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- Making Treatment Decisions for Patients in Prolonged States of Unconsciousness
Posted on April 11, 2017
They may have suffered devastating brain damage due to traumatic injury, or oxygen deprivation to the brain following a heart attack or stroke. They may be awake but not aware... - The Ethics of Making Babies
Posted on April 11, 2017
On April 6-7, The Hastings Center co-sponsored “The Ethics of ‘Making Babies,’” Harvard Medical School’s Annual Bioethics Conference, which explored the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted reproductive technologies. ... - For Medicare Coverage, What Outcomes Should Count and What Evidence Is Needed?
Posted on April 10, 2017
Why doesn’t Medicare pay unconditionally for amyloid PET imaging, a brain scan that identifies whether patients have beta amyloid plaque in their brain tissue, which may be a contributing factor... - Hastings Center Scholar Participates in Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate on De-Extinction
Posted on April 3, 2017
Seated on a stage with a museum model of a dodo and a pair of mammoth tusks, a panel of experts debated what is exciting and what is frightening about... - What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Posted on March 13, 2017
World-renowned theologian Harvey G. Cox, Jr. came to The Hastings Center for a wide-ranging conversation about the impact of gene editing on humanity. Joined by Daniel Callahan, cofounder of The... - When Criminal Behavior is the Result of a Misdiagnosed Brain Illness
Posted on March 13, 2017
Deven, a 60-year-old public school teacher, began acting erratically and irresponsibly. His doctor attributed his symptoms to depression and midlife crisis, but in fact he was suffering from frontotemporal dementia,...
