July 31, 2007
This is true compassion: The George Mark Children’s House of San Leandro, California (SF Bay Area), is the first freestanding hospice and respite center for children in the country (as hard as that is to believe). This new approach to … Read More
July 31, 2007
One of the greatest fears among the general public about transplant medicine is that the sickest patients will not be viewed as people so much as organ farms, and indeed, that patients may be euthanized in order to gain access … Read More
July 31, 2007
Like thousands of other couples who go through in vitro fertilization each year, the Vancelettes have decided not to decide. They’ve reluctantly found themselves at the center of an explosive political and moral debate about the status of embryos — … Read More
July 31, 2007
End-of-life issues top the list of ethical dilemmas hospitals face as medical progress enables doctors to extend an endangered life to the hard-to-determine point where they may actually only be dragging out death. (CNN)
July 31, 2007
The creation of “spare part babies” could become more widespread following a report from MPs. (Daily Mail)
July 31, 2007
For some Canadians with MS, the good death has meant leaving the country to seek an assisted suicide. (Globe and Mail)
July 31, 2007
Doctors and patients who have been involved in medical treatments derived from “adult” stem cells say they back federal legislation to promote such research — because “this stuff works.” (CNS.com)
July 31, 2007
Among other proposals, the Senate is eying two plans to provide health coverage to those currently lacking insurance. Plan 1 would extend coverage to around 4 million Americans for billions of dollars. Plan 2 would extend coverage to 24 million … Read More
July 31, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Original Articles “Heart transplantation: Literature review” by Elfriede Pahl
July 31, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Original Articles “Global Health Ethics for Students” by Andrew D. Pinto and Ross E.G. Upshur
July 30, 2007
The big secret that the media rarely address is that many bioethicists and bioscientists actually support reproductive cloning. Yes, yes, I know: Most scientific organizations, such as the NAS, and big-name bioethicists currently oppose permitting a cloned embryo to be … Read More
July 30, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Case Reports “Reuse of liver graft from a brain dead recipient” by Otmane Nafidi, Richard Letourneau, Bernard E. Willems and Real W. Lapointe Original Articles “Intracellular ATP concentrations of CD4 … Read More
July 30, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. “Measuring the Quality of Dying in Long-Term Care” by Jean C. Munn, PhD, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH, Christianna S. Williams, PhD, Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, … Read More
July 30, 2007
Easy, liberals say. If Washington would just force cuts in prescription drug prices and insurance company profits, plenty of money would be left over to cover the uninsured. (New York Times)
July 30, 2007
Everyone in the operating room has just taken a deep breath. Gary K. Steinberg, M.D., Ph.D., the diminutive 54-year-old head of neurosurgery here at Stanford University medical center, looks up at his anesthesiologist. (MSNBC)
July 30, 2007
Scientists are working on a new type of nanogenerator that could draw the necessary energy from flowing blood in the human body, by using the beating heart and pulsating blood vessels. Once completed, this new cellular engine could find various … Read More
July 30, 2007
Frozen ova may be the ‘bright new dawn in reproductive medicine’, writes Amanda Hooton. But we mustn’t count our chickens too soon. (Stuff.co.nz)
July 30, 2007
CityWatcher.com, a surveillance equipment provider in the US, attracted attention a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their arms. (IOL)
July 30, 2007
Human are tool-using animals and have been for some time. Current estimates have our ancestors making simple stone tools about 2.5 million years ago. Back then, our forebears would have looked rather different to modern humans. Standing about 130 centimetres, … Read More
July 30, 2007
INTERNATIONAL medical and public health journals contain a growing body of writing on the practical and ethical implications of the rationing of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment around the world. The brief title of one important article neatly encapsulates the dilemma facing … Read More
July 30, 2007
With the active encouragement of the Bush administration, U.S. scientists in the past year have developed several methods for creating embryonic stem cells without having to destroy human embryos. (Washington Post)
July 29, 2007
Advanced Cell Technology is always on the lookout for opportunities to garner money, either from private investors (sometimes after hyped stories of its research “successes” somehow “make it” into the papers), or from government grants. ACT’s most recent escapade involved … Read More
July 27, 2007
A gene therapy subject in an early human trial to treat arthritis has died, causing the experiment to be halted. Very sad. But such are the risks in human trials, which sometimes puts people in potential peril in the effort … Read More
July 27, 2007
In the rancorous public debate over federal research funding, stem cells are generally assigned to one of two categories: embryonic or adult. But that’s a false dichotomy and an oversimplification. A new University of Michigan study adds to mounting evidence … Read More
July 27, 2007
Pharmacists have sued Washington state over a new regulation that requires them to sell emergency contraception, also known as the “morning-after pill.” (USA Today)
