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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Unless I am missing something, I have ethical concerns about the EpiDose study because people cannot give verbal or written consent to participate.

    March 11, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 11, 2024 Source:Adrenalin can save a heart but hurt the brain. Canadian research aims to find best dose for a potent drug Reference:EpiDOSE

  • Who/what priority group is next in line with limited vaccine supply once those most at risk are vaccinated? Gut-wrenching decisions & no easy solutions considering Minorities, socioecon status, work environment, med hx, and other interconnected factors.

    February 12, 2021

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 12, 2021 Source:Should Someone With Asthma Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Before Someone With Cancer? The Next Big Challenge in the Vaccine Rollout

  • Purposefully infecting vaccine-study volunteers with coronavirus to speed up the development and approval process is unethical and fraught with the law of unintended consequences.

    October 20, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 20, 2020 Source: UK taps Open Orphan to explore vaccine trials that infect volunteers with coronavirus

  • Uterine transplants seem to contravene the do-not-harm tenet of medicine

    October 7, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 7, 2014 Source: World first: baby born after womb transplantation Reference: Livebirth after uterus transplantation, Mats Brännström, et al., The Lancet, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61728-1, published online 3 October 2014, abstract.

  • Doctors' refusal to prescribe birth control pills opens broader debate on moral and religious belief's influence on practice

    July 2, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 2, 2014 Source: Should doctors have the right to refuse to treat a patient?  

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