April 16, 2009
The era of personal genomic medicine may have to wait. The genetic analysis of common disease is turning out to be a lot more complex than expected. Since the human genome was decoded in 2003, researchers have been developing a … Read More
April 15, 2009
A stem-cell repair technique that has already been used to fix hundreds of injured race horses is to be tested for the first time in people with damaged Achilles tendons. (Reuters)
April 15, 2009
Launched with some fanfare in 2004, Codon Devices of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was touted as a flagship for the industrial applications of synthetic biology, a nascent discipline that applies engineering approaches to the molecular design of biological systems. In late March, … Read More
April 15, 2009
Deciding when somebody is dead or about to die is quickly emerging as one of the top ethical issues in medicine today as technology makes it increasingly possible to keep people alive who would otherwise have died not so long … Read More
April 15, 2009
Rather than tout the medical conundrums they’ve solved or the lives they’ve saved, some shared tales about patients whom lay readers might think they’d most like to forget: There’s the elderly Holocaust survivor who reluctantly agrees to have surgery for … Read More
April 15, 2009
Though the world’s attention has focused on Iran’s advancing nuclear program, Iranian scientists have moved to the forefront in embryonic stem cell research, according to a recent joint study by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Washington Times)
April 14, 2009
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Volume 12, Number 2, May 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Human nature, medicine & health care” by Bert Gordijn and Wim Dekkers, 119. “Medical technologies and the life world: an introduction to the theme” by Fredrik … Read More
April 14, 2009
First Summer Institute on Public Health Genomics: Translating Genomics into Policy and Practice June 22-26, 2009 Seattle, Washington The Human Genome Project and other advances in genomics and related technologies are paving the way for a new era in the … Read More
April 14, 2009
We agree with Iltis et al. [1] that the enactment of the 2006 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and its subsequent 2007 amendment represents a serious transgression on civil liberties in the United States. If organs are removed from donors … Read More
April 14, 2009
RUSS CUCINA, 37, lives a double life. For two months of the year, he practices internal medicine, treating patients at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco. The rest of the year, he helps the hospital develop its electronic medical … Read More
April 14, 2009
Prospective parents face an array of medical decisions before their baby is born: Which pediatric practice to use? To circumcise, or not? What about prenatal testing to screen for possible genetic disorders? (Washington Post)
April 14, 2009
People with type 1 diabetes who got stem cell transplants were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. (Reuters
April 13, 2009
This piece of equipment is a PointCare NOW machine. It was donated to the hospital last year, and has since transformed the care Dr Williams can offer HIV patients. The machine is a portable blood-testing device – pop in a … Read More
April 13, 2009
A team of UCSF researchers has for the first time used tiny molecules called microRNAs to help turn adult mouse cells back to their embryonic state. These reprogrammed cells are pluripotent, meaning that, like embryonic stem cells, they have the … Read More
April 13, 2009
Do we physicians treat our family members? Apparently, we do. A 1991 study showed that 99% of 465 physicians surveyed had requests from family members for medical advice, diagnosis and treatment. (American Medical News)
April 13, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of infertile women could be given hope of becoming mothers after doctors discovered a way to create eggs using stem cells. (Telegraph)
April 13, 2009
For ages, doctors have used lists and other reminders to help them give the right care to patients. Recently, the use of checklists in areas such as surgery and infection control has delivered remarkable results, greatly reducing morbidity and mortality. … Read More
April 13, 2009
JAMA (Volume 301, Number 14, April 8, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “A Single Mission for Academic Medicine: Improving Health” by Paul G. Ramsey and Edward D. Miller, 1475-1476. “Conflict of Interest, Disclosure, and Trial Reports” by Bruce M. … Read More
April 13, 2009
Clinical Ethics Summer Institute 2009 Theme: Ethics from Boardroom to Bedside July 13 – 16, 2009 Hamilton, Ontario Canada The Clinical Ethics Summer Institute for this year, CESI 2009, will focus on Ethics from Boardroom to Bedside. CESI’s mission is … Read More
April 13, 2009
Advancing Ethical Research Conference November 14-16th, 2009 Nashville, TN The 2009 Advancing Ethical Research Conference Scholarship Program assists those members of the research, academic, and medical communities who cannot attend the conference due to financial constraints. PRIM&R has developed four distinct scholarship … Read More
April 13, 2009
Recently, I learned that Sweden is struggling with an important question: who should be trained as a physician? One particular student focuses this discussion. Karl Helge Hampus Svensson was banished a year ago from Sweden’s premier Karolinska Institute on the … Read More
April 10, 2009
Dr. Bruce Psaty of University of Washington in Seattle knows how easy it can be to fall under the spell of a friendly relationship with drug companies. As an assistant professor, he published an article on using beta-blockers to treat … Read More
April 10, 2009
Family members of the chronically ill have organized a Capitol vigil because they fear stealthy passage of a sweeping ban of embryonic stem cell research. Relatives of people ravaged by Parkinson’s disease and diabetes say they distrust a powerful senator … Read More
April 10, 2009
A $1.6 million settlement has been reached with two Southern California hospitals accused of improperly discharging and dumping psychiatric patients on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, the city attorney’s office said Wednesday. (USA Today)
April 10, 2009
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin report in the journal Development the successful generation from human embryonic stem cells of a type of cell that can make myelin, a finding that opens up new possibilities for both basic and clinical … Read More
