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$25 Million in Federal Grant Monies for Programs to Reduce Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Posted on June 12, 2010
The WSJ reports that $25 million dollars in grant monies is being distributed to three-year demonstration projects designed to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits. The grant money is part of a ?compromise offered by President Barack Obama last year in response...

A Pharmacy Feud Erupts Disrupting Consumer Choice

Posted on June 11, 2010
Two of the nation?s biggest drugstore chains, Walgreen and CVS Caremark, have begun a duel that may affect where millions of consumers can fill their prescriptions. According to The New York Times: On Monday, Walgreen, which operates about 7,500 drugstores...

Pesticide Exposure May Contribute to ADHD, Study Finds

Posted on June 09, 2010
An article published in the journal Pediatrics provides evidence that exposure to organophosphate pesticides may be associated with increased risk of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. The study focused on 1,139 children from the general U...

Defective Sperm No Basis for Products Liability Suit

Posted on April 13, 2010
Hat tip to Kim Krawiec over at the Faculty Lounge for this story: The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Donovan v. Idant Laboratories that genetic defects in sperm from a sperm bank cannot form the basis...

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Call for Papers on Costs and End-of-Life Medical Treatment

Posted on April 12, 2010
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics will host a thematic issue on costs and end-of-life medical treatment in 2011. Robert Arnold, Amber Barnato and Thaddeus Pope have been asked to serve as Guest Editors. The Journal of Law, Medicine...

Do Soda Taxes Curb Consumption?

Posted on April 05, 2010
Two studies published in Health Affairs suggest that soda taxes have mixed results. Shirley S. Wang of the WSJ Health Blog summarizes the studies: One study led by a Rand Corp. researcher examined children?s body mass index and consumption of...

Putting a Dollar Figure on a Doctor?s Worth to a Hospital

Posted on March 18, 2010
In an article posted on the WSJ Health Blog, James A. White asks and answers the following questions: What?s a doctor worth to a hospital in terms of annual revenue? And what specialties average the most and the least in...

Top 10 Papers on SSRN for Journal of Public Health Law and Policy

Posted on March 17, 2010
January 16, 2010 to March 17, 2010 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 90 Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing a Comprehensive Response to Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University College of Law, Date posted to database: January 29,...

Conflicts of Interest in Clincial Trial Recruitment & Enrollment: A Call for Increased Oversight

Posted on March 16, 2010
A White Paper called Conflicts of Interest in Clincial Trial Recruitment & Enrollment: A Call for Increased Oversight by The Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy at Seton Hall Law School (Kathleen M. Boozang, Carl H. Coleman, Tracy...

Nano Luggage Designed to Carry Therapeutic Agents to Diseased Cells

Posted on March 15, 2010
For the first time, scientists have fully emptied the Cowpea mosaic virus of its genetic material rendering it non-infectious. Particles of the virus can now be used as nano luggage that carries therapeutic agents directly to diseased cells. The paper...

Does the World Still Need United States Tort Law? Or Did it Ever?

Posted on March 06, 2010
The Pepperdine Law Review is hosting a symposium on April 16th, 2010 entitled Does the World Still Need United States Tort Law? Or Did it Ever? The symposium will examine the present and future influence of United States tort law...

Can a Gene Test Predict which Diet will Optimize Weight Loss?

Posted on March 05, 2010
A small study suggets that a new genetic test by Interleukin Genetics Inc. may help dieters pick the best diet: a low-fat diet, one that cuts carbohydrates or a more balanced approach. Reuters reports that [t]he small study of about...

Taking Sides on Genetic Modification

Posted on March 05, 2010
Dave Fox (JD Candidate, Yale Law School) has posted Taking Sides on Genetic Modification (American Journal of Bioethics - Neuroscience) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Should government fund safe human enhancements for the hereditary contribution to good looks or...

Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion Annually

Posted on March 04, 2010
A new study estimates the total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually. To obtain a copy of the report, visit www.MakeOurFoodSafe.org. The interactive online map that graphically represents this cost information...

