News: February 2005
- Almost One In Three Seniors Given Inappropriate Meds (HealthDay)
- New MS Drug Pulled after Patient Death (AP)
- Baby Unknowingly Shared Life via Cord Blood Stem Cells (Grand Rapids Press)
- Telemedicine on the Cheap (Wired)
- Seniors Looking Beyond Canada for Drugs (AP)
- California Cord Blood Bank Contracts with Provident (St. Louis Business Journal)
- Beauty Pageant to Choose Miss HIV (Reuters)
- Kansas City: Stem-Cell Issue Rattles Civic Leaders (Kansas City Star)
- Maryland: Assembly Gets Pressure Over Stem Cell Bill (Baltimore Sun) (The Capital)
- Revising Humans: U.S. Constitution Provides Framework For Debate On Genetic Engineering Of Human Beings (Science Daily)
- Switzerland: Stem Cell Research Set to Begin (Swiss Info)
- Cord Blood Research is a Miracle of Sorts (Times of India)
- China, A Cloning’s Paradise (Asia News)
- China Seeks to Combat Abortion Imbalance (AP)
- Nano World: Edible Nanotech on the Horizon (UPI)
- Rounding Out New Doctors’ Training (Journal Sentinel)
- UK: IVF Twins in Demand (BioNews)
- HIV Infection Rate Among Blacks Doubles (AP)
- New Virus May Have Come From Monkeys (Reuters)
- Many Diet Studies Lack Key Data (HealthDay)
- To Track Colitis, Listen to the Patient (HealthDay)
- Palliative Care Comes Too Late for Many (HealthDay)
- Ten Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties (New York Times)
- Sixty Day Delay Sought in Schiavo Tube Removal (AP)
- Schiavo Case Highlights Eating Disorders (AP)
- Study Examines Bone Marrow Stem Cells’ Potential To Help Heart Patients (KXAN)
- Med Tech Companies Wade Into Consumer Advertising (Reuters)
- UK: NHS Superbug Death Rate Doubles (BBC)
- Science’s Part-Beast, Part-Human (CBS)
- Model in Utah May Be Future for Medicaid (New York Times)
- Low Birth Weight Diabetes Link (BBC)
- Poll: Most Want U.S. Price Limits on Drugs (AP)
- Kansas Attorney General Seeks Late-Term Abortion Records (AP)
- Caesarean Ops No Help for Blues (BBC)
- Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Mothers’ Milk (AP)
- Platelets Pose Infection Risk in Transfusions (Reuters)
- Geneticist, Jesuit Priest Explains How Science Prompts Questions With No Easy Answers (Missoulian)
- Spain Approves Embryonic Stem Cell Projects (Cordis)
- Ad Changes Ahead for Controversial Drugs (AP)
- Judge Extends Stay in Schiavo Case (AP)
- Health Care Tab Ready to Explode (USA Today)
- Boston: Cord-Blood Stem-Cell Option Eyed by Councilor (Boston Globe)
- NIH Employees Object to New Ethics Rules (Los Angeles Times)
- Effectiveness of UN Cloning Declaration in Dispute (CNS News)
- The Worries over Nano No-Nos (Business Week)
- Germany: Fun and Games With Moral Dilemmas (DW-World)
- Op-Ed: Human Genetic Changes Nearer (Washington Times)
- Scientists Identify Stem Cell On/Off Switch (HealthDay)
- A Less Painful way to Repair Cavities? (Reuters)
- Wales Proposes Strict Social Guidelines for IVF (BioNews)
- Medical Companies Joining Offshore Trend (New York Times)
- Drug Companies Cut Costs With Foreign Clinical Trials (New York Times)
- Scientists Find Clue to How HIV Invades Cells (Reuters)
- Utah Legalizes Surrogacy, with Conditions (BioNews)
- Pregnant Women Risk Murder in U.S., Report Finds (Reuters)
- Chicago: Woman Guilty in Case Involving Unborn Baby (Daily Southtown)
- Australia: Law to Punish Miscarriage Assaults (AAP)
- We Have to Operate, but Let’s Play First (New York Times)
- More Legal Wrangling in Schiavo Case (AP)
- Drug-Ad Limits Could Spread (Chicago Tribune)
- Suit Filed to Stop California Stem Cell Institute (AP)
- Research Team Successfully Clones Human Kidney in Rats (Japan Times)
