Socio-Economic Factors

Mexican Drug Cartel Sells Organs From Kidnapped Children

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By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D.                                                                 From the Huffington Post (1): “Police in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan detained an alleged member of the Knights Templar cartel who is suspected of kidnapping children to harvest their organs, an official … Read more

Economic Independence Key to Survivors

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Economic Independence Key to Survivors, Argues TO THE MARKET | Survivor-made Goods By Stephen P. Wong Victims of abuse, neglect, and mistreatment often face myriad challenges on the road to recovery. In few dynamics is this seen more vividly than when victims lack financial resources and therefore the power, independence, and control that comes with … Read more

Response to: “Cash for Kidneys: The Case for a Market for Organs”

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By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D. Economists Gary S. Becker and Julio J. Elias propose in the Wall Street Journal that they have calculated a system of legal payments for kidney donations that would cut costs and reduce shortages in America. The authors propose a system in which making it legal to pay someone for one … Read more

Diagnosing Breast Cancer in Uganda

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Here’s a program that I think deserves some good press. Working with Imaging the World, a non-profit group that’s trying to bring diagnostic imaging capabilities to under-served parts of the globe, Chris Duncan, a medical student at the University of Vermont, is trying to implement a program this summer that uses a diagnostic algorithm and … Read more

International Study Finds Additional Links between Mother’s Poor Health and Young Children’s Death

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A recent study published in PLOS Medicine by researchers from Washington, Oxford, and Witwatersand Universities found that in poorer countries, young children risk of dying begins to rise in the months prior to their mother’s death when she is seriously ill. According to the paper, these results add to the existing body of evidence which indicates that … Read more