeed true, we really REALLY need to look at our consent approach in the system. We need to have every side of the story.
Wow this is very interesting. I had never heard nor thought of anything like this. I do agree with you, that our health care system needs to take another look at thing, to make sure they are doing everything right.
Delete"H.I.V.'s Toll on black and Latino Men" has opened my eyes. I did not realize how high HIV is rising with these raises with limited treatment because of cost. It is actually a sad story to me especially when these men are not even looking to learn about this disease because of embarrassment. Since a grown man is embarrassed to have this disease. Raises the question if they will even tell there partner of this disease. This will lead to more problems in the long run if they keep something so dangerous so secretive.
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely affordable treatments that these men should be getting and should not be limit of because of cost. There are too many men that are not getting the treatment they should be getting.
The article I found New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor. Articles like this one really makes this class so interesting. multiple researchers found a way to successfully alter patients' immune systems to allow them to accept kidneys from any one donating. With this method that they discovered they believed that it would also work with other transplants, such as liver and lung transplants. This is done by filtering the antibodies that would attack a transplanted organ out of a patient's blood.
ReplyDeleteThe article I read was about protecting women from the HIV virus in less developed countries in Africa that do not have the financial capabilities that women in America and other developed countries have. The article explained how they were doing this, which was by using a device that releases an antiretroviral drug. More than half of the people in the world with HIV are women. Not to mention most of these women live in Africa. This is a great, new, and easy way to lower the rate of death caused by AIDS and will have a great impact on society in under developed countries if the treatment is successfully used.
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DeleteI agree with your article of choice because this is a huge problem that really needs to change in the World. So hopefully this treatment does work so that things change quickly to eliminate HIV deaths.
DeleteThe article that immediately struk my interest was the one about the high risk of HIV and Aids between Blacks and Latinos. It was saying that out of that race every 1 of 6 people that have sex will get HIV. I believe that is very high even though it is said HIV has reduced its rate. Infection rates could drop dramatically if more people living with H.I.V. were treated with drugs that suppress the virus, which would vastly reduce the risk of contagion. This is saying that people need to get checked immediately when they get HIV so that the doctors can prevent there disease from spreading to someone else.
ReplyDeleteThe article about animal rights and abortion was particularly interesting to me. As someone who is interested in the veterinary field I fully understand the beauty and value of the animals around us and I firmly believe that they should be treated respectfully, however I also believe that humans are "higher" than other animals in that we have souls; from a non-religious standpoint we have higher thinking: we build societies, have hopes and desires aside from survival, and are able to think past animalistic instincts. I don't think it can be validly argued that humans have the same moral value as other animals. I believe that human cells are a human at the moment of conception and from that point onward should be treated as a human, and therefore should be treated on a higher level than any animal. Even if a human cannot be seen as a human at conception it still has the potential to become human, something that no other animal has; therefore, I believe that human embryos should be treated as something more than animals, even if that animal is fully developed.
ReplyDeleteIn response to: To Maintain Supply of Sex Slaves, ISIS Pushes Birth Control.
ReplyDeleteThis story is absolutely horrible and makes me sick to my stomach. However on the other hand, this drops pregnancy which protects future children.
In response to Pope Francis and contraception can be used to slow down the Zika virus.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was very interesting that an official of the Catholic Church condoned birth control even for a good reason. Its nice to see a possible change in Catholic teachings even when its in regard to a virus that is affecting the world.