June 30, 2010
Harvard Theological Review (Volume 103, Issue 03, July 2010) is now available. Articles Include: “Reintegrating Care for the Dying, Body and Soul” by Michael J. Balboni and Tracy A. Balboni
June 30, 2010
JAMA (Volume 303, Number 24, June 23, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Health Care Reform-A Historic Moment in US Social Policy” by Elenora E. Connors and Lawrence O. Gostin “Genomic Analysis of Mental Illness: A Changing … Read More
June 30, 2010
In a landmark ruling that will make it easier for people to allow relatives and other loved ones to die, Germany’s highest court ruled Friday that it was not a criminal offense to cut off life-sustaining treatment for a patient. … Read More
June 30, 2010
Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals have had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells, a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian … Read More
June 30, 2010
Three years ago, the Department of Justice took stock of the orthopedic medical device industry–represented by the five big makers of orthopedic implants–and concluded that it was rampantly violating federal anti-kickback laws with the bribes and favors it was offering … Read More
June 30, 2010
In the realm of biomedical ethics, there is certainly no shortage of topics to be discussed. It is true that we could converse, debate, and conclude until we were blue in the face. In many instances, certainly in the United … Read More
June 30, 2010
Nature (Volume 465, Number 7301, June 24, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: Editorial: “A Pandemic of Hindsight?” “Strange Lesions after Stem-Cell Therapy” by David Cyranoski “Human Genome at Ten: Science after the Sequence” by Declan Butler
June 29, 2010
Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (Volume 38, Issue 2, Summer 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Embryo Stem Cell Research: Ten Years of Controversy” by John A. Robertson “Why Scientific Details Are Important When Novel Technologies … Read More
June 29, 2010
In the latest effort to break up the often cozy relationship between doctors and the medical industry, the University of Michigan Medical School has become the first to decide that it will no longer take any money from drug and … Read More
June 29, 2010
Over the past decade the Philippines has gained an international reputation as a hub for the illegal traffic in human organs from living donors, with some hospitals catering for wealthy foreign patients requiring kidney transplants. (MedIndia)
June 29, 2010
A suburban New York assemblyman whose daughter is a two-time kidney transplant recipient wants to flip New York’s organ-donation system on its head by presuming people are donors unless they indicate otherwise. (USA TODAY)
June 29, 2010
NEJM (Volume 362, Number 25, June 24, 2010) is now available. Articles Include: “Buying Health Care, the Individual Mandate, and the Constitution” by Sara Rosenbaum and Jonathan Gruber “Is Computed Tomography Safe?” by Rebecca Smith-Bindman “The Uncritical Use of High-Tech … Read More
June 29, 2010
The members of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology will convene in Extraordinary Session at UNESCO headquarters in Paris (Room XI, Fontenoy Building) on 28-30 June, 2010. COMEST is an advisory body and forum of … Read More
June 29, 2010
Nature Neuroscience (Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: Editorial: “Culture Clash on Consent” “Genome-Wide Association Studies: The Key to Unlocking Neurodegeneration?” by Sonia Gandhi and Nicholas W. Wood “What Can Pluripotent Stem … Read More
June 28, 2010
Britain’s National Health System just may lift a controversial age limit on free in-vitro fertilization (IVF). As it is, all infertile women between the ages of 23 and 39 can receive three free cycles of treatment through the national service … Read More
June 28, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration issued a document Monday stating that antibiotics important for human health shouldn’t be used to help animals grow faster. Officials say it’s the beginning of a process to halt their use in meat production. But … Read More
June 28, 2010
Childless Australian couples — heterosexual and gay — are looking to Indian women who are prepared to rent out their wombs for the chance to improve the lives and fortunes of their own families. (The Australian)
June 25, 2010
NEJM (Volume 362, Number 23, June 10, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Geographic Variation in Medicare Drug Spending” by Y. Zhang and Others “The Havasupai Indian Tribe Case – Lessons for Research Involving Stored Biologic Samples” … Read More
June 25, 2010
Nature Medicine (Volume 16, Number 6, June 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “An Unhealthy Disregard,” 609. “Data Handling Errors Spur Debate Over Clinical Trial” by Stu Hutson, 618. “Health Reform Unhealthy for Pharma,” 618. “Stem Cell … Read More
June 25, 2010
Stem Cells (Volume 28, Issue 6, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “European Scientific, Ethical, and Legal Issues on Human Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine” by Outi Hovatta, Miodrag Stojkovic, Maria Nogueira, and Isabel Varela-Nieto, 1005-1007.
June 25, 2010
A team led by researchers from Yale University took apart rats’ lungs and rebuilt them with new cells in a glass jar. When transplanted into live rats for a few hours, the new organs successfully exchanged oxygen and carbon dioxide, … Read More
June 25, 2010
Every Australian will be given an individual healthcare identification number from next week after the federal parliament passed legislation giving the scheme the green light. (9 News)
June 25, 2010
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the completion of the first draft human genome sequence, with a range of events and commentaries marking the occasion. In an interview with the Times, Francis Collins, who led the US arm of … Read More
June 24, 2010
JAMA (Volume 303, Number 22, June 9, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Rights and Responsibilities in Health Care: Striking a Balance” by Robert H. Brook, 2289-2290. “Trends in US Physician Work Hours” by Elizabeth Chmelik, 2250. … Read More
June 24, 2010
Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Requested Allocation of a Deceased Donor Organ: Laws and Misconceptions” by J.F. Douglad, and A.J. Cronin, 321. “‘(More) Trials and Tribulations’: The … Read More