- Infection Control Lacking in Many Surgeries (HealthDay)
- Justices to Hear Challenge to Oregon Assisted-Suicide Law (Washington Post)
- Cocaine Eyedrops Used to Detect Parkinson’s (HealthDay)
- Ongoing Care Eases Depression, Saves Money (Reuters)
- NIH Clears Most Researchers In Conflict-of-Interest Probe (Washington Post)
- Second Organ Donor Recipient Dies of Rabies in Germany (AFP)
- UK: Call for Lung Cancer Fast-Track (BBC)
- Gene Study Sheds Light on a Type of Breast Cancer (AP)
- Parents Talking Less to Kids About Drugs (Reuters)
- Study: Diesel Exhaust Blamed for Deaths (AP)
- How Celebrex Could Recover Its Sheen (Forbes)
- A Biomedical Politician (Scientific American)
- Camera-Mounted Spectacles May Restore Sight (Reuters)
- DNA Tests Offer Clues to AIDS (Wired)
- Schiavo Case Hinges on Appeals Court (AP)
- Surgical Aid Sees into the Future (BBC)
- Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating ‘Nano’ Into Practical (New York Times)
- Umbilical Cord Blood Banks Are Exploiting Parents (Net Doctor)
- Children’s Hospitals in Renovation Boom (AP)
- Companies Fight to Ensure Coverage for Erectile Drugs (New York Times)
- Cell Phones Cameras Put Doctors in the Picture (HealthDay)
- Brain Tests Help Evaluate Mental Condition (AP)
- Tricky Way to Fight Cancer (USA Today)
- CDC Chief: Bird Flu Could Become Epidemic (AP)
- Oregon Assisted-Suicide Law to Get U.S. Supreme Court Scrutiny (Bloomberg)
- Behind Those Medical Malpractice Rates (New York Times)
- As Autism Cases Soar, a Search for Clues (MSNBC)
- Scientists Map Important Gene Variation (Washington Post)
- Alternatives to Cox-2 Drugs Carry Their Own Risks, Doctors Caution (Knight Ridder Tribune)
- U.N. Group Calls For Cloning Ban (CBS)
- Australia: Scientists Lobby to Lift Cloning Ban Despite UN Vote (Fairfax Digital)
- Korea to Continue Cloning Research (Korea Times)
- Panel to Advise Testing Babies for 29 Diseases (New York Times)
- Why Gene Therapy Still Hasn’t Produced Forecast Breakthroughs (Wall Street Journal)
- Florida: Biotech Group Shows New Ads (Palm Beach Post)
- Large US Pharma Companies Neglecting Nanotech (Indo-Asian News)
- Selling Scientific Promise: A Desperate Injection of Stem Cells and Hope (Los Angeles Times)
- Brain-Scanning Technologies Need Standards, According to Stanford Researcher (Medical News Today)
- Germany to Restrict Use of Cox-2 Inhibitors (Reuters)
- Lead Exposure Linked to Criminal Behavior (ANI)
- Children Harmed by Vegan Diets (BBC)
- AIDS Patient List E-mailed to Hundreds (AP)
- Surgeons Remove Baby’s Second Head (Reuters)
- Unclear Gender: Let Children Determine Own (AP)
- New Tool Predicts Benefit of Mammograms (Reuters)
- Children in the Grip of Autism (MSNBC)
- Firms Make it their Business to Push Health (MSNBC)
- Stem Cell Research may be Boon to Fertility Clinics (San Francisco Chronicle)
- UN Deeply Divided on Cloning Declaration (Reuters)
- Nursing Home Drug May Speed Alzheimer’s (HealthDay)
- Painkiller Vioxx Might Return to Sale (AP)
- Scientists Map Important Gene Variation (AP)
- Senate OKs Ban on Genetic Discrimination (AP)
- Patients Could Grow Their Own Transplant Organs or Implants (Net Doctor)
- Stem Cell Researchers Make Gains In Removing Mouse Molecules (AP)
- Antidepressant Safety Debate May Include Adult Patients (New York Times)
- Nano Startups Consolidate Intellectual Property Positions (Small Times)
- Life Origin Fuels Stem Cell Debate (Daily Free Press)
- Monkeys Control Robotic Arm With Brain (HealthDay)
- Embracing the Artificial Limb (Wired)
- Vatican Decries ‘Religion of Health’ (AP)
- Young Blood Makes Muscles Spry (Wired)
- Alabama Boy Woos Capitol Hill in Marrow Transplant Campaign (AP)
