Latest news from OpEdist LLC on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/medical-ethics-committees-nobody-regulates-membership-or-quality-of-decisions/?sc=rsin /articles/medical-ethics-committees-nobody-regulates-membership-or-quality-of-decisions/?sc=rsin Tue, 12 Sep 2023 03:05:55 EST Medical ethics committees are required for hospital accreditation and make many life and death decisions. But no authority assesses the credentials of members or the quality of decisions made. OpEdist LLC /articles/two-top-black-physicians-likely-knew-of-the-tuskegee-syphilis-study-in-progress-in-the-1960-s-but-did-not-object-asserts-dr-leslie-norins-former-vd-lab-director-at-cdc/?sc=rsin /articles/two-top-black-physicians-likely-knew-of-the-tuskegee-syphilis-study-in-progress-in-the-1960-s-but-did-not-object-asserts-dr-leslie-norins-former-vd-lab-director-at-cdc/?sc=rsin Tue, 08 Aug 2023 03:05:45 EST A CDC insider's recollections from 60 years ago, plus circumstantial evidence, indicate the Tuskegee syphilis study was not kept secret from some top Black physicians as it progressed. OpEdist LLC /articles/power-plant-failure-will-immobilize-electric-vehicles-and-medical-services-will-collapse-warns-dr-leslie-norins/?sc=rsin /articles/power-plant-failure-will-immobilize-electric-vehicles-and-medical-services-will-collapse-warns-dr-leslie-norins/?sc=rsin Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:05:15 EST The often-ignored downside to having all vehicles become electric-powered is that medical services will collapse if the central power plant becomes inoperative. OpEdist LLC /articles/200-000-award-for-proof-dogs-can-sniff-alzheimer-s-disease-says-dr-leslie-norins-of-alzheimer-s-germ-quest2/?sc=rsin /articles/200-000-award-for-proof-dogs-can-sniff-alzheimer-s-disease-says-dr-leslie-norins-of-alzheimer-s-germ-quest2/?sc=rsin Thu, 20 Jul 2023 03:05:00 EST Parkinson's disease, another neurodegenerative process, produces in patients a unique smell, which trained dogs can detect. Alzheimer's disease, the leading dementia, needs to be similarly studied. This $200,000 challenge award is posted to help stimulate this necessary research. OpEdist LLC