August 19, 2007
At some airports, supermarkets and big-box retailers, “customer service” in recent years has meant self-serve – aided by touch-screen kiosks. As digital kiosks become more user-friendly and capable of handling more complicated tasks, health care providers, fast-food chains and other … Read More
August 19, 2007
Philosophers wrestling with the big questions of life are no longer alone. Now scientists are struggling to define life as they manipulate it, look for it on other planets, and even create it in test tubes. In June, researchers replaced … Read More
August 16, 2007
A new article is now available from Artificial Organs by subscription only. “Cosmetic Improvement in Various Acute Skin Defects Treated With Tissue-engineered Skin” by Xin Nie, Jie Yong Zhang, Ke Jia Cai, Ming Hong Yang, An Hou Xiao, Hai Da … Read More
August 16, 2007
The American Journal of bioethics Issue 7 (8) Aug 2007 is now available by subscription. Select Articles include: Editorial “Breaching Confidentiality to Protect the Public: Evolving Standards of Medical Confidentiality for Military Detainees” by Matthew K. Wynia, 1-5 Target Article … Read More
August 13, 2007
October 25-27 at the Franciscan University in Steubenville Ohio. Speakers to include Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, Robert P. George, and Dr. William Hurlbut. Info at www.franciscanconferences.com or 1.800.437.8368. “Attendees will come away from the conference with a stronger grasp on how … Read More
August 12, 2007
Sociology of Health & Illness Issue 29(5) July 2007 is now available by subscription only. An article of bioethical interest is: “The (Ir)relevance of Genetics: Engendering Parallel Worlds of Procreation and Reproduction” by Victoria M. Grace and Ken R. Daniels, … Read More
August 12, 2007
Journal of Religious Ethics Issue 35(3) September 2007 is now available by subscription only. One of the articles of particular bioethical interest is: Book Discussion “Recurring Themes in the Debate about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide” by Theo A. Boer, 529–555. … Read More
August 6, 2007
Minds and Machines 17(1), March 2007 issue is now available by subscription only. Articles include: Original Papers “The Status of Machine Ethics: A Report from the AAAI Symposium” by Michael Anderson, Susan Leigh Anderson, 1-10. “Integrated A.I. Systems” by Kristinn … Read More
August 6, 2007
Xenotransplantation 14(4), July 2007 issue is now available by subscription only. Relevant articles include: Satellite Symposium on Xenotransplantation “Satellite Symposium Held in Conjunction with the World Transplant Congress, Boston, 2006” by Emanuele Cozzi and Megan Sykes, 347–347. “The Proactive Role … Read More
August 6, 2007
Pediatric Transplantation 11(6), September 2007 issue is now available by subscription only. Articles of relevance include: Editorials “Trans-plan-sition! Transplantation and Transition” by Janet E. McDonagh and D. A. Kelly, 578–581. “Cord Blood Transplantation for Sickle Cell Anemia: Bust or Boom?” … Read More
July 4, 2007
IVF is expensive and harrowing, and carries significant health risks. That is why some fertility experts are turning to an alternative method called ‘mild IVF’, which they say is cheaper, safer and equally effective. But Britain’s most powerful fertility doctors … Read More
July 4, 2007
Researchers from the Stem Cell Transplant Program and the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) have found that tandem cycles of high-dose chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplantation can help treat patients with immunoglobulin-light chain … Read More
July 4, 2007
Some high-profile scientists have jumped into the fight over the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s stem cell patents, supporting the effort to have them revoked. The California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and others are challenging patents that cover discoveries by … Read More
July 4, 2007
A costly fertility treatment designed to increase the chances of older women giving birth after IVF may actually reduce their chances of having a baby. . . . Decreased Pregnancies Twelve weeks after the treatment, 25% of the women in … Read More
June 24, 2007
The federal government has gingerly stepped back into rating the care delivered by the nation’s hospitals, releasing for the first time in nearly two decades a list of hospitals where heart patients are most likely to die. Officials at the … Read More
June 23, 2007
Michael Moore’s controversial documentary, SiCKO will be officially released on June 29, 2007. The film, according to IDMB is “A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories.” The film looks to … Read More
June 23, 2007
Researchers at a US company trying to push the margins of stem cell research say they have grown human embryonic stem cells using a non-controversial method that does not harm the embryos. They said they grew several lines, or batches, … Read More
June 23, 2007
Vaccine will save patients from worst symptoms of illness. A revolutionary drug that stops Alzheimer’s disease in its tracks could be available within a few years. It could prevent people from reaching the devastating final stages of the illness, in … Read More
June 22, 2007
In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery. The Bristol trial … Read More
June 22, 2007
Issue 8(3), July 2007 of Nursing Philosophy is now available by subscription only. TOC: Editorial “Enhancing our central moral understandings of nurses and nursing” by Patricia Rodney, 149–150. Original Papers “‘Faced’ with responsibility: Levinasian ethics and the challenges of responsibility … Read More
June 22, 2007
Forget the TV remote: a new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity. The “brain-machine interface” developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight changes in the brain’s blood flow and … Read More
June 21, 2007
Issue 10(2) of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy is now available by subscription only. The entire March 2007 issue is available free online. TOC: Editorials “Technology and the self” by Bert Gordijn and Wim Dekkers, 113-114. “Psychopharmacology and the Self: … Read More
June 21, 2007
Although most patients don’t know it, 21 U.S. states follow some form of an 1880 ruling that says the standard of care physicians must meet by law depends on where the doctor practices, even if, in some cases, it is … Read More
June 21, 2007
The next meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics is June 28-29, 2007. On the agenda are the following topics: Session 1: The Professions in Contemporary America: Promise and Peril Session 2: The Healing Professions Session 3: Health Care—Who Is … Read More
June 21, 2007
Taxpayers would fund the destruction of human life. The Oregon state House will vote on legislation Wednesday that would allow tax dollars to go to researchers who want to clone human embryos, then kill them for their stem cells. The … Read More
