November 28, 2006
“Engaging in a discussion about end-of-life issues does not have to be a dark, depressing matter. Many people are willing to spend a Saturday learning CPR, but their time would be better spent drawing up an advance directive.†(New York … Read More
November 28, 2006
A British oncology professor says it’s time to start protecting people from “vile and cynical exploitation” by the alternative medicines industry. (UPI)
November 28, 2006
Lanza hopes that now, with the new paper, Advanced Cell can put the politics behind it and focus on what he loves, the science of stem cell research. (Inside Bay Area)
November 28, 2006
THE Government’s failure to license stem cell extraction in Irish hospitals at birth could cost lives and become a major health scandal in years to come, a leading patients’ advocacy group has warned. (Irish Examiner)
November 28, 2006
Health care reform is not for the faint-hearted. In California the complexities are even more challenging than in many states. (San Francisco Chronicle)
November 28, 2006
“If you can breed cattle for milk yield, horses for running speed, and dogs for herding skill, why on Earth should it be impossible to breed humans for mathematical, musical or athletic ability?†(TheRealityCheck.org)
November 28, 2006
Bungled bureaucracy and waste have turned promises of funding into obstacles. An unfettered private sector is better. (Los Angeles Times)
November 28, 2006
…healthcare is taking up more and more of government budgets globally and corruption is probably rising faster in healthcare than almost any other sector. (TCS Daily)
November 28, 2006
More and more people have literally found life on the Internet as the estimated $3 billion fertility industry moves increasingly online. (Reuters)
November 28, 2006
One person’s DNA code can be as much as 10 percent different from another’s, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that questions the idea that everyone on Earth is 99.9 percent identical genetically. (Reuters)
November 28, 2006
Medicaid spending has declined unexpectedly this year, the first drop since the health program for the poor was created in 1965. (USA Today)
November 28, 2006
AIDS will become the world’s most burdensome disease by 2030, according to predictions released today. Its predicted rise, which will overtake today’s top problem of poor perinatal health (such as low birth weight), is being blamed on many countries’ failure … Read More
November 27, 2006
We have seen this before in the UK, and now in Australia: Humans exhibited in zoos as if we were merely another animal in the forest. But we are not mere animals. We are the exceptional species, human beings, unlike … Read More
November 27, 2006
One of the great and terrible jokes about assisted suicide/euthanasia is the old platitude that “guidelines” will protect against abuse. They don’t, of course. They are not even there to effectively constrain assisted suicide. Rather, in my view, they primarily … Read More
November 27, 2006
James Kelly, as you may know, is paralyzed from an auto accident and has become one of the nation’s foremost and dedicated activist promoting stem cell research: Adult stem cell research. Kelly has researched the matter quite thoroughly. As reported … Read More
November 27, 2006
I am sure he would rather use humans with profound cognitive capacities, but at least Peter Singer has acknowledged that great good can come from medical research using animals–and monkeys, no less. (The experiments involved surgical procedures to help Parkinson’s … Read More
November 27, 2006
An economic shock wave, years in the making, is expected to hit New York this week. It could alter or eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, and change the way millions of people receive health care. (New York Times)
November 27, 2006
But what is an acceptable relationship between donor and patient, and who defines it? Is it ethical if some people “jump ahead” of other, sicker patients on organ waiting lists simply because they are able to find a donor? (Mercury … Read More
November 27, 2006
Consumer products using extremely small particles of silver to kill germs will need Environmental Protection Agency approval, part of the government’s first move to regulate the burgeoning nanotechnology industry. (The Enquirer)
November 27, 2006
The euthanasia debate has been revived in Italy by the case of Piergiorgio Welby, a terminally ill man who recently appealed to President Giorgio Napolitano and the Italian parliament to legalise mercy killing so that he could “die in dignity”. … Read More
November 27, 2006
People who receive stem cell transplants for diseases such as leukaemia appear to face a higher risk of developing secondary cancers, especially if the cells come from a female donor, according to a preliminary study. (New Scientist)
November 27, 2006
China will tighten its organ transplant rules to prevent unqualified doctors and profit-hungry hospitals from abusing patients, state media said Monday, amid concerns that executed prisoners have had their organs harvested without consent. (AP)
November 27, 2006
Dueling petition drives about embryonic stem-cell research have cast Florida as the next ground zero for the explosive debate on bioethics. (The Tampa Tribune)
November 27, 2006
US scientists have discovered ‘cardiac master cells’ that are able to transform into any of the three main forms of heart tissue. The heart has long been thought of as unable to regenerate itself when damaged. This research gives hope … Read More
November 27, 2006
In a world-first the zoo will have an enclosure housing people as part of a program to demonstrate humans are part of the animal kingdom. (The Australian)
