June 11, 2010
JAMA (Volume 303, Number 21, June 2, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Using Science to Improve the Nation’s Health System: NIH’s Commitment to Comparative Effectiveness Research” by Michael S. Lauer and Francis S. Collins, 2182-2183. “Building … Read More
June 11, 2010
NEJM (Volume 362, Number 21, May 27, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Implementing Health Care Reform – Why Medicare Matters” by R.A. Berenson “The Independent Payment Advisory Board” by T.S. Jost “Pandemic Vaccines – The Legal … Read More
June 10, 2010
Conflicts of interest are receiving increased attention in medical research, clinical practice and education. Criticism of, and penalties for, conflicts of interest have been insufficiently discussed and have been applied without adequate conceptual backing. Genuine conflicts of interest are situations … Read More
June 10, 2010
Of all the forms of woe that take root in the human genome, the cancer called Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most merciless. It can infiltrate the brain’s white matter for months before causing any symptoms. By the time … Read More
June 10, 2010
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has called for greater transparency and open evaluation of stem cell therapies. It is worried about stem cell clinics directly marketing to patients and using anecdotal evidence to support their medical claims. … Read More
June 10, 2010
Your argument for a moral obligation to use new biotechnology to have the best children is founded on the best life (understood as the life with the most well-being) expected for them. Is then your theory utilitarian? Utilitarians would embrace … Read More
June 10, 2010
For decades, neuroscientists have been cognizant of the social implications of their work, but only since 2002 has the field of “neuroethics†emerged as a formal discipline that attempts to organize and address the ethical issues in neuroscience research and … Read More
June 10, 2010
Professionalism Department in the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (CQ) will initiate a new Department on professionalism in health-related disciplines, and submissions are invited. The goal of the new Professionalism Department is to provide … Read More
June 10, 2010
JAMA (Volume 303, Number 20, May 26, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Washington, Ottawa, and Health Care Reform: A Tale of 2 Capitals” by Samuel Y. Sessions and Allan S. Detsky, 2078-2079. “Retooling the Uniformed US … Read More
June 10, 2010
World Views: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology (Volume 14, Number 1, April 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Introduction: Religion, Animals and Transgenic Animals” by Heather Eaton, 1-5. “Engaging Islamic Views on Human-Animal Relations: Towards an Adab-Centered … Read More
June 9, 2010
The World Health Organization estimates that influenza causes severe illness in 3 million to 5 million people and 250,000 to 500,000 deaths annually. Seasonal influenza epidemics affect 5% to 20% of the US population annually and result in more than … Read More
June 9, 2010
Governments should issue tax credits for organ donations to ensure that bereaved families honor donor’s wishes, says an ethicist and visiting fellow at the Université de Montréal in Québec. (CMAJ)
June 9, 2010
Almost half of deaths by euthanasia in Belgium have involved patients who have not explicitly requested their lives to be ended by a doctor, a study has suggested. A fifth of nurses interviewed by researchers admitted that they had been … Read More
June 9, 2010
Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of influenza A/H1N1 being declared a pandemic. The pesky little virus, despite some early hype, didn’t turn out to be much of a killer, but it continues to make headlines. Let’s take a look … Read More
June 9, 2010
President Obama has appointed a new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, replacing his predecessor’s President’s Council on Bioethics. Like the previous entity and similar ones before it, the group will advise the president on a wide range … Read More
June 8, 2010
Nature Biotechnology (Volume 28, Issue 6 June 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Relief Over Stem Cell Lines” by Jeffrey L. Fox “Obama Appoints Bioethics Panel to Offer Practical Advice” by Jeffrey L. Fox “Scalable Pluripotent Stem … Read More
June 8, 2010
Synthetic biology received about $430 million in U.S. government funding from 2005 to 2010, far outpacing European governments, which gave their synthetic biologists $160 million over the same period. The emerging field received nearly no funding before 2005, according to … Read More
June 8, 2010
HUNDREDS of patients in Sydney, many needing spine and cancer surgery, have been left off hospital waiting lists for up to a year because overworked staff did not file the paperwork. The mistake, which doctors say has affected more than … Read More
June 8, 2010
Mr. Kristof has performed a public service by sharing the intimate details of his personal medical situation with millions, and we can all appreciate a major lesson of his thoughtful and moving column: to enjoy every day and time with … Read More
June 8, 2010
Dozens of women are aborting babies conceived by IVF because they have changed their minds about motherhood, figures suggest. Many are in their teens, twenties and early thirties, implying that numerous abortions were carried out for social reasons, rather than … Read More
June 8, 2010
Matt Steinglass at The Economist has interesting take on tort reform, specifically that limiting physician liability for adverse patient outcomes must come with an equable cost to doctors. (KevinMD)
June 8, 2010
The case of an abortion at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix prompted an angry bishop to rebuke the Sister of Mercy who allowed the surgery to save the mother’s life. But you don’t have to be a pregnant woman with … Read More
June 7, 2010
Last June, the Empire State Stem Cell Board caused a stir by allotting public funds for stem cell research in the state of New York. It permitted paying up to $10,000 dollars per cycle for egg retrieval for research purposes. … Read More
June 7, 2010
The doctor-patient relationship is moving online. With 68% of American adults now using the Internet to search for healthcare information, it’s no surprise that many also want digital access to their doctor. Whether they have that option will depend heavily … Read More
June 7, 2010
Medical professionals who were involved in the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogations of terrorism suspects engaged in forms of human research and experimentation in violation of medical ethics and domestic and international law, according to a new report from a human … Read More
