June 15, 2011
Police crack down on illegal ova trading
Police sought arrest warrants for two brokers on charges of trafficking human eggs, while booking 13 women for allegedly offering their eggs for money, officials said Tuesday. (YonhapNews)
Monthly Archives: June 2011
June 15, 2011
Three abortion bills could become law within the next two weeks
Three abortion bills could become law within the next two weeks. (The Florida Independent)
June 15, 2011
The 4th Medical Tourism Congress Announces an Exclusive Ministerial Summit The 4th Medical Tourism Congress Announces an Exclusive Ministerial Summit
In its 4th year, the World Medical Tourism Congress promises to be the best one yet, featuring up to 1500 attendees, 100+ speakers and sponsors from over 87 countries. This year’s theme “Patients in Emerging Markets” will focus on some … Read More
June 15, 2011
Woman’s dream to have child fulfilled after death
Thanks to frozen embryos, surrogate – Nissim Ayish makes late wife’s dream to become mother come true two years after she dies from deadly tumor. (YNetNews)
June 15, 2011
Eugenics listening session moved
The state task force looking into how to compensate people who were sterilized under the direction of the state has moved its June 22 listening session to a larger location in anticipation of a big turnout. (NewsObserver)
June 15, 2011
Organ donors can now register online in Ontario
Betty Consonni is the picture of health. But last year she was on death’s door, desperately in need of an organ donation. (GuelphMercury)
June 15, 2011
Primal Transhumanism
Primal transhumanism. Oxymoron? Maybe. Burgeoning lifestyle choice for a growing number of futurists? Most definitely. (IEET)
June 15, 2011
Father demands change in assisted suicide law after son’s cancer death
Simon Bray, 54, died in the arms of his wife and father yesterday afternoon after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer more than a year ago. (The Telegraph)
June 15, 2011
American Gay Couple Thanks Surrogacy for Realization of Their Dream to Become Parents
“City of dreams” had changed the dreams of a deaf and speechless American gay couple to reality where they succeeded to have their twins, a girl and a boy. (Top News)
June 15, 2011
Husband Says NuvaRing Killed His Wife
A man claims the NuvaRing contraceptive killed his wife by giving her blood clots in her pulmonary arteries. (Court House News Service)
June 15, 2011
New Take On iPS Cells May Cut Cancer Risk
Kyoto University researchers have developed a new way to make artificial stem cells that prevents them from turning against the body as cancer, a step that could dramatically reduce one of the biggest risks of regenerative medicine. (Adult Stem Cell … Read More
June 15, 2011
Adult stem cell studies show promise
We’re concluding our discussion on the promising uses of adult stem cells to cure many different disabilities. While the wholesale use of adult stem cells may not be the hoped-for solution to many disabilities — especially those of the central … Read More
June 15, 2011
Doctors Applaud Organ Donation Progress
Australia’s senior organ transplant specialists have applauded the best organ donation rates in Australia’s history with Victoria achieving the most outstanding results. (Department of Health and Aging)
June 15, 2011
Philippines birth control legislation opposed by church
At the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial hospital 300 proud mothers lie three to a bed, cradling their newborns. With up to 100 babies born every 24 hours here, this is one of the busiest maternity wards in the world. (Guardian)
June 15, 2011
New Issue of Bioethics is Now Available
Bioethics (Volume 25, Issue 5, June 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “The Dead Donor Rule, Voluntary Active Euthanasia, and Capital Punishment” by Christian Coons and Noah Levin, 236-243. “Counterfactual Reasoning in Surrogate Decision Making – Another … Read More
June 14, 2011
New Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine is Now Available
Archives of Internal Medicine (Volume 17, Issue 9, May 9, 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “A Swinging Pendulum: Comment on ‘On Patient Autonomy and Physician Responsibility in End-of-Life Care’” by Gabrielle R. Goldberg and Diane E. … Read More
June 14, 2011
Federal anti-abortion rights provision blocking states from banning abortion outright
What could have been an effective trigger to begin dismantling Roe v. Wade died last week in Louisiana after the state House voted 65-30 to recommit a bill that would have effectively banned abortion. The Associated Press initially reported that … Read More
June 14, 2011
Kosovo promises to co-operate with EU organ-trafficking probe
Kosovo government yesterday expressed its commitment to cooperate with the EU in the probe into a Council of Europe report linking the prime minister and others to human organ-trafficking. (Gulf Times)
June 14, 2011
Oregon House approves bill making it a felony to sell so-called suicide kits
The Oregon House voted Monday to make it illegal to knowingly sell a product intended to help another person commit suicide, a move that targets companies selling so-called suicide kits that can be bought on the Internet. (The Washington Post)
June 14, 2011
Assembly Panel Advances Bills To Assist With End-Of-Life Care Decisions
On Monday, an Assembly panel approved a package of bills intended to make end-of-life care decisions easier for New Jersey families. (NJ Today)
June 14, 2011
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, BBC Two, review
Sir Terry Pratchett, the much-loved fantasy novelist, has Alzheimer’s. It’s a disease that no one recovers from, your condition will only get worse. And then you will die. When you die, according to British law, is not within your control. … Read More
June 14, 2011
Scientists Study Impact of Adult Stem Cell Research
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. (US News and World Report)
June 14, 2011
In Israel, a Call To End Anonymous Sperm Donation
Rabbi Dr. Einat Ramon has gone to war against surrogate mothers, sperm donors and feminists. In a recent op-ed in Haaretz, Ramon calls for making illegal anonymous sperm donation and all forms of surrogacy, and replacing it with an exclusive … Read More
June 14, 2011
MP’s report on fertility treatment provision highlights significant failings
A recent report by UK politicians has found widespread inconsistencies in the provision of fertility treatment by the NHS. The report, published by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on infertility, used freedom of information requests to gather data from … Read More
June 14, 2011
Woman will spend £100,000 bingo prize on IVF
A MOTHER who won s100,000 playing bingo plans to use the money to pay for private IVF treatment after suffering eight miscarriages. (Mirror)