- Cancer Killing Millions in Europe (BBC)
- Terry Schiavo’s Parents Kick Off Protest (AP)
- Indiana May be First to Establish Viability of Fetus (Indianapolis Star)
- U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Cox News)
- Whistleblower Warns of More Vioxx Risks (AP)
- Vaccine May Extend Life for Prostate Cancer Patients (USA Today)
- Group Asks FDA for Ibuprofen Warnings (Reuters)
- Study: Partner Treatment Works for STDs (AP)
- Managed Care Makes Little Difference in Cancer Care (HealthDay)
- Study: the Pill Changes Women’s Taste in Men (Reuters)
- Woman Refuses to Leave the Hospital (AP)
- Germany: Transplant Patients Get Rabies From Organs (AP)
- IVF Embryos May be Starved of a Vital Ingredient (New Scientist)
- Betting on Single Embryo in vitro Not a Bad Gamble (Post-Intelligencer)
- Case of Mistaken Insemination Hinges on Anguish (Bristol Press)
- Medical Journal Drug Ads Sometimes Short on Facts (HealthDay)
- Progress Seen in Transplants for Diabetes (New York Times)
- FDA to Create Advisory Board on Drug Safety (New York Times) (Washington Post)
- New Era Near For Fetal Screening? (CBS)
- HIV Blips No Cause for Concern (BBC)
- For Democrats, Rethinking Abortion Runs Risks (New York Times)
- Inventor Preserves Self to Witness Immortality (AP)
- Pollution May Cause Genetic Changes in Fetuses (Knight Ridder)
- Study: Promising Ovarian Cancer Test Doesn’t Work (HealthDay)
- Boy Who Took Antidepressant Is Convicted in Killings (New York Times)
- U.S. Demand for Herbal Medicines Waning, But . . . (HealthDay)
- Linked Forever by the Ultimate Gift (New York Times)
- Domo Arigato, Doctor Roboto (Technology Review)
- Flu Shots for Elderly May Not Save Lives (AP)
- White House Names Head of FDA (AP)
- Missouri: Ban on Cloning Based Stem Cell Work Moves Ahead (Post-Dispatch)
- Fresh Fears Over Arthritis Drugs (BBC)
- Arizona House OKs Bill to Ban Taxpayer Funding of Human Cloning (AP)
- Missouri Senator Highlights Anti-Alzheimer’s Effort (AP)
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Bank Opens in Chicago (Times)
- Older Doctors Not Always the Best (HealthDay)
- A Public Health Quandary: When Should the Public Be Told? (New York Times)
- Foundation Steers Families Toward Cord-Blood Transplants (Buffalo News)
- Gene-Tweaked Spuds May Fight Hepatitis (Reuters)
- Gene Therapy Hope for Deafness (BioNews)
- Massachusetts: Romney, State House Poised for Stem-Cell Tussle (Boston Herald)
- FDA Standing In The Way of Montana Rancher’s Leap Into Cloning Revolution (Seattle Times)
- Plugged Into Prescription Drugs (USA Today)
- Twin Docs Accused of Switching IDs, Abusing Women (Reuters)
- Maryland: Doctor-Lawmaker Admits Falsifying Living Wills (AP)
- Study: Pig Embryos Possible Organ Source (Reuters)
- Adult Stem Cells Give Heart Patient New Lease on Life (Review Journal)
- HIV Could Destroy Cancer Cells (BBC)
- Scientists Urge More Study On a Rare Strain of HIV (New York Times)
- U.N. Talks Seek Compromise on Human Cloning Ban (Reuters)
- A Struggling Science Experiment (Washington Post)
- Woman Silent for 20 Years Calls to Say `Hi, Mom’ (Chicago Tribune)
- Please Don’t Call the Customers Dead (New York Times)
- Frozen Embryo Case Goes to Europe (BBC)
- First Partial Pancreas Transplant a Success (New Scientist)
- U.S. Denies Patent for a Too-Human Hybrid (Washington Post)
- California: Controversy Snags Stem Cell Initiative (Chicago Tribune)
- Stanford Gets OK To Try Human Cells in Mouse Brain (Mercury News)
- Umbilical Stem Cells May Treat Blindness (UPI)
- Op-Ed: God and Evolution (New York Times)
- Brain Study Maps Mechanics of Decision-Making (Chicago Tribune)
