Medicine and Health Sciences Commons^™

Probiotics: Finding The Right Regulatory Balance, Diane E. Hoffmann, Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Frank B. Palumbo, Jacques Ravel, Karen H. Rothenberg, Virginia Rowthorn

Faculty Scholarship

Some products marketed as drugs should be excused from Phase I trials, but safety and efficacy claims for dietary supplements should be more tightly regulated.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 2013

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Early Detection Of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases, Thomas Cotter, Earl Stoddard Iii

Homeland Security Publications

No abstract provided.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 2013

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Environmental And Occupational Interventions For Primary Prevention Of Cancer: A Cross-Sectorial Policy Framework, Carolina Espina, Miquel Porta, Joachim Schüz, Ildefonso Hernández Aguado, Robert V. Percival, Carlos Dora, Terry Slevin, Julietta Rodriguez Guzman, Tim Meredith, Philip J. Landrigan, Maria Neira

Faculty Scholarship

Nearly 13 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths occur worldwide each year; 63% of cancer deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. A substantial portion of all cancers are attributable to carcinogenic exposures in the environment and the workplace.

The objective of this study was to develop an evidence-based global vision and strategy for the primary prevention of environmental and occupational cancer.

The study concluded that opportunities exist to revitalize comprehensive global cancer control policies by incorporating primary interventions against environmental and occupational carcinogens.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Winter 2013

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Health Care

Maryland Carey Law

Two leaders in Maryland's health care profession - Gary L. Attman '79 and Dr. Jay Perman - discuss the implications of a graying population, the transformative impact of technology, the importance of advance directives, and more.

Neurotechnologies At The Intersection Of Criminal Procedure And Constitutional Law, Amanda C. Pustilnik

Faculty Scholarship

The rapid development of neurotechnologies poses novel constitutional issues for criminal law and criminal procedure. These technologies can identify directly from brain waves whether a person is familiar with a stimulus like a face or a weapon, can model blood flow in the brain to indicate whether a person is lying, and can even interfere with brain processes themselves via high-powered magnets to cause a person to be less likely to lie to an investigator. These technologies implicate the constitutional privilege against compelled, self-incriminating speech under the Fifth Amendment and the right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure …

The Future Of Hipaa In The Cloud, Frank Pasquale, Tara Adams Ragone

Faculty Scholarship

This white paper examines how cloud computing generates new privacy challenges for both healthcare providers and patients, and how American health privacy laws may be interpreted or amended to address these challenges. Given the current implementation of Meaningful Use rules for health information technology and the Omnibus HIPAA Rule in health care generally, the stage is now set for a distinctive law of “health information” to emerge. HIPAA has come of age of late, with more aggressive enforcement efforts targeting wayward healthcare providers and entities. Nevertheless, more needs to be done to assure that health privacy and all the values …

Strengthening Vendor Standards In The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Are Healthier Foods Within Reach?, Mary E. Kennelly, Roni Neff, Lainie Rutkow

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Shrinking Drug Costs Without Silencing Pharmaceutical Detailers: Maryland's Options After Sorrell V. Ims Health, Kristina L. Miller

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

The Duty To Rescue In Genomic Research, Michael Ulrich

Student Articles and Papers

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Characteristics Of Health Professionals In A Mandated Ethics Tutorial After Violating Sexual Boundaries With Patients, S. Michael Plaut, Janet Klein Brown, Mira Brancu, Rebecca C. Wilbur, Katherine Rios

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Balancing Science And Politics: The Challenges Of Implementing Medical Marijuana Laws - Introduction, Rebecca Hall

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

State Medical Marijuana Implementation And Federal Policy, Karen O'Keefe

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Medical Marijuana Legislation: What We Know - And Don't, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Francis B. Palumbo

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

The Patient Process And Affordable Care Act Of 2010: Implementation Challenges In The Context Of Federalism, Robert F. Rich, Eric Cheung, Robert Lurvey

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

A Chronic Problem: Pain Management Of Non-Cancer Pain In America, Sigrid Frey-Revere, Elizabeth K. Do

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Communication Between Scientists, Government Officials, And The Lay Public: Advancing Science And Protecting The Public's Welfare Through Better Multi-Stakeholder Interfacing, Clark J. Lee, Patrick P. Rose, Earl Stoddard Iii

Homeland Security Publications

No abstract provided.

Seeing The Justice System Through A Soldier's Eyes: A Call To Action For Maryland To Adopt A Veterans Treatment Court System, Beth Totman

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Astrue V. Capato: Forcing A Shoe That Doesn't Fit, Courtney Hannon

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

The Best Of Both Worlds: Applying Federal Commerce And State Police Powers To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse, Michael C. Barnes, Gretchen Arndt

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.

Intellectual Property And Public Health – A White Paper, Ryan G. Vacca, James Ming Chen, Jay Dratler Jr., Thomas Folsom, Timothy S. Hall, Yaniv Heled, Frank A. Pasquale, Elizabeth A. Reilly, Jeffery Samuels, Katherine J. Strandburg, Kara W. Swanson, Andrew W. Torrance, Katharine A. Van Tassel

Faculty Scholarship

On October 26, 2012, the University of Akron School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property and Technology hosted its Sixth Annual IP Scholars Forum. In attendance were thirteen legal scholars with expertise and an interest in IP and public health who met to discuss problems and potential solutions at the intersection of these fields. This report summarizes this discussion by describing the problems raised, areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, suggestions and solutions made by participants and the subsequent evaluations of these suggestions and solutions. Led by the moderator, participants at the Forum focused generally on three broad …

Dependence On Cyberscribes - Issues In E-Security, Thomas R. Mclean, Alexander B. Mclean

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.