June 14, 2011
US researchers have found a link between an ovarian hormone called anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) and IVF success. The findings suggest AMH testing could help clinicians tailor doses of ovary-stimulating drugs to improve women’s egg production and likelihood of pregnancy. (BioNews)
June 14, 2011
A Glaswegian company has recently launched a new stem cell banking service which offers adults the opportunity to bank stem cells using a newly approved method of extraction and isolation. (Adult Stem Cell Research Network)
June 14, 2011
THE BBC has been accused of helping to promote assisted suicide in a TV documentary by author and Alzheimer’s sufferer Sir Terry Pratchett to be screened tomorrow. (Scotsman.com)
June 14, 2011
Dying is a touchy subject. Euthanasia makes people upset. Whichever side of the debate you are on, you are caught between the hard place of human suffering and the rock of informed autonomous free choice. (IEET)
June 13, 2011
Independent investigative mechanism should be formed under UN auspices to probe human organ trade allegations, Serbian Justice Minister Snežana Malović says. (B 92)
June 13, 2011
IVF pioneer and Nobel prize winner Robert Edwards is among several leading health specialists to be knighted in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. (BBC)
June 13, 2011
The technology that ultimately became the dominant method of sex selection around the world began as a tool for navigation. The story of ultrasound dates to 1794, when an Italian biologist curious about how bats find their way in the … Read More
June 13, 2011
Thailand’s largest private hospital operator is shopping for New Zealand health software and technology as it seeks to cater to the booming medical tourism market. (Stuff.co.nz)
June 13, 2011
Human technology is an incredible phenomenon. It’s something that grows exponentially: for every advance we make, our next advances are more varied and easier to attain. (TNW)
June 13, 2011
Dealing with infertility, without the fictitious stories, can be incredibly difficult to come to terms with, but with advances in technology such as IVF treatment and egg donor programmes, many women are able to fall pregnant successfully. (Treatment Abroad)
June 13, 2011
A new study has found that a blood test for levels of a hormone called AMH, or antimullerian hormone, at the beginning of the (IVF) cycle can help predict likelihood of pregnancy. (MedIndia)
June 13, 2011
Eva Ottosson is to become the first woman in the world to have her womb transplanted into her daughter. (BBC)
June 13, 2011
The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure. (GazetteXtra.com)
June 13, 2011
Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye color and height. And the … Read More
June 13, 2011
Family members who make life-or-death decisions for loved ones are at high risk for anxiety and depression. Here’s how to ease the strain. (amednews.com)
June 13, 2011
New research says studying both adult and embryonic stem cells can benefit medical science, but banning the study of either type could harm studies of the other. (Medical News Today)
June 13, 2011
The Journal of the American Medical Association (Volume 305, Issue 18, May 11, 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Public Health Implications of Government Spending Reductions” by Steven H. Woolf, 1902-1903.
June 13, 2011
Dr. Lawrence Egbert is the former medical director for the Final Exit Network, a group that supports “the human right to a death with dignity.†Throughout his tenure with FEN, Egbert reviewed and processed hundreds of applications for assisted suicide. … Read More
June 13, 2011
While the United States is often derided as a model of immorality in Russia, its anti-abortion movement has become a model for Russian activists, who have even adopted the English-language term “pro-life†as their own. American-style pickets of abortion clinics … Read More
June 13, 2011
“A woman’s right to choose” and “Every child a wanted child” are common, and often useful, concepts. But the situation in India, where the number of baby girls has dropped significantly because of selective abortion of female foetuses, illustrates how … Read More
June 13, 2011
Zimbabwe native Charles Kokanai Mzite was found guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual assault in March 2009 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. That decision was upheld in the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday. (CTV News)
June 13, 2011
Alabama lawmakers late on Thursday passed a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the latest state legislature with Republican majorities to tighten abortion restrictions. (Reuters)
June 13, 2011
A man has lung cancer that has spread to the brain. The cancer in the brain has been growing despite full dose radiation. His lungs have failed and he has been on a respirator for 10 days with progressive worsening … Read More
June 13, 2011
When Melbourne office worker Faith Haugh, 41, exceeded Australia’s legal cap for individuals to donate their eggs, she went overseas to fulfil a desire to help infertile couples achieve parenthood. The laws are aimed at preventing unintentional inbreeding among donor … Read More
June 13, 2011
Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll shows that 84% of Americans still oppose human cloning. It was ranked the third most unpopular issue, before polygamy (86% opposed) and adultery (91% opposed). (BioEdge)
