Bioethics & Health News
January 11

January 11, 2006

Report: Face Transplant Patient Goes Out

The woman who received a new nose, chin and mouth in a groundbreaking transplant operation in November has taken strolls in public without drawing stares, her surgeon said in an interview published Wednesday.
(AP)

Study Confirms You Can’t Be Fat — And Healthy

Middle-age people who are overweight but have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels are kidding themselves if they think their health is just fine.
(MSNBC)

Advocates Hold Out Hope for Stem Cells

Having spent 23 years in a wheelchair, Wall Street analyst Henry Stifel keeps a close eye on spinal cord research. And he says the latest scientific scandal in South Korea has not dimmed his hope that stem cells may one day help people like him.
(AP)

Science Will Stick With Peer Review

It was late on a Wednesday night in February 2004 that Dr Hwang Woo-suk and his entourage swept into the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seattle to meet the BBC.
(BBC)

Science Probes the Awakening Brain

Americans who check their e-mail and scan the newspaper right after they get out of bed in the morning may want to wait just a bit longer.
(HealthDay)

Study: 7 Percent of Workers Drink on Job

Just over 7 percent of American workers drink during the workday – mostly at lunch – and even more, 9 percent, have nursed a hangover in the workplace, according to a study.
(AP)