Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Pros And Cons Of Dr. TikTok; Is An Early Cancer Detection Test Worth The Price Tag?
Medical student Isabella Gray explores how TikTok is changing healthcare for young adults and the risks involved. (Isabella Gray, 9/17)
Lindsay Kalter examines a promising new cancer-screening test and asks how Michigan should weigh the costs of early detection against lives saved. (Lindsay Kalter, 9/17)
鈥淐an you check my child for PDA?鈥 the mother asked me on the telephone about two years ago. Though I had been a behavioral/developmental pediatrician for more than four decades, the only PDA acronym I could recall came from my days as a general pediatrician: patent ductus arteriosus (a persistence of embryonic circulation around the heart). (Lawrence Diller, 9/17)
We need a legal standard that would prohibit sexism and gender bias in criminal trials. (Rachel Louise Snyder, 9/17)
After his death, his daughter, Brittany Wagner, discovered 694 private videos he had recorded over the years, documenting his struggle to navigate workers鈥 compensation, disability benefits and the health care system. (Brittany Wagner, 9/17)
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