Bioethics & Health News
February 3

February 3, 2006

President’s Health Reform Agenda Draws Mixed Reviews

President Bush drew mixed reaction Wednesday to his broadly outlined strategy for taming health-care costs and reducing the ranks of the uninsured in his State of the Union address Tuesday evening.
(HealthDay)

Obese ‘Can Be Refused Operations’

Forty percent of doctors agree obese patients should be refused joint surgery if resources are limited, a survey suggests.
(BBC)

Rare Circumcision Rite Causes Stir in N.Y.

For thousands of years, rabbis performed a simple procedure to cleanse the wound during a ritual circumcision: Like outdoorsmen treating a snake bite, they sucked blood from the cut and spit it out.
(AP)

‘Domino’ Transplant Saves Two Babies’ Lives

Without a lung transplant, 3-month-old Jason Wolfe had days to live, at best. “I was just hoping if he heard my voice, he would keep hanging,” remembers his mother, Maria.
(MSNBC)

Device Maker Moves to Appease the F.D.A.

James R. Tobin has the sort of meeting with the Food and Drug Administration today that no executive looks forward to. In the eyes of the F.D.A., he and other top executives of the medical device maker Boston Scientific have much to atone for.
(New York Times)

More Medical Clinics Opening Up in Retail Stores

Fearing bad news as her son suffered with a cough, aches and a sore throat, Donna Bultez found help in the most common of places — her neighborhood grocery store.
(MSNBC)