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The Medical Center Hour: Babies by Design: Ethics and Genetic Enhancement10/24/07 - Advances in genetics and reproductive technologies, as well as changing social mores
around"enhancement medicine," make it increasingly possible to design offspring by selecting for
(or against) certain traits or tendencies. What are the ethics of genetic enhancement for
prospective parents and for larger communities and health professionals providing necessary
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The Medical Center Hour: Cross-Cultural Competence in Cultural Care10/17/07 - Pediatric surgeon and bioethicist Farhat Moazam is at home in Pakistan, where she was
born and studied medicine, and the U.S., where she trained and practiced as a surgeon, then took
degrees in bioethics. What qualities and skills do clinicians require to practice effectively
wherever home is, and to traverse cultural divides? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Root Shock: The Impact of Urban Renewal on Health10/3/07 - 20th-century urban renewal projects, including Charlottesville\'s Vinegar Hill,
bulldozed entire districts and traumatically displaced hundreds of African American communities,
whose residents experienced \"root shock\" with destruction of their physical and emotional
ecosystems. How might we understand better and approach differently the health status of urban
African Americans and the health of our cities and neighborhoods? |
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DNA Testing Marks Beginning of a New Civil Rights Movement, Garrett Says 9/24/07 - Professor Brandon Garrett spoke about his groundbreaking research on DNA testing to prove wrongful convictions and the U.S. criminal justice system |
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On the Road to Curing Alzheimer 9/22/07 - Professor George Bloom gives a talk that describes the science behind recent discoveries about how some people develop Alzheimer's Disease. Bloom |
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"To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Stress, Sleep, and Aging" 9/20/07 - On September 20 2007, the U.Va. Institute on Aging sponsored a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Julian F. Thayer, the Ohio Distinguished Scholar of Health Psychology, Ohio State University. Dr. Thayer spoke to an audience of more than 100 about sleep, a major component of daily life. However, we still know very little about it. Nonetheless, one thing we do know is that poor sleep is related to an increased risk of death and ill health. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Displaying Dead & Different Bodies...9/19/07 - Controversy about touring exhibits of plastinated, dissected human cadavers, and
medical museums, that draw crowds curious to see these forbidden forms begs the questions: "What's
our fascination when we behold the body so exhibited? Who should have access to dead or irregular bodies? What are the ethics of human display? |
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The Medical Center Hour: Being There: Medical Students Service After 9/119/12/07 - For months following September 11, 2001, 20 new medical students at NYU worked as
volunteers in the office of the city |
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