October 22, 2010
I can see why some may consider sterilising addicts as an option for the ever expanding drug-using community here in the UK. Hundreds, maybe thousands of children are born here every year to addicted mums and dads. They’re born suffering … Read More
October 22, 2010
In front of an audience of nearly 100 people at the Anlyan Center on Cedar Street, Nuland, a worldclass surgeon and author, argued that new technology and the rapid advance of science is distancing physicians from their patients. In his … Read More
October 21, 2010
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2010) is new available by subscription only. Articles include: “Oughtonomy in healthcare. A Deconstructive Reading of Kantian Autonomy” by Ignaas Devisch, 303 – 312. “Free Will and Psychiatric Assessments of … Read More
October 20, 2010
The Journal of the American Medical Association (Volume 304, Issue 14, October 13, 2010) is now available online and through subscription only. Articles include: “Intentional Infection of Vulnerable Populations in 1946-1948: Another Tragic History Lesson” by Thomas R. Frieden, MD, … Read More
October 19, 2010
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 363, Issue 16, October 14, 2010) is new available by subscription only. Articles include: “Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem-Cell Models for Long-QT Syndrome” by A. Moretti and Others, 1397-1409.
October 19, 2010
I might easily have missed it. I was being a compulsive historian, going to one more archive (having already been to many) to find more material for what would become the book Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its … Read More
October 19, 2010
Of all the problems with the U.S. health-care system, one of the most vexing for patients is simply sitting in the doctor’s waiting room. Being ushered into the exam room, only to be left shivering in a paper gown, to … Read More
October 19, 2010
Unthinkable errors by doctors and surgeons — such as amputating the wrong leg or removing organs from the wrong patient — occur more frequently than previously believed, a new study suggests. Over a period of 6.5 years, doctors in Colorado … Read More
October 19, 2010
In vitro fertilization is legal in Poland, but the procedure is expensive and a real option only for families with money. After Prime Minister Donald Tusk took office in 2007 he promised state financing for it but the legislation was … Read More
October 19, 2010
Neuroethics has established itself as a discipline dedicated to tackling tough practical questions like those of unexpected brain anomalies in research and has been moving age-old debates about mind and brain towards modern theoretical discussions about the understanding of human … Read More
October 19, 2010
I’ve heard the question posed, is healthcare a right? On the surface, I am inclined to think everyone is entitled to healthcare. As it is in America, even without paying and without insurance, everyone can get his or her most … Read More
October 19, 2010
wo research teams from the Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine (Okayama, Japan) have reported breakthrough studies in liver cell transplantation. One team found that the technical breakthrough in creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from mouse somatic cells (nonsex … Read More
October 19, 2010
Embryonic stem cells behave very differently outside the pull of Earth’s gravity, researchers suggest. (PhysOrg)
October 18, 2010
The Human Genome Project has failed so far to produce the medical miracles that scientists promised. Biologists are now divided over what, if anything, went wrong—and what needs to happen next. (Scientific American)
October 18, 2010
he two sides in the ongoing court battle over stem cell research filed another batch of legal documents yesterday in response to court-ordered deadlines. Neither side added much to their previous arguments. But for readers following the nitty-gritty details of … Read More
October 18, 2010
“In a foreboding ruling for the Obama administration, a federal judge in Florida decreed Thursday that a legal challenge to the new health care law by officials from 20 states could move forward …,” The New York Times reports: “‘At … Read More
October 18, 2010
Research explores whether spirituality may be good for the body as well as the soul. (The Boston Globe)
October 18, 2010
Bioethics (Volume 24, Issue 9, October 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Total Brain Death: A Reply To Alan Shewmon” by Patrick Lee and Germain Grisez. “On Taylor’s Justification of Medical Informed Consent” by Jukka Varelius. “An … Read More
October 15, 2010
Archives of Internal Medicine (Volume 170, Issue 17, September 27, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Racial Disparities in the Outcomes of Communication on Medical Care Received Near Death” by Jennifer W. Mack; M. Elizabeth Paulk; Kasisomayajula … Read More
October 15, 2010
A Northern Irish High Court judge has declined to award damages to a family who sued a health trust that provided in vitro fertilization (IVF) services for using the wrong sperm and causing their two children to be born darker … Read More
October 15, 2010
Should women be paid to provide their eggs for cloning-based stem cell research? Political discussion of that controversial prospect has stalled, in large part because researchers have not succeeded in producing stem cell lines with cloning techniques. But some companies … Read More
October 15, 2010
An open-source computer program flouts patents to test for cancer-causing gene mutations. (Nature News)
October 15, 2010
Federal guidance issued today aims to reduce the risk that synthetic DNA will be misused deliberately to create dangerous organisms. Screening Framework Guidance for Providers of Synthetic Double-Stranded DNA, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supports … Read More
October 15, 2010
When religious values were more important in Quebec, it was easier to make the case against euthanasia, McGill University ethicist Margaret Somerville said Thursday before provincial hearings in Montreal. (Montreal Gazette)
October 15, 2010
“First Patient Treated With Stem Cells,” blares one headline. “First Patient Treated in Stem Cell Study,” shouts another. They’re bogus. It was actually the first human trial using embryonic stem cells, or ESCs. Their Cinderella stepsister, adult stem cells, or … Read More
