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...TIME health writer Christine Gorman says the proposal also could help instill a cultural change in the medical industry by making doctors feel it's OK to admit they make mistakes. "Medicine in the U.S. could be safer than it is," says Gorman, "because it doesn't take into account the fact that errors are going to occur, as inevitably they will. If you take that into account, you can do something about it." Doing something about it, according to the NAS, means creating some sort of federal regulatory agency, a kind of FAA for the practice of medicine...
...virus made the jump from animals to humans via an experimental batch of polio vaccine manufactured in part from chimpanzee tissue that may have been infected. "This theory is partially testable, because there are still some stocks of the oral polio vaccine in question" says TIME science correspondent Christine Gorman. "But some people may ask what the point of conducting such tests would be, since there's no question of malice and the answer has no implications for medicine and science today - you're talking about a technology of 50 years ago. Now, genetic engineering allows us to create...
...fame) addresses the consequences of overfishing in "What Will Be the Catch of the Day?" Richard Preston, who wrote The Hot Zone, muses about "What New Things Are Going to Kill Me?" while Dr. David Ho weighs the chances for an AIDS vaccine. Three of our staff members--Christine Gorman, Michael Lemonick and Jeffrey Kluger--tackle the revolution in smart medicine ("Will Robots Make House Calls?"), the crisis in nutrition ("Will We Keep Getting Fatter?") and the prospects for repairing spinal-cord injuries ("Will Christopher Reeve Walk Again?"). Readers will learn how some cancers will be cured, when we will...
TIME senior writer and health columnist Christine Gorman built her first robot out of Legos when she was 10 years...
...grounds that it maintains records of groundless or dismissed malpractice suits, which could unfairly poison a good physician's career. It is unclear whether Bliley has much support for his measure, which has failed to pass Congress in the past. In addition, points out TIME medical correspondent Christine Gorman, the information contained in the Data Bank is largely available from other sources. "In fact," says Gorman, "the government is not always the best source of information. There are lots of reputable Internet sites and consumer advocacy groups that can provide the same, or better, information as the federal database...