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Medical ethics committees: Nobody regulates membership or quality of decisions

Medical ethics committees are required for hospital accreditation and make many life and death decisions. But no authority assesses the credentials of members or the quality of decisions made.
12-Sep-2023 3:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Two top Black physicians likely knew of the Tuskegee syphilis study in progress in the 1960’s but did not object, asserts Dr. Leslie Norins, former VD lab director at CDC

A CDC insider's recollections from 60 years ago, plus circumstantial evidence, indicate the Tuskegee syphilis study was not kept secret from some top Black physicians as it progressed.
8-Aug-2023 3:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Power Plant Failure Will Immobilize Electric Vehicles and Medical Services Will Collapse, Warns Dr. Leslie Norins

The often-ignored downside to having all vehicles become electric-powered is that medical services will collapse if the central power plant becomes inoperative.
2-Aug-2023 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

$200,000 award for proof dogs can sniff Alzheimer’s disease, says Dr. Leslie Norins of Alzheimer’s Germ Quest

Parkinson's disease, another neurodegenerative process, produces in patients a unique smell, which trained dogs can detect. Alzheimer's disease, the leading dementia, needs to be similarly studied. This $200,000 challenge award is posted to help...
20-Jul-2023 3:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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