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I. Glenn Cohen

  • Health Law Policy

    Peter Orszag on Medical Malpractice Reform that Works

    By I. Glenn Cohen Peter Orszag has a nice piece on the future of medical malpractice reform. In it he gives a big shout-out to former Petrie-Flom fellow (now Cornell Law Prof) Mike Frakes and…

    Peter Orszag on Medical Malpractice Reform that Works

  • Bioethics

    FDA, Mitochondrial Manipulation, Three Parent Children, and the NY Times

    By I. Glenn Cohen In yesterday’s NY Times Op-Ed page Marcy Darnovsky writes about FDA’s consideration of mitochondrial manipulation therapies later this week. As she describes it: The F.D.A. calls them mitochondrial manipulation technologies. The…

    FDA, Mitochondrial Manipulation, Three Parent Children, and the NY Times

  • Bioethics

    Public Lecture at Radcliffe Institute “The Ethicist’s and The Lawyer’s New Clothes: The Law and the Ethics of Smart Clothes” now Available on Youtube

    By I. Glenn Cohen As part of a public lecture series at the Radcliffe Institute on “Smart Clothes” I delivered a public lecture entitled “The Ethicist’s and the Lawyer’s New Clothes: The Law and Ethics…

    Public Lecture at Radcliffe Institute “The Ethicist’s and The Lawyer’s New Clothes: The Law and the Ethics of Smart Clothes” now Available on Youtube

  • Announcements

    International Aid, Public Health, and Corruption

    By I. Glenn Cohen My wonderful HLS colleague Matthew Stephenson has just launched the Global Anticorruption Blog (GAB). As it happens, his first two posts may be of interest to BOH readers, especially those  may…

    International Aid, Public Health, and Corruption

  • Bioethics

    DC Circuit Upholds FDA Authority Over Stem Cells

    By I. Glenn Cohen Earlier this week, the D.C. Circuit upheld the FDA’s authority to regulate stem cells (for a good news report see here). The company in question, Regenerative Sciences, had received a warning letter…

    DC Circuit Upholds FDA Authority Over Stem Cells

  • Doctor-Patient Relationship

    Sleep versus Training: The NY Times on Surgical Work Hours

    By I. Glenn Cohen Pauline Chen at the NY Times Blog has an article on cut backs on the number of hours of training for young surgeons. According to her story: “For the past decade,…

    Sleep versus Training: The NY Times on Surgical Work Hours

  • Disability

    House and Senate Pass Bill Allowing HIV+ People to Donate Organs

    By I. Glenn Cohen In a week where most of the health law news has been, shall we say, less than hopeful for those of us who like the idea of robust health insurance expansion,…

    House and Senate Pass Bill Allowing HIV+ People to Donate Organs

  • Petrie-Flom Center

    Bill of Health Celebrates 1 Year in the Blogosphere

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch and I. Glenn Cohen Our baby is 1!  In September 2012, we launched Bill of Health with the goal of becoming your go-to place for news, commentary, scholarship, and debate in…

    Bill of Health Celebrates 1 Year in the Blogosphere