September 22, 2010
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 363, Issue 12, September 16, 2010) is now available on-line and through subscription. Articles include: “Resurrection of a Stem-Cell Funding Barrier — Dickey–Wicker in Court” by G.J. Anna. Available on-line. “Preparing for a … Read More
September 22, 2010
The Justice Department is trying to take the lead in a lawsuit accusing Pfizer Inc.’s Wyeth unit of improperly promoting an organ-transplant drug for unauthorized uses and paying illegal kickbacks to doctors. [Premium (Wall Street Journal)]
September 22, 2010
Hundreds of thousands of women and their babies are being put at risk because they are not getting access to good antenatal care in England and Wales, experts claim. (BBC News)
September 22, 2010
A global survey of fertility treatment covering more than 100 countries has revealed wide variations in international laws governing IVF which are fuelling the growth of “fertility tourism”. (The Independent)
September 22, 2010
Although the Vatican in 2008 issued a limited set of instructions on bioethics primarily dealing with in vitro fertilization and stem cell research (Dignitas Personae or “the Dignity of the Person†[pdf]) and a handful of Christian scientists, policy makers, … Read More
September 21, 2010
An ethical storm hit the University of California, Berkeley, earlier this year after it invited more than 5,000 incoming students to receive a personal genetic analysis of three genes associated with how they metabolize lactose, alcohol and folic acid. (Scientific … Read More
September 21, 2010
A group of doctors have called on the medical community to cease harvesting organs from patients whose hearts have stopped, saying that doctors are misleading families to believe that the patient has died when, in fact, their heart could be … Read More
September 21, 2010
Growing up in California’s rural Central Valley, the two cousins spent summers racing dirt bikes and Christmases at their grandmother’s on the coast. Endowed with a similar brash charm, they bought each other matching hardhats and sought iron-working jobs together. … Read More
September 21, 2010
Pain management experts from 84 countries have called for governments worldwide to recognize the rights of people to access reasonable care for acute and chronic pain. (MTB Europe)
September 21, 2010
Mistrust of hospitals is high among African-Americans, a new study suggests, offering a possible explanation for the group’s historically low rate of blood donation. (New York Times)
September 21, 2010
Nursing Philosophy (Volume 11, Issue 4, October 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “What limits, if any, should be placed on a parent’s right to consent and/or refuse to consent to medical treatment for their child?” by … Read More
September 20, 2010
The Science, Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Mandates Penn University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Campus Biomedical Research Building Auditorium 421 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9am – 4:45pm For more information
September 20, 2010
The Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Collection, storage and use of blood samples for future research: views of Egyptian patients expressed in a cross-sectional survey” by Alaa … Read More
September 17, 2010
Pennsylvania Medical Humanities Consortium Temple University School of Medicine, 3500 N. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA April 15 * 16, 2011 Call for proposal deadline: January 31, 2011 To explore this year’s theme, The Story of Health and Illness in Urban … Read More
September 17, 2010
Issues in Medical Ethics:Â 2010 Twenty-Second New York Regional Conference Recruitment for Clinical Trials Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hatch Auditorium, Guggenheim Pavilion 100th Street & Fifth Avenue, New York City Friday, October 15th, 2010 Space is limited. Registration required. … Read More
September 17, 2010
Senate Democrats argued a moral imperative to allow federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, in a hearing Thursday that comes a week after an appeals court temporarily lifted a judge’s ban on federal funding of it. (FOX News)
September 17, 2010
The report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the number of babies born using assisted reproductive technologies increased by 45 per cent from 2004 to 2008, to 10,500 a year. (ABC News)
September 17, 2010
Is it a plot spoiler to reveal that the new film “Never Let Me Go†is about cloning? Sorry. But the beautiful novel has become a reasonably good film, according to the critics. (BioEdge)
September 17, 2010
The most recent similar requirement came three years ago, when the America COMPETES Act of 2007 required universities to certify that they have a plan to instruct all students who receive NSF support in the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of … Read More
September 16, 2010
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 363, Issue 12, September 16, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Walking the Tightrope of Health Insurance Reform between 2010 and 2014” by C.C. Jennings and K.J. Hayes,897-899. “Hard to Conceive” … Read More
September 16, 2010
The Journal of The American Medical Association (Volume 304, Issue 11, September 15, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “A Biobehavioral Home-Based Intervention and the Well-being of Patients With Dementia and Their Caregivers: The COPE Randomized Trial” … Read More
September 16, 2010
In the latest of a series of regulatory and legal debates about Christian medical bill-sharing plans, the Supreme Court of Kentucky has ruled that one such plan is in fact insurance and should be regulated as such. (American Medical News)
September 16, 2010
Dr. Alan Shatzel’s pager beeped at 9 on a Saturday morning. A man had suffered a stroke, and someone had to decide, quickly, whether to give him an anticlotting drug that could mean the difference between life and death. Dr. … Read More
September 16, 2010
Back in February this year, the Government instituted the “Antenatal Screening for Down Syndrome and Other Conditions – Quality Improvements” programme. This programme, which received but cursory mention in the press, was introduced by the Ministry of Health following advice … Read More
September 16, 2010
A global survey of fertility treatment covering more than 100 countries has revealed wide variations in international laws governing IVF, which are fuelling the growth of “fertility tourism”. At least 10,000 people go abroad each year to seek help to … Read More