- The Theological Robot (Boston Globe)
- Schools Responding to Abuse of ADHD Drug (AP)
- Three-Year Old Donates Bone Marrow to Save Five-Year Old Brother (WAVY)
- Survey Highlights Family Health History Ignorance (BioNews)
- Bioartificial Kidney Promising in Early Trials (HealthDay)
- Southern Diet Frustrates Health Officials (AP)
- Study Finds That Half of Health Care Dollars are Wasted (San Francisco Chronicle)
- ADD Drug, Pulled In Canada, Stays On Market In USA (USA Today)
- Illness, Disability May Not Dampen Spirits (HealthDay)
- Massachusetts: Researchers Say Romney Stem Cell Plan would Criminalize Their Work (AP)
- Australian Government to Review Human Cloning Laws (ABC)
- Op-Ed: Biology’s New Forbidden Fruit (New York Times)
- Healthcare Costs Take Big Bite From Economy (Los Angeles Times)
- Kansas: Legislators Introduce Bill to Ban Human Cloning (Journal-World)
- Scientists Say They Often Censor Selves (AP)
- Online Debate: Should Human Embryos be Cloned to Research a Cure for MND? (Scotsman)
- Italy: Have a Baby, Get a Bonus (Los Angeles Times)
- Herb As Good as Depression Drug (BBC)
- Stem Cells from Bone Marrow can Treat Alzheimer’s (ANI)
- Cord Blood Research Presents New Hope for Blind (The Korea Times)
- India: Experts Say Separate Guidelines for ART and Gynecologic Clinics Needed (Express Health Care Management)
- Gene Therapy Settlement: Experts: Compared To Other Schools, Penn Got Off Easy (Daily Pennsylvanian)
- Painkillers Hang in the Balance (USA Today)
- Leukemia Cells Surprise Researchers (HealthDay)
- WHO Urges Targeting New California Flu Strain (AP)
- Cell Insight May Lead to New Drug Targets (HealthDay)
- Marketing of Vioxx: How Merck Played Game of Catch-Up (New York Times)
- Decision Expected Next Week In Baby’s Life Support Case (Click2Houston)
- Massachusetts Governor Opposes Stem Cell Work (New York Times)
- Bad News Really Can Break Hearts (BBC)
- Before Stem Cells Get Used In Therapy, There’s The Science Of Making Them (Union-Tribune)
- Feds Settle Suit over Death in Penn Gene Therapy Study (AP)
- California Panel to Fight Federal Anti-Cloning Bill (AP)
- Canada: Cowboy Hopes Embryonic Stem-Cell Surgery Will Help Him Walk Again (CBC)
- Britain Pro-lifers Row over Cloning License to Dolly’s Father (Christianity Today)
- Routine HIV Screening Cost-Effective, Studies Say (USA Today)
- Tiniest Baby, Born Weighing Less than Soda Can, Goes Home (AP)
- Spouse Caregivers More Likely to Scream at Patients (Reuters)
- Cardiac Stem Cells Found in Newborns (HealthDay)
- Biotech Drugs’ Generic Future Debated (Washington Post)
- Zyprexa, Zyrtec Similarities Causing Confusion (AP)
- In Battle of Diseases, TB Vanquished Leprosy (HealthDay)
- eBay Yanks Fetus Naming Rights Auction (AP)
- After California, More States Eye Stem Cell Research (MSNBC)
- University of Toronto Team Discovers Stem Cell Jackpot (The Star)
- Signs of Awareness Seen in Brain-Injured [PVS] Patients (New York Times)
- Illinois Targets 48 Drug Firms (Chicago Tribune)
- Towards a Truly Clever Artificial Intelligence (Physorg)
- Maryland: Bill Seeks $25 Million Annually in Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Funding (Baltimore Sun)
- Impossible Becomes Conceivable . . . Same-Sex Couples May One Day Have Genetic Offspring (Cape Times)
- New White House Estimate Lifts Drug Benefit Cost to $720 Billion (New York Times)
- Call for £100m UK Stem Cell Fund (BBC)
- Self-Assembled Nano-Sized Probes Allow To See Tumors Through Flesh And Skin (Physorg)
- Implanting Hope (Technology Review)
- Romanian Mail Order Baby Fears (BBC)
- Singapore Research Body Makes Breakthrough In Nano-Particles (Channel News Asia)
