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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Current events
The New York Times has an article about a physician-scientist caught in scientific misconduct. The particular physician-scientist, Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo, was an Army surgeon working at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He is now (for the time being anyway)...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:59 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
News that delivered a blow to youthful optimism.
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Category: Academia
Dr. Isis reports that faculty and staff at MRU will be taking unpaid "furlough" days to deal with a budget crisis: In many cases, faculty (some of whom already do not receive summer support) will be asked to take furlough...
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Category: Current events
Sunday morning, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, was murdered on his way into the church where he worships. Dr. Tiller was targeted because he was one of the few doctors in the U.S. who performed late-term abortions....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:07 AM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
Following up on an excellent post she wrote earlier this month, Jessica Palmer at Bioephemera brings us an update on the lawsuit against Jared Diamond and The New Yorker. You may recall that this lawsuit alleges that a story written...
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Category: Current events
You may have heard that the Obama administration has proposed new rules for federal funding of embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. (The proposed rules are available in draft form through the end of the public comment period; the NIH expects...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:13 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
John Lynch and Dr. Isis have already posted on the revelation that Elsevier published something, Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, that looked and sounded like it was a medical journal but that turned out to have been fancy...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:20 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
It seems that some people respond to public concern about swine flu and its spread by trying to sell you stuff. This stuff is not limited to face masks and duct tape, but includes products advertised to prevent, diagnose, or...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:03 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
If someone will be left out, what's a fair way to decide who?
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Category: Current events
In my last post, I looked at some of the ethical considerations an individual might make during a flu epidemic. My focus was squarely on the individual's decisions: whether to stay in bed or seek medical care, whether to seek...
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