December 7, 2005
Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online editor, has an interesting and wide-ranging interview with William Hurlbut. Hurlbut, a physician and ethicist who is a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, is a leader in the movement to find a … Read More
December 7, 2005
David Christensen, Director of Congressional Affairs for Family Research Council, has an informative Op-Ed in The Washington Times on the history and status of stem cell legislation in the U.S. Congress. At first, the Senate attempted to package a series … Read More
December 7, 2005
WTO Upholds Cheaper Drugs Waiver World Trade Organization (WTO) members have agreed to uphold a rule that allows poor countries to import cheaper copies of patented medicines.(BBC) Op-Ed: She Died the Same Way She Lived: Planning Well in Advance My … Read More
December 7, 2005
Monday’s Washington Post carried an article describing the current state of nanotechnology oversight/regulation/safety. The first two paragraphs capture it well. Amid growing evidence that some of the tiniest materials ever engineered pose potentially big environmental, health and safety risks, momentum … Read More
December 7, 2005
Dr. Charles hosts this week, arranging the posts to answer the question “Is Grand Rounds, still in its infancy, becoming the contemporary weekly portrait of medicine?”
December 6, 2005
Labs Unsure Whether to Join Stem Cell Bank The Bush administration’s plan for a bank of federally approved stem cells unveiled here two months ago is being met with apathy, confusion and derision.(AP) Ethical Concerns on Face Transplant Grow In … Read More
December 5, 2005
The New York Times reports that while the number of Americans without health insurance grows, the number of children who lack insurance is actually decreasing. The article cites a combination of federal and state programs as the source of the … Read More
December 5, 2005
Even after spending $400 million on advertising in 2004, pharmaceutical companies are finding that new prescriptions for impotence medicine such as Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra are steadily declining. Although dubious reports of blindness and a decrease in recreational use by … Read More
December 5, 2005
Wesley J. Smith catalogs media “bias by omission” in cloning coverage in the last week of November 2005. MUCH OF THE CURRENT DEBATE over what is generally known as therapeutic cloning–that is, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning conducted for … Read More
December 5, 2005
Transplant Recipient Hid Disfigured Face The woman who received the world’s first face transplant generally kept to herself and wore a surgical mask to hide her disfigured face when she walked her dog on the pathways of her housing estate, … Read More
December 2, 2005
Woman Says ‘Merci’ After Face Transplant A woman who underwent the world’s first partial face transplant regained consciousness 24 hours after the groundbreaking operation and her first words were “thank you,” one of her doctors said Friday.(AP) The Gateses Give … Read More
December 1, 2005
Ill. Pharmacists Withhold Emergency Pill Walgreen Co. (WAG) said it has put four Illinois pharmacists in the St. Louis area on unpaid leave for refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception in violation of a state rule.(AP) Abortion Pill Deaths … Read More
