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Bioethics
January 2025
School of Public and Population Health, Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
If "no ought from is," how can bioethics be empirical? Despite the widespread recognition that we can integrate empirical and normative, Hume's Law is still often claimed to pose logical limitations to empirical bioethics. Is Hume's Law a valid argument against empirical bioethics? I argue that we have reasons to answer no. First, I outline and reject two unverified assumptions: that Hume' s Law, the fact-value distinction, and the naturalistic fallacy are roughly the same thing, and that Hume's Law is an undisputed meta-ethical principle which dictates how to formulate normative statements.
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January 2025
UT Southwestern Department of Urology, Dallas, TX, USA.
Background: The Optilume paclitaxel drug-coated balloon (DCB) is a relatively new-to-market alternative in the management of male anterior urethral stricture disease. The pivotal trial excluded patients with a history of urethroplasty, although these strictures may be amenable to endoscopic management. Therefore, we sought to assess the efficacy of the DCB in the management of recurrent strictures following urethroplasty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Med Mushrooms
January 2025
Department of Food Science and Technology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung City 406053, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Cordycepin, known for its tumor-suppressive and antiviral properties, has garnered attention due to its therapeutic and biological potential. Current Cordyceps militaris - based cordycepin production methods involve time-consuming and cost-intensive solid-state fermentation. Using an internet of things (IoT) architecture, we developed an active air-feed regulation fermentation system (AAFRFS) to detect CO2 emitted during C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Racial Ethn Health Disparities
January 2025
Jefferson Collaborative for Health Equity, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Background: Lack of access to reliable transportation is a barrier to utilizing healthcare and other resources related to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Little research has evaluated race/ethnicity-based differences in access to reliable transportation among persons with T2DM.
Purpose: To examine whether access to reliable transportation for persons with T2DM differed by race/ethnicity.
Sex Health
January 2025
Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Background Partner notification is an important step in the control of sexually transmissible infections (STIs). STIs remain at high rates among young people and can have serious reproductive consequences if left untreated. This study aimed to determine the preferences and motivations for partner notification among young people in Australia.
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