Policy & Ethics

It is that gift-giving season, so perhaps it is a moment when we can reflect upon them. Gifts are often accompanied by a silent companion, debt.

By Kai Zhang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I’ve written in the past about medicine by algorithm, but a recent article in Science Translational Medicine, as well as a deep dive into the writings of Daniel Dennett o

If Shakespeare were alive today he would be hard-pressed to come up with a script that could match the tragedy that has been imposed on this country by self-appointed drug experts, bureaucrats, self-serving politicians, and various other fools.

Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) is one of the world’s great hospitals, and the poster child and now punching bag for mainstream media bent on eliminating all conflicts of interest, except for their own.

An article in Modern Healthcare caught my eye, wr

A new online article in JAMA Internal Medicine entitled "Association of Opioid Prescriptions From Dental Clinicians for US Adolescents and Young Adults With Subsequent Opioid Use and Abuse" claims that there is a clear association betwee

Animals need to be protected. Unfortunately, don't expect the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to be the ones to do it.

It's not news that President Trump is having discussions with China's President Xi about getting a handle on fentanyl and "fentanyl-related substances." What is not widely known is that while an agreement between the two countries may be of some h

China has a nasty habit of making people disappear. It doesn't really matter how important the person is, either.