To hasten the flow of genetic information among scientists, the National Institutes of Health plans to develop a repository that would collect and collate human genetic data, but in a way that would ...

Nearly 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year, out of which 30% are veterans. This incurable and aggressive form of cancer is caused by exposure to toxic asbestos and is very often ...

I want to applaud the recent op-ed by Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael Donnelly and 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals Judge Ray Headen (“Create criminal-sentencing database for Ohio,” Jan. 8). They ...

The May issue of Nature Biotechnology contained a commentary by two expatriate Icelanders entitled "Decoding Iceland." The commentary focused on deCODE genetics and a centralized health care database, ...

The need for relevant and responsive health-care that improves people's health outcomes means that medical schools need to be accountable for what and how they teach. Medical schools are responsible ...