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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