March 21, 2007
I just found another area of dishonesty in S. 812, the bill that should be called “The Human Cloning Authorization Act.” Section 2(e) is entitled Voluntary Donation of Oocytes, meaning eggs. Indeed, Section II(e)(2) states: Prohibition on Purchase or Sale–No … Read More
March 21, 2007
Once again it is “pull the wool over their eyes” time in the United States Senate. My senator, Diane Feinstein (D-CA), and Utah’s Orin Hatch (R-UT) have introduced the dishonestly named “Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act … Read More
March 21, 2007
Euthanasia is antithetical to the philosophy of hospice care, which honors the intrinsic equal dignity of all people and promises to care for people to the end of their natural lives. One method by which this philosophy is carried out … Read More
March 21, 2007
Bobby Schindler is one of the finest, most decent people I have ever met. Over the years I have known him, I watched as he emerged, somewhat dazed, from a wholly private life as a high school teacher to becoming … Read More
March 21, 2007
The debate over stem cell research will flare anew in both chambers of Legislative Hall today as a Senate committee considers a bill that would regulate government-funded research using embryonic stem cells, while a House panel considers legislation to ban … Read More
March 21, 2007
Massachusetts took a major step toward enacting its near-universal health care overhaul, with the board that oversees the plan voting on Tuesday to require insurers to provide certain minimum benefits, including coverage of prescription drugs. (New York Times)
March 21, 2007
Gel that is injected into the spine could prove an alternative to major surgery for the many thousands of people who suffer from lower back pain. (Daily Mail)
March 21, 2007
Earlier this month the Irish Bioethics Council (IBC) launched a consultation forum in a bid to get as many views as possible before Government policy is drawn up. (Irish Examiner)
March 21, 2007
Some patients are prepared to die rather than accept treatment that is against their beliefs. Emine Saner on the dilemmas doctors face when medical ethics clash with religious and cultural mores. (Guardian Unlimited)
March 21, 2007
Given the controversial nature of organ sales, it is often difficult to discuss the issue rationally, for the idea of trading one’s organs sounds almost too suicidal, almost beyond belief. (Associated Content)
March 20, 2007
Ah, the power of good lawyers and public scrutiny. After going to court, attorney Jerri Ward, attorney for Baby Emilio’s mother, just informed me that the Children’s Hospital of Austin has agreed not to remove life support until April 10. … Read More
March 20, 2007
Pacific Islanders are demanding the power to restrict patenting of their human, plant and animal genes, even if they run foul of international patent laws. (News in Science)
March 20, 2007
Should a hospital ethics committee be empowered to decide in secret to withdraw wanted life-sustaining treatment? This is the heart of what I call Futile Care Theory, a.k.a, medical futility, which is being quietly pushed into official policy throughout the … Read More
March 20, 2007
“I’d take it in a second,” said Sgt. Michael Walcott, an Iraq War veteran, referring to an experimental drug with the potential to target and erase traumatic memories. (ABC News)
March 20, 2007
Victoria may become the first Australian state to allow scientists to conduct therapeutic cloning by cell nuclear transfer (CNR), after legislation legalising the research was proposed by Health Minister Bronwyn Pike to the state’s Parliament last week. (BioNews)
March 20, 2007
Besides choosing a car seat and setting up a college fund, Claire Rhye had one more decision to make before her first child arrived: what to do with her baby’s umbilical cord blood. (Reuters)
March 20, 2007
Thousands of doctors and other health professionals who participate in Medicare are delinquent in paying federal income and payroll taxes, owing more than $1.3 billion, but they continue to receive Medicare payments because the government does little to check their … Read More
March 20, 2007
In a high-profile dissent from Bush administration policy, the nation’s top medical research official told senators Monday that he backs an end to restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. (Los Angeles Times)
March 20, 2007
Robots which bond like human children and display emotion are being developed at a British university. (Scotsman)
March 20, 2007
Advancement in science has been helping couples to manipulate nature. Sade Oguntola, here reports how “designer babies†can be created to have the physical outlook and intellect traits as the parents want. (Nigerian Tribune)
March 20, 2007
The Texas Futile Care Law is at work again, trying to claim yet another life, this time that of a 16-month old baby boy. (North Country Gazette)
March 20, 2007
At 41, state Sen. David J. Shafer of Duluth is already talking about how he wishes to be remembered when he is gone from this Earth. The seriousness with which he approaches, and his diligence in lining up scientists, medical … Read More
March 20, 2007
Years ago, Woody Allen used to joke that he’d been thrown out of college as a freshman for cheating on his metaphysics final. “I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me,” he confessed. Today, the joke … Read More
March 19, 2007
Just imagine being able to clone your own skin, creating brand-new cells that are undamaged by age, sun or pollution. It would be the Holy Grail of skincare, the answer that every woman over the age of 30 has been … Read More
March 19, 2007
When Joe Carter was little, the preacher at his “small, backwoods fundamentalist congregation” in East Texas knew who the antichrist was, and named names: New England senators, Chinese communists, secular humanists. (Washington Post)
