April 19, 2011
An innovative experimental treatment for boosting the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants with umbilical cord blood has a favorable safety profile in long-term animal studies, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and Children’s Hospital Boston … Read More
April 19, 2011
If women undergoing fertility treatment were limited to one embryo transfer at a time, lives and money would be saved due to fewer complications from multiple births, Canadian doctors said on Thursday. (channelnewsasia.com)
April 19, 2011
A decades-old program to screen newborns for certain hereditary diseases could be at risk because parents across the country have grown concerned about what happens to the leftover blood, according to a Johns Hopkins researcher who has studied state laws. … Read More
April 19, 2011
New Issue of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, (Volume 20, Issue 2) is now available. Articles include: “On Method and Resolution in Philosophical Bioethics” by John Coggon, 159-163. “Classification and Normativity: Some Thoughts on Different Ways of Carving Up the … Read More
April 18, 2011
There are plenty of medical tests that consumers can give themselves at home — tests to finds out if they are pregnant, if they have a urinary tract infection, and if their blood sugar levels are too high or too low, … Read More
April 18, 2011
Heather Spear and William Hanberg sit with their daughter EmmaRose in an examination room at UCLA. At 21/2, EmmaRose is snuggly and engaging, but she doesn’t yet walk or talk, and the family has traveled about 150 miles from Lompoc, Calif., … Read More
April 18, 2011
Researchers have identified gene mutations which is likely to shed light on the development ofglaucoma —a leading cause for optic nerve-related blindness worldwide. Besides identifying gene mutations in Indian patients, the researchers have also compiled related mutations seen all over the … Read More
April 18, 2011
Rachana’s (name changed) story is one of determination and optimism in the face of great pain and suffering. Three years back, her spinal cord was infected during treatment for blood cancer, leaving her paralysed below the waist. She can now … Read More
April 18, 2011
The idea of being able to take and get the results of STD tests in the privacy of their homes is appealing — if the tests actually work, that is.  (MSNBC)
April 18, 2011
Parents believe the benefits of testing their children for the genetic risk of some diseases outweigh the negative consequences, according to US scientists. Â (BBC News)
April 18, 2011
Tasmanian couples are a step closer to being able to use a surrogate mother to carry their child. Legislation to allow altruistic surrogacy passed the Lower House of state parliament yesterday. It allows all couples to use a surrogate, regardless … Read More
April 18, 2011
A woman accused of murdering her four-day-old baby girl by trying to kill herself with rat poison while pregnant has become a cause célèbre for US women’s groups and civil liberties organisations. But in March she was arrested and charged with … Read More
April 18, 2011
Scientists and IVF experts have called for the lifting of a ban on the creation of human embryos containing DNA from three people. The controversial research could benefit families affected by mitochondrial disease, which is inherited via the mother’s egg … Read More
April 18, 2011
Despite having the costliest medical care delivery system in the world, Americans are not particularly healthy. While this information is alarming, the bigger problem is that we do not know how to reverse this trend. Our lack of knowledge is … Read More
April 15, 2011
A gene linked to premature births has been discovered, scientists in the US and Finland have said. (BBC News)
April 15, 2011
A critical shortage of a leukemia drug has cancer centers across the country worried about how to treat many of their patients. (ABC News)
April 15, 2011
In Correspondence published Online First and an upcoming Lancet, Japanese experts suggest that blood products be taken from workers dealing with the ailing Fukushima Nuclear Facility-so that, should they accidently be exposed to high and health-damaging doses of radiation during … Read More
April 15, 2011
“Australians will want their genes tested when DNA sequencing becomes widely available, and they’ll look to doctors to talk them through it, research suggests. More than half of 800 adults interviewed in a recent study said they would snap up … Read More
April 15, 2011
A Swedish paediatrician originally cleared in the 2008 mercy killing of a terminally ill infant will face charges of manslaughter, according to prosecutors in Sweden. The prosecutors filed charges even though Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare cleared the doctor … Read More
April 15, 2011
Is hardship because of the GFC? Or an entrepreneurial spirit? Or a sympathetic legal system? Whatever it is, Illinois women have discovered surrogate motherhood for international clients. At least two dozen babies were born this way in 2010 in the … Read More
April 14, 2011
A recent article in the New York Times describes the discovery of birth houses in San Gabriel, California, where “relatively wealthy†Chinese women were stealthily coming to deliver their babies in a well-equipped facility with nursing care.  (The Feminist Wire)
April 14, 2011
By the age of 17, Sindi* had had three legal abortions – two within six months and a third a year later. She is the face of a shocking trend sweeping through the nation’s youth – using abortions as a … Read More
April 14, 2011
IF women undergoing fertility treatment were limited to one embryo transfer at a time, lives and money would be saved due to fewer complications from multiple births, Canadian doctors said. Â (News.com)
April 14, 2011
A Swiss region is poised to give old people in state-subsidised care homes the right to die via assisted suicide if that is their wish. The assisted suicide organisation Exit, which already helps terminally ill patients in a number of … Read More
April 14, 2011
Seeking: a young woman with long legs, big eyes, an athletic build, intelligence, emotional resilience and no history of STDs. Not to date, mind you, but to conceive with. On April 4, an anonymous couple placed ads around campus seeking … Read More
