Tag Archive | biostatistics
A Crack in the Safe of Genomic Studies
As genotyping becomes cheaper and more routine, the optimism about the medical benefits is laced with paranoia about genetic privacy. Personal genetics businesses promise the tighest security with their customers’ DNA test results, electronic medical records build in layers of encryption and protection, and the 2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act forbids insurance companies and employers […]
Thinking Outside the Black Box on Antidepressants
By Rob Mitchum In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration placed their equivalent of a scarlet letter on the antidepressant fluoxetine. Acting on the compiled results of several clinical trials, the FDA affixed its foreboding “black box warning” on to the drug best known as Prozac, preaching caution about increased suicide risk in children and […]
