February 2, 2010
On Valentine’s day two years ago, Paul Wagner, a 40-year-old Philadelphia purchasing manager, gave Gail Tomas, a total stranger, his left kidney. Wagner met Tomas, a 65-year-old former opera singer, on the internet, at MatchingDonors.com. Her daughter had posted an … Read More
February 2, 2010
Finally: after almost a dozen years, scores of studies undercutting its conclusions, and a years-long disavowal by most of the authors, the infamous paper that first claimed a link between childhood vaccinations and autism has been formally retracted by The … Read More
February 2, 2010
PIG lungs could be transplanted into humans to overcome a shortage of donor organs after a Melbourne medical breakthrough. Scientists from The Alfred hospital have kept pig lungs alive and functioning with human blood, paving the way for animal-human transplants … Read More
February 2, 2010
Stem cell experts say they believe a small group of scientists is effectively vetoing high quality science from publication in journals. In some cases they say it might be done to deliberately stifle research that is in competition with their … Read More
February 1, 2010
Kay, an 89-year-old resident of a North Vancouver nursing home, had travelled with family to Zurich, Switzerland, to a clinic called Dignitas. The mother of seven children was in a wheelchair, suffering from a terminal condition called spinal tenosis, which … Read More
February 1, 2010
In the rarefied world of fashion magazines, beauty editors have often relied on a coterie of prominent dermatologists and plastic surgeons to keep them current on advances in cosmetic medicine. This symbiotic relationship has benefited magazines eager for beauty scoops … Read More
February 1, 2010
The medical council has recently distributed a letter to all medical practitioners admonishing them not to give advice against receiving the AH1N1 vaccine. This letter raises several issues, which, if not contemplated well, may lead to public mistrust in the … Read More
