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By Deborah Cho In light of the measles outbreaks in California and now in Nevada, many, including myself, have wondered how we’ve come to this point where a completely preventable disease seems to threaten the lives…
By Deborah Cho As an update to my previous post here on medical students and professionalism, Judge Sutton writing for the Sixth Circuit found that a medical school could deny a degree to a medical student…
By Deborah Cho We’ve come a long way in the area of mental health over the past several years. Notably, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 did great work to place…
By Deborah Cho In National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius, 132 S. Ct. 2566 (2012), the Court famously struck down the “individual mandate” of the ACA under the Commerce Clause. The Chief Justice noted…
By Deborah Cho I was excited to learn of an article in a recent issue of American Family Physician on the topic of caring for Asian American patients. The contents of the article are worth…
By Deborah Cho It’s been over half a year since the beginning of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, yet the number of cases and deaths from the disease continue to rise. The total…
By Deborah Cho I’m a little late to this discussion, but I want to talk briefly about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and how we make our decisions on charitable giving. I’m sure by now…
By Deborah Cho A recent data brief summarizing a national survey spanning from 2005-2012 on the perception of weight status in U.S. children and adolescents highlights one major finding — many children and adolescents who…
In one of the more interesting cases I’ve read about recently, a judge in the Northern District of Ohio granted an injunction against Case Western Reserve University, forbidding Case from expelling a medical student (a former…
By Deborah Cho We often determine the value of a particular medical intervention, product, or protocol by weighing its risks against its benefits. If the risks are outweighed by the benefits, then the measure is…
