October 5, 2016
(UPI) – A team of doctors in Dallas is “cautiously optimistic” of success in what would be the first living-donor uterine transplant in the United States. Doctors at Baylor University Medical Center said Wednesday that they performed four of the … Read More
October 4, 2016
(STAT News) – Twelve years ago, a dotcom millionaire stood at a patient advocacy group’s board meeting and made an offer. I’ll give you $1 million, he said. But only if you commit to getting an artificial pancreas on the … Read More
September 29, 2016
(ABC News) – In recent years, so many people have died as a result of the nation’s opioid epidemic that it has caused the number of organ donations from fatal overdose victims to skyrocket — an unexpected consequence that highlights … Read More
September 28, 2016
(STAT News) – The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first so-called artificial pancreas, an out-of-body device expected to lift the burden for some diabetics on the daily grind they must go through to keep their blood sugar levels stable. It will soon … Read More
September 23, 2016
(UPI) – People who have an organ transplant may be more likely to develop skin cancer, new research suggests. The finding applies to all transplant patients, even those who are nonwhite and dark-skinned, according to Dr. Christina Lee Chung, an … Read More
September 22, 2016
(The Epoch Times) – Dr. Annika Tibell is one of the world’s most respected voices in the ethics of organ transplantation. Currently Chief Physician for the New Karolinska Hospital Project, commissioned this fall in the capital of Sweden, Dr. Tibell … Read More
September 19, 2016
(The Guardian) – The chief prosecutor appointed to a specialist court in The Hague investigating the alleged trafficking of human organs during the Kosovo war has said he will follow any evidence that is uncovered. David Schwendiman, a former US … Read More
September 19, 2016
(Washington Post) – It was an intimidating offer, but one Sundar Singh Jatav couldn’t turn down: Sell your kidney and pull your family out of debt. The 23-year-old needed the windfall, he told the Los Angeles Times. His family owed $10,000, his parents were … Read More
September 16, 2016
Medical Law International (vol. 16, no. 1–2, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Non-Disclosure of Genetic Risks: The Case for Developing Legal Wrongs” by Victoria Chico “Living Tissue and Organ Donation by Minors: Suggestions to Improve the Regulatory … Read More
September 16, 2016
(U.S. News & World Report) – Scientists report they have successfully transplanted reprogrammed monkey stem cells into the eyes of other monkeys without the need for anti-rejection drugs. The techniques used in this study have been in development for some … Read More
September 12, 2016
(The Epoch Times) – Chinese-born Canadian actress Anastasia Lin is high on China’s most-wanted list. After being crowned Miss World Canada in 2015, instead of pursuing a glamorous life as a beauty queen, she chose to speak out about the … Read More
September 8, 2016
(Reuters) – A Chinese-Canadian rights activist and Miss World finalist urged British lawmakers on Tuesday to take action against alleged organ-harvesting in China after being invited to screen her film about the trade in parliament. Beijing has repeatedly denied accusations … Read More
September 6, 2016
(Daily Mail) – Hospital patients who are in a permanent coma should be given drugs to hasten their deaths so doctors can harvest their organs for transplants, a prominent hospital consultant said yesterday. New laws should sweep aside the legal … Read More
September 6, 2016
Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy (vol. 19, no. 3, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “On Prenatal Diagnosis and the Decision to Continue or Terminate a Pregnancy in France: A Clinical Ethics Study of Unknown Moral Territories” … Read More
September 5, 2016
(Egyptian Streets) – A recent study has revealed that criminal sanctions and existing laws concerning organ trafficking in Egypt are “inadequate and harmful,” pushing the trade further underground, reducing the bargaining position of organ sellers and exposing them to greater … Read More
September 1, 2016
Medico-Legal Journal (vol. 84, no. 3, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Hammurabi’s Code: A Primary Datum in the Conjoined Professions of Medicine and Law” by John Pearn “Suicide Notes and Cadaveric Organ Donation” by C Behera, Karthik … Read More
August 31, 2016
(Scientific American) – For years, doctors and patients have been waiting for the arrival of an “artificial pancreas” to take the guesswork out of life with diabetes by measuring blood sugar levels and automatically delivering the amount of insulin needed … Read More
August 29, 2016
(Daily Mail) – A Canadian patient’s receipt of a kidney transplant after waiting just three days during a recent visit to China raised an immediate red flag among surgeons at the Montreal-based Transplantation Society: A turnaround that quick indicates the … Read More
August 29, 2016
HEC Forum (vol. 28, no. 3, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Informing Consent for Organ Donation” by Ryan R. Nash and Courtney E. Thiele “Campaigning for Organ Donation at Mosques” by Mohamed Y. Rady and Joseph L. Verheijde “Novel Paths to Relevance: How Clinical Ethics … Read More
August 25, 2016
(Associated Press) – The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi’s life but for an unusual program in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor. … Read More
August 22, 2016
(New York Times) – Chinese state news media and pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong said on Friday that an international organ transplant conference in Hong Kong demonstrated that China’s transplant system, which for decades used organs from executed prisoners, had … Read More
August 19, 2016
(The New Yorker) – I have been an internist at Ben Taub for the past six years. In that time, I have rarely seen patients who lack health insurance, like Oregón, make it to the transplant list. The hospital is … Read More
August 17, 2016
(Associated Press) – Many U.S. medical schools are seeing a surge in the number of people leaving their bodies to science, a trend attributed to rising funeral costs and growing acceptance of a practice long seen by some as ghoulish. … Read More
August 15, 2016
(Newsweek) – Storing an organ on ice causes injury to it over time. “The longer an organ spends in that environment, the worse it becomes,” Hassanein says. The OCS—used thus far for heart, lungs and liver—flips cold, static storage on … Read More
August 15, 2016
(STAT News) – Hospitals across the United States are throwing away less-than-perfect organs and denying the sickest people lifesaving transplants out of fear that poor surgical outcomes will result in a federal crackdown. As a result, thousands of patients are losing the … Read More