- Device to Save Premature Babies (BBC)
- Washington State: Proposal Would Back Stem Cell Research in State (AP)
- Gene Therapy: After Setbacks, Projects Move On (Daily Pennsylvanian)
- New Era for Biotech? (Scripps Howard)
- Arkansas: House Committee Endorses Tax Deduction for Organ Donors (Arkansas News)
- More Elderly are Choosing Murder-Suicide as Way Out (Keene Sentinel)
- Church Nurses Fill Gaps for Parishioners (Metroland)
- States Urged to Ensure Health Insurance for All (HealthDay)
- California, Hawaii: Lawmakers Debate Legalizing Assisted Suicide (IBS) (KHNL)
- Schiavo’s Parents Lose Appeal Bid (Orlando Sentinel)
- Dolly Expert is to Clone Embryos (BBC)
- Miracle Cells (World Magazine)
- Clone Ban Comeback Likely (Wired)
- Op-Ed: Biotech & Creativity: Outrage Today, Normality Tomorrow (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Doctors Prescribing Exercise to Fight Fat (AP)
- Eating Disorders Rising Among Older Women (NBC)
- Hormone May Combat Mid-Life Depression (Reuters)
- Pharmacies Offer Behind the Counter Service (USA Today)
- Connecticut: 74-Year-Old Man Charged with Helping Ailing Friend Commit Suicide (AP)
- Knees of Titanium and Bills of Gold (New York Times)
- UK: Legal Battle Over Dead Surrogate’s Baby (BioNews)
- Chicago: Destroyed Embryo Deemed Human (Sun-Times)
- ABC to Bring Medical Care Into the Reality Show Realm (New York Times)
- Living Donor Diabetes Transplant (BBC)
- Child Cancer Survivors Get High Scores (AP)
- Missouri: Stem Cell Debate Splits Politicians on Question of Life (AP)
- Mixing Humans and Animals for Science (ABC News)
- South Korea: Revise Bioethics Law, Says Theologian (Asia News)
- Vaccine Hopes for Blood Cancers (BBC)
- Cord Blood from Two Donors Okay for Leukemia (Reuters)
- Maryland: Stem Cell Showdown Looms in Annapolis (Washington Post)
- Baby Size Linked to Cancer Risk (BBC)
- Abuses Endangered Veterans in Cancer Drug Experiments (New York Times)
- Researchers Study Cancer-Light Link (AP)
- IBM Offers Software to Avert Public Health Crises (Reuters)
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Remakes Face of Medicine (HealthDay)
- Britain’s Fertility Watchdog Fights Back (Reuters)
- India Begins HIV Vaccine Trials (BBC)
- Virginia Senate Panel Passes Bill For Stem Cell Research Fund (Washington Post)
- Studies Suggest Adult Stem Cells Heal Hearts (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Moms, Doctors Address Communication Gap (AP)
- Depression Drugs May Affect Newborns (Reuters)
- Government-Financed Medical Research to Go Online (HealthDay)
- Explaining Nanotechnology (New York Times)
- Bush Signals Tougher Embryo Research Limits (Reuters)
- Potential Organ Donors Unite to Share Among Themselves (Dallas Morning News)
- Life Built to Order (Popular Science)
- Mirror That Reflects Your Future Self (NewScientist)
- Despite Desperate Measures, Baby With Rare Disease Dies (New York Times)
- Babies Overfed on Formula Milk (BBC)
- How Race Affects Your Health (Newsweek)
- Injections Best for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (HealthDay)
- Op-Ed: Triage at Abu Ghraib (New York Times)
- Alcohol As Harmful as Smoking (BBC)
- Friday Means Free Dental Care for Needy Kids (HealthDay)
- Japan Says GM Rice Could Help Combat Hay Fever (Reuters)
- Gene Therapy to Replace Pacemakers? (BioNews)
- FDA Warns Glaxo on Hypertension Drug Marketing (Reuters)
- Ten Year Goal: Help Millions More Get Health Insurance (USA Today)
- AIDS Vaccine Trial Suspended in France (AFP)
- Cancer Victim: Insurer Won’t Pay for Cord Blood Transplant (Royal Gazette)
