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Was there ever a time when Americans WEREN'T confused about healthcare?

Be careful. The sleepless in North Carolina are about to be put on the "Ambien-User Watchlist."

Stop. Go. Stop. Go. The legal battle over stem cell funding has left researchers dizzy.

Americans support research but only with oversight and greater attention to risks. Oddly you have to do the research in the first place to know what the risks are....

Glenn McGee forsees a slippery slope of employer discrimination for health behaviors that raise insurance premiums.

Too Young, Too Many, Too Much--Are Psychiatric Drugs Costing Children Their Childhood?

Social networks may be good...or bad...for your health. It all depends on the behaviors your network is spreading. HT @k8ethics #bioethics

Optimism and angst surrounds stem cell trials as trials are stopped and started and funding is slashed.

NIH working with DOJ to arrange a stay to keep hESC research alive ASAP. Any other abbreviations I can use? #bioethics HT @bachinsky

Hank Greely's take on the stem cell decision: "disappointingly bad." Not to put too fine of a point on it or anything.... #bioethics

Watch out US. Korea's poised to make a comeback in the stem cell business. HT @hsbioethics #bioethics

I'll have the GMO lox and bagel, please.

Intake by cellphone: Is anyone else concerned about quality in this mHealth movement?

New York passes law that acknowledges the importance of palliative care and conversations about goals of care at the end of life.

New research from Ezekiel Emanuel tells us that we are using the most vulnerable from the poorest of nations--their children--as guinea pigs in research.

HT @PopBioethics: @Saletan: Judicial activism's right- or wrong-ness all depends upon the cause and then how Red or Blue you are.