Professional society guidelines can be used to set standards for clinical practice instead of government. This approach could help if federal or state policymakers view discarding embryos as ethically equivalent to abortion.

Being undocumented is a risk factor for mental illness, and immigration status relates prominently to overall health. That’s enough to consider it protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule.

Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued.

Label analysis is key to educating patients about risks of vitamin A-containing supplements.

Increase in dietary supplement use in the United States suggests a great need for clinicians to be aware of the range of their quality parameters.

Weaknesses in regulatory approaches to negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary supplements can have clinical and public health consequences.

Consider the origins of America’s cosmetic and supplement industry and the advertising practices that sustain it.

Marissa Chaet Brykman joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Virginia Streusand Goldman, Dr Nandakumara Sarma, Dr Hellen A. Oketch-Rabah, Deborah Biswas and Dr Gabriel I. Giancaspro: “What Should Clinicians Know About Dietary Supplement Quality?”

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “How Long Have Supplements Promised to Make Us Slim, Sexy, and Virile?”

Weaknesses in regulatory approaches to negligent misrepresentation claims about dietary can have clinical and public health consequences.