April 25, 2011
A new nerve-cell-support design could give amputees better control over prosthetic limbs. To design prosthetic limbs with motor control and a sense of touch, researchers have been looking at ways to connect electrodes to nerve endings on the arm or leg … Read More
April 22, 2011
The Journal of Internal Medicine (Volume 269, Issue 4, April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Is medical ethics doing its job?” M. G. Hansson and R. Chadwick, 366–369. “Interests, rights and standards of care in the … Read More
April 22, 2011
It’s not illegal to commit suicide in Arizona, but it is illegal to help someone else commit suicide. The question before a Maricopa County Superior Court jury Thursday was whether two members of a national organization had conspired to commit … Read More
April 22, 2011
Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 37, No. 4, April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “The concise argument:Highlights from this issue” by Søren Holm, 193. “A novel method to enhance informed consent: a prospective and randomised trial … Read More
April 21, 2011
Journal of Developing World Bioethics (Volume 11, Issue 1, April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS AND THE LAW OF THE LAND” by UDO SCHÃœKLENK, ii–iii. “NEW DIRECTIONS IN AFRICAN BIOETHICS: WAYS OF INCLUDING … Read More
April 21, 2011
Nursing Philosophy (Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Integrity and the moral complexity of professional practice” by Andrew Edgar and Stephen Pattison, 94–106. “Integrity: is it still relevant to modern healthcare?” by … Read More
April 21, 2011
A new Dartmouth Atlas study shows a trend for seniors to die at home, but even so they’re seeing more specialists and spending more time in intensive care during their last months of life. After years of experts and patients saying … Read More
April 21, 2011
A new type of test that detects “foreign†DNA in a patient’s bloodstream may provide early clues to organ rejection. The technique could offer an alternative to the expensive and invasive biopsies now used to detect transplant failure. Organ transplantation … Read More
April 21, 2011
FERTILITY assistance is a big and profitable business in America. Those needing help to conceive—infertile couples, older women, gay men using surrogate birth mothers—may be charged steep prices by the mostly privately owned clinics. In turn the clinics pay egg … Read More
April 21, 2011
Amanda Broomhall, 39, from Penhill, has two children of her own, but since 1997 has helped couples from all over the UK have babies. Surrogacy UK has recently recorded a surge of interest following high-profile surrogacy stories concerning Elton John and … Read More
April 21, 2011
As 20-year-old Hailey Daniswicz flexes muscles in her thigh, electrodes attached to her leg instruct a computer avatar to flex its knee and ankle — parts of Hailey’s leg that have been missing since 2005. (Reuters)
April 21, 2011
A nonprofit creates a new heart monitoring machine employing wireless technology. An inexpensive portable device could make it easy to monitor fetal health in remote locations, and it might also provide an alternative to more expensive machines currently used in doctors’ … Read More
April 21, 2011
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Editorial” by Kate Cregan, 1. “Issues and Challenges in Research on the Ethics of Medical Tourism: Reflections from a Conference” by Jeremy … Read More
April 21, 2011
Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 37, Issue 5, May 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “The Concise Argument” by Søren Holm, 261. “Sparrows, Hedgehogs and Castrati: Reflections on Gender and Enhancement” by John Harris, 262-266. “Should the … Read More
April 20, 2011
Designing new genomes could speed the creation of vaccines and biofuel-producing bacteria. (MIT Technology Review)
April 19, 2011
The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 11, Issue 3, 2011) is now available online. Articles include: “Sexless Reproduction: A Status Symbol” by Molly Harvard and David Magnus, 1. “The Many Moral Responsibilities of Independent Data-Monitoring Committees” by Alain Braillon, 16 … Read More
April 19, 2011
France’s highest court has denied French citizenship to 10-year-old twins born to a French couple using a surrogate in the USA, reaffirming the country’s ban on surrogacy. (BioNews)
April 19, 2011
A fertility clinic in Northampton is now offering patients the option to use frozen donor eggs imported from America due to a shortage of donations from women in the UK. (North Hampton Chronicle & Echo)
April 19, 2011
An expensive clotting drug approved to treat only hemophilia has become extremely popular in hospitals to stem bleeding during heart surgery, brain hemorrhages, trauma, liver transplants, and prostate removal. Yet a massive new analysis of 64 studies of these “off … Read More
April 19, 2011
For the first time in 27 years, researchers have released new criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. With tests to pick up the earliest stages of the disease not yet ready for widespread use, the new guidelines will have little immediate … Read More
April 19, 2011
Tissue Genesis, Inc., an emerging leader in adult stem cell and regenerative medicine, announced today that it has begun clinical trials for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) with adipose (fat) derived adult stem cell-coated vascular grafts at the University of Louisville … Read More
April 19, 2011
Up to 200,000 deaths from severe malaria could be averted each year if malarial countries were to switch to a more expensive but more effective drug, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said Tuesday. (Reuters)
April 19, 2011
More research is needed into a controversial fertility treatment, known as three-parent IVF, before it can be considered safe for clinical use, a review has concluded. (BBC News)
April 19, 2011
A 26-year-old mother who lost her right hand in a traffic accident several years ago is reuniting with her doctors to show off her new donated hand. (GazetteXtra)
April 19, 2011
A prophylactic medicine that preliminary research has suggested prevents HIV infection among gay men appears to have no effect on women. (ABC News)
