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3/21/09
This article, which originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times, discusses how a patient’s faith can influence medical decisions. David Magnus provides comment.

3/22/09
This piece profiles Abraham Verghese, professor of medicine and senior associate chair for a new program in the theory and practice of medicine, and discusses his new book, 'Cutting for Stone.’

4/2/09
Many people are shopping around for individual health insurance policies as a result of layoffs and loss of work-sponsored health coverage. David Magnus was interviewed for an NPR segment concerning this issue.

4/2009
In this Q&A, Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, discusses "cognitive enhancement" - the use of brain-stimulating drugs and devices by healthy people. Greely recently co-authored a Nature piece on the issue. (article, podcast)

 

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