Critics say UNICEF-Cadbury partnership is mere sugarwashing

Critics say HIV survey potentially biased.

Professor Alan Smith, KwaZuluNatal's chief virologist at UND and Professor Rob Dorrington, Director of the Centre for Actuarial Research at UCT, cautioned against 'jumping to any policy conclusions based on the potentially biased study' by lead investigator Professor Olive Shisana . The study by the former Health Director General was completed in July and estimates the overall HIV prevalence in...

Nothing cutting edge about Canadian ehealth strategy, critics say.

Is It Time to Say Farewell to the ISDS System?; Comment on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared for Health?”

Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) continues to plague health-oriented government regulation. This is particularly reflected in recent challenges to tobacco control measures through bilateral investment agreements. There are numerous reform proposals circulating within the public health community. However, I suggest that perhaps it is time for the community to explore a stronger position ...

Is disability mere difference?

To cite: Bognar G. J Med Ethics Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ medethics-2015-10291

Currsmtcmmments " When the Apes Speak, Lin@sts Listen. Part 2. What the Critics Say

Last week, we discussed the projects designed to teach apes a means of communication comparable to human language. 1 These projects, which began about 20 years ago, were designed to test the linguistic potential of our closest relatives in the animal world—the great apes, including the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan. In the earliest project, researchers taught a chimpanzee to use American S...