Just Two of Many Hospital-Acquired Infections Kill 48,000 Patients, Cost $8.1 Billion To Treat

Posted on March 04, 2010
ScienceDaily reports on a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that investigates two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). The study reveals that these two HAI alone killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by...

End-of-Life Medical Decision-Making: The Use of Surrogate Selection to Resolve Intractable Medical Futility Disputes

Posted on March 04, 2010
Thaddeus Mason Pope (Widener University Law School - Health Law Institute) has posted Surrogate Selection: An Increasingly Viable, But Limited, Solution to Intractable Futility Disputes on SSRN. Here is the introductory part of the absract: This article reviews the strengths...

FDA Cracks Down on Food Labeling

Posted on March 03, 2010
In an open letter to the food industry dated March 3, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg stated that [t]oday, ready access to reliable information about the calorie and nutrient content of food is even more important, given the prevalence of obesity...

Law Schools Looking For Visiting Professors

Posted on March 03, 2010
The Faculty Lounge has posted a list of law schools looking for visiting professors here.

Evaluating the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria

Posted on March 03, 2010
Anna F. Triponel (Jones Day) has posted on SSRN Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A New Legal and Conceptual Framework for Providing International Development Aid. Here is the first part of the Abstract: Over the past decade,...

Contingent Valuation Studies and Health Policy

Posted on March 03, 2010
Mathew Adler (University of Pennsylvania- Law School) has posted Contingent Valuation Studies and Health Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This short comment argues that both cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) should be seen as imperfect tools...

The Baby Doe Rules and Texas's 'Futility Law'

Posted on March 03, 2010
Thomas William Mayo (Southern Methodist School of Law) has posted The Baby Doe Rules and Texas?s ?Futility Law? in the NICU on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The applicability in the NICU of the futility provision of Texas's Advance Directives...

Misplaced Fears in the Legislative Battle Over Affordable Biotech Drugs

Posted on March 02, 2010
David Adelman (University of Texas School of Law) and Christopher M. Holman (University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Law) have posted Misplaced Fears in the Legislative Battle Over Affordable Biotech Drugs on SSRN: Much like tort reform, the debate...

FDA and NIH Collaborate to Promote Regulatory Science

Posted on March 02, 2010
The LA Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have announced a partnership to collaborate on regulating new products and procedures that arise out of advanced research. Together, the NIH and FDA will...

Biotech, Nanotech and Synthetic Biology Roles in Future Food Supply Explored

Posted on March 01, 2010
The annual meeting of the The American Association for the Advancement of Science, held on February 17, explored the implications for agriculture of the projected growth of the world's population to 9 billion people by 2030. A significant challenge will...

Kaiser Posts Videos and Commentary on the Health Care Summit

Posted on March 01, 2010
Kaiser Health News has posted a series of videos of the Health Care Summit ? Health On The Hill: After The Summit ? Video: Health Care Summit - Excerpts of Opening Remarks ? Video: Health Care Summit - Exchange Between...

FDA Regulation of Nanotechnology Used in Consumer Products

Posted on March 01, 2010
Katharine Van Tassel (Western New England College School of Law) and Rose Goldman (Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School) have posted Manufacturing the Wings of Icarus: FDA Regulation of Nanotechnology Used in Products for Human Consumption Including...

New Study Shows Children Snack on Junk Food Almost Three Times a Day

Posted on March 01, 2010
A new study published by Health Affairs is one of the first studies to look at long-term eating habits in children: Children in the United States snack almost three times a day on salty chips, candy, and other junk food...

Evaluating the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria

Posted on February 28, 2010
Anna F. Triponel (Jones Day) has posted on SSRN Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A New Legal and Conceptual Framework for Providing International Development Aid. Here is the first part of the Abstract: Over the past decade,...

The Full Text of Obama's Health Care Proposal

Posted on February 28, 2010
Here.

Updated Kaiser Health Reform Comparison Resources

Posted on February 28, 2010
The updated Kaiser Foundation interactive side-by-side health reform comparison tool now reflects provisions included in President Obama's health reform proposal released this week. The online tool now allows users to quickly compare the new proposals with the House and Senate...

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