Dr Susan Veldheer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Daniel R. George: "Strategies to Help Health Care Organizations Execute Their Food System Leadership Responsibilities.”

Personal genome analysis available online

Dr Olivia Kates talks about appropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn the risks and benefits associated with amniocentesis and the about the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology's current recommendation that the genetic test be offered to all pregnant women.

There is a market for direct-to-consumer genetic testing and a need for better consumer information and more regulation of tests and testing laboratories.

Research questions must be answered to inform policy decisions about the hereditary diseases and conditions for which newborns should be tested.

The question of whether and how results from personal genetic testing will motivate behavioral changes in consumers has only begun to receive the research attention it richly deserves.

The principal therapies for type 2 diabetes and the benefits and possible side effects associated with each.

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

Law doesn’t always adequately address unauthorized uses of individuals’ DNA. Ethics can help establish legal privacy protections that work.