- California: Scrutiny for Chief of Stem Cell Panel (Sacramento Bee)
- FDA Approves Implant for Depression (Reuters)
- Cancer Alternative Therapy Trend (BBC)
- Boy’s Surgery to Remove Tumor a Success (AP)
- Chickenpox Vaccine Cuts Deaths but Raises Questions on Shingles (New York Times)
- Stem Cells, Bioethics Discussed at University of Georgia Forum (Red and Black)
- This Life Span Debate is One for the Ages (Boston Globe)
- Biotechnology Appears To Be Withering As A Food Source (USA Today)
- Employers Unite in Effort to Curb Prescription Costs (New York Times)
- Expert Sees Obesity Hitting U.S. Life Expectancy (Reuters)
- Impotence Drugs Selling Slowly (USA Today)
- Two New York Men Diagnosed With Rare STD (AP)
- UK: Ruth Kelly Will Support Government Policy on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (BioNews)
- Ban On Use Of Arizona Funds For Human Cloning Advances (Arizona Republic)
- Norway: Doctor Fakes Insanity to Avoid Military (AP)
- Biotech Industry Sees Potential In NIH Ethics Rules (Washington Post)
- Study: Southern Blacks Die at Higher Rate (AP)
- ‘A Smart Guided Missile’ To Cancer Cells (USA Today)
- Brazil to Study Use of Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Heart Treatment (AFP)
- New Mexico: Lawmaker Brings Home the Stem-Cell Discussion (The New Mexican)
- Disorder Victims See Monster in the Mirror (ABC News)
- Study: Benefits of Antidepressants Outweigh Risks (ABC News)
- Study: Doctors Often Missing Patient Information (HealthDay)
- Study Connects Bankruptcies to Illnesses (AP)
- Marrow Has Cells Like Stem Cells, Tests Show (Washington Post)
- L.A. Hospital Loses Its Accreditation (AP)
- Alzheimer’s Troubling Behaviors Hard to Treat (HealthDay)
- Church Groups Turn to Sonogram to Turn Women From Abortions (New York Times)
- Sunshine Might Stop Skin Cancers (BBC)
- Singapore: Biomed Sector Whizzes Past Output Target Ahead of Time (Straits Times)
- Medicare to Cover Sex Performance Drugs (AP)
- Brain Tumor Treatment Guidelines Not Always Followed (HealthDay)
- Software Taming Gene Data Pool (Wired)
- Phoenix Moves to Put Itself on the Biotechnology Map (New York Times)
- Stem Cell Debate Growing at Missouri Capitol (AP)
- Maine: Ethics Bill Sparked by Brain Scandal Rejected (Blethen Maine Newspapers)
- NIH to Ban Deals With Drug Firms (Los Angeles Times)
- Nanomedicine’s Promise Is Anything but Tiny (Washington Post)
- New Zealand: Animal-To-Human Transplant Submissions Called For (NZPA)
- Healthcare Overhaul Is Quietly Underway (Los Angeles Times)
- Researchers Find Diabetes Trigger, Possible Fix (Boston Globe)
- How Cancer Rose to the Top of the Charts (New York Times)
- Man Held for Cutting Pacemaker from Mother’s Body (Reuters)
- Test May Help Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier (AP)
- Hormone Shots Could Prevent 10,000 Premature Births (HealthDay)
- Viruses Added to List of Cancer Causes (AP)
- New Advance in Gene Therapy for Cancer (HealthDay)
- Teen Claims Antidepressant Led to Murder (AP)
- Kids’ Antidepressant Use Declines (USA Today)
- UK Parliament Members Call on Health Service to Provide Fertility Treatment to All (BioNews)
- Texas Mother Fights to Keep Son on Life Support (AP)
- UK: Surrogate Mother Dies in Childbirth (BioNews)
- Missouri: Stem Cell Research Opponents, Advocates Testify Before Senate (Kansas City Star)
- California: New State Senate Panel will Monitor Stem Cell Research (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Experts Urge Tests for Men at Risk of Abdominal Aneurysms (New York Times)
- Study: Women Remain Less Likely to Get Basic Medical Care (Washington Post)
- The Miscarriage Maze (Newsweek)
