January 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Lecture Theatre 1, New Hunt’s House, King’s College London – Guy’s Campus, London SE1 1UL 3:30-6:00pm This seminar is open to all but participants are asked to book a place in advance by emailing newagepop@kcl.ac.uk. For … Read More
January 18, 2011
This is a call for papers to invite you to submit research articles, reviews and letters to The Open General & Internal Medicine Journal. This is an open access online journal which publishes research articles, reviews and letters in all … Read More
January 18, 2011
The University of Pennsylvania announces their 3rd annual Neuroscience Boot Camp July 31-August 10 2011 What happens at Neuroscience Boot Camp? Through a combination of lectures, break-out groups, panel discussions and laboratory visits, participants will gain an understanding of the … Read More
January 18, 2011
IV International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics of the University of Barcelona Barcelona January 21, 2011 Organized by the UNESCO Chair in bioethics of the University of Barcelona with the collaboration of the Catalonian Authority for Data Protection, … Read More
January 18, 2011
June 9-11 2011 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois This second international interdisciplinary conference* aims to explore the past, present, and possible future of comics in the context of the healthcare experience. For more information
January 18, 2011
April 8-9, 2011 Berry College, Mount Berry, GA Featured Speakers include: Ronald Bailey, Patrick Deneen, Charles Rubin, and Robert Kraynak The conference is free and open to the public. For more information
January 18, 2011
Britain launched a public consultation Monday to help authorities decide whether people who donate eggs and sperm to fertility clinics should be paid cash compensation, and if so how much. (Reuters)
January 18, 2011
In a study of advance directive laws across all U.S. states, researchers found that the documents used in end-of-life planning were written in legalese that the average American would be hard-pressed to understand. And most states, the study found, had … Read More
January 18, 2011
Starting a family the “old-fashioned way” is becoming less common. Only 25% of American households are made up of a husband, wife, and a child. The fertility field is continually growing with advances in scientific technology, and infertile patients have … Read More
January 18, 2011
A server storing sensitive patient information for more than 230,000 people was breached by unknown hackers so they could use its resources to host the wildly popular Call of Duty: Black Ops computer game. (The Register)
January 18, 2011
The conviction of doctor and human-rights activist, Binayak Sen, could have implications for India’s attempts to achieve universal health-care coverage. Patralekha Chatterjee reports. (The Lancet)
January 18, 2011
French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand has promised a complete revamp of the country’s medical regulatory system. He was speaking after an official report said a diabetes drug which caused up to 2,000 deaths should have been banned 10 years earlier. … Read More
January 18, 2011
More than 250 patients who needed elective surgery were downgraded from Category 1 urgent status without any clinical reasons being given, raising doubts about the reliability of public hospital waiting lists, the ACT Auditor-General has revealed. (The Canberra Times)
January 14, 2011
Many health advocacy organizations rely on financial support from drug companies. But few disclose the extent of that funding or make information easily accessible, according to a new report published Thursday by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public … Read More
January 13, 2011
The law, which followed recommendations from the 1984 report by Lady Warnock, carefully shelters human embryos from routine experimentation, with research allowed only in carefully vetted circumstances. The Warnock report concluded that “the embryo of the human species ought to … Read More
January 13, 2011
Medicare started covering voluntary advance-care counseling during annual physicals, but it rescinded the policy after only five days when the issue again proved toxic. (American Medical News)
January 13, 2011
The Obama administration, following a lengthy internal debate, has unexpectedly come down on the side of pharmaceutical companies that are accused of overcharging public hospitals and clinics that care for large numbers of poor people. (New York Times)
January 13, 2011
Desktop medicine is altering the ways doctors diagnose and treat disease and improving health care outcomes. But medical training for how to use this new approach to health is still in the Stone Age. (Science Progress)
January 13, 2011
Over the past several decades, millions of people have used new reproductive technologies in their quest for biologically related children. Access to these technologies has enabled people who suffer from infertility, same-sex couples and single women to form biological families. … Read More
January 13, 2011
A group of physicians and experts on pain policy have published an article arguing that while opioid treatment contracts between patients and their physicians can be useful, they can be harmful for the patient-physician relationship unless presented in the right … Read More
January 13, 2011
Most people who used a commercially available genetic testing kit made by Navigenics were not traumatized by their results, as some critics had feared, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
January 13, 2011
Egypt is one of a handful of countries pinpointed for high levels of organ trafficking. According to the World Health Organization, other countries include Columbia, the Philippines, China and Pakistan. New legislation in Egypt will attempt to combat the illegal … Read More
January 13, 2011
Critics argue that there is limited knowledge about the effects of freezing on eggs and the ethical questions such a case poses could result in future psychological problems for all involved. However, Miss Jarvis appears to have no qualms. ‘As … Read More
January 13, 2011
In a groundbreaking achievement that could help scientists “build” new biological systems, Princeton University scientists have constructed for the first time artificial proteins that enable the growth of living cells. (ScienceDaily)
January 10, 2011
The purpose of medical research is to analyse and understand health and disease. A key and expensive element is the study of populations to explore how interactions between behaviour and environment, in the context of genetic diversity, determine causation and … Read More
