October 19, 2011
ER nurse: “Can Mrs. Jones be discharged?†ER doctor: “I don’t know. She probably doesn’t need admission to the hospital today, but she does need follow-up with a doctor very soon. I am worried, though, that Mrs. Jones isn’t plugged … Read More
October 19, 2011
An experimental drug, found by accident to be a possible therapy for the rare Niemann-Pick Type C disease, is now showing promise in treating more common conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and HIV. (Wall Street Journal)
October 19, 2011
Social network sites may be changing people’s brains as well as their social life, research suggests. (BBC News)
October 19, 2011
The UK’s fertility watchdog has agreed to triple the compensation given to women who donate eggs to help infertile couples to have a child. (BBC News)
October 19, 2011
The quest for the world’s first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of disease in young children by half. (ABC News)
October 18, 2011
The Journal of the American Medical Association (Volume 306, Issue 13, October 5, 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures” by Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Kenneth M. … Read More
October 18, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri September 16-20, 2012 The ISBGMO is a unique opportunity for scientists from across the globe to share experiences and engage in open and meaningful dialogue about biosafety. Participants include scientists involved in biosafety research and policy, including … Read More
October 18, 2011
New tests are coming to market that can detect Down syndrome in a fetus using a sample of the mother’s blood, potentially reducing the need for riskier invasive tests while also stirring ethical concerns. (New York Times)
October 18, 2011
Europe’s highest court has ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented, in a case that could have major implications for medicine. (BBC News)
October 18, 2011
The American Academy of Pediatrics expanded its guidelines regarding attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder this weekend, recommending that pediatricians start evaluations as early as preschool and continue them through high school. (ABC News)
October 18, 2011
Surrogate Cathleen Hachey was three centimetres dilated when the intended parents for the twins she was carrying inside her announced they wouldn’t be coming for the babies. (Vancouver Sun)
October 18, 2011
Dutch researchers have sequenced the genome of a woman who lived 115 years. Presenting their findings at a conference in Canada last week, they said they hope the information will provide a useful reference point for studies of longevity and … Read More
October 18, 2011
BABIES with holes in their diaphragms could soon become the first humans treated with “spare parts” built from their own stem cells. The cells, taken from amniotic fluid, would be grown in the lab ready to be implanted when the … Read More
October 18, 2011
Taylor & Francis Online (Volume 29, Issue 2, June 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Managing innovation in the stem cell sciences: Australian views from the field” by Olivia Harvey, 93-104.
October 17, 2011
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 365, Issue 14, October 6, 2011) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Critical Moments — Doctors and Patients” by L.M. Buckley, 1270-1271. “How Much Savings Can We Wring from … Read More
October 17, 2011
Physicians who once only grappled with learning the language of medicine must now also cope with a health care world that has turned hospitals into factories and reduced clinical encounters to economic transactions, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians … Read More
October 17, 2011
GENETIC sequencing will soon be cheap enough for everyone to have a digital copy of their own genome. But that also means someone could hack your hard drive or mobile device and gain access to it. (New Scientist)
October 17, 2011
An independent British medical watchdog says the first treatment proven to help people with the deadliest form of skin cancer is too expensive to be used by the U.K.’s health care system, a recommendation critics called a potential death sentence. … Read More
October 17, 2011
Researcher James Thomson achieved a scientific breakthrough a few years ago when he found a way to access stem cells without destroying embryos. He also saw an opportunity to make it a business. (Wall Street Journal)
October 17, 2011
Citing cost concerns, the Obama administration said Friday it has halted a long-term care insurance program that was part of the massive health care law passed in 2010. (CNN)
October 17, 2011
Jeri Orfali was a top software executive in the early days of Silicon Valley, author of several books and even professionally courted by Steve Jobs until, like Jobs, she was struck down with cancer at the age of 56. (ABC … Read More
October 17, 2011
The nation has improved its overall grade on providing hospital-based palliative care to a B, up from a C in 2008. (American Medical News)
October 14, 2011
Archives of Internal Medicine (Volume 171, Issue 17, September 26, 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Quality of Care in the US Territories” by Marcella Nunez-Smith, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Jeph Herrin, Calie Santana, Leslie A. Curry, Sharon-Lise … Read More
October 14, 2011
The prospect of doing human clinical trials with stem cells to treat diseases like multiple sclerosis may be growing closer, say scientists at the University at Buffalo and the University at Rochester, who have developed a more precise way to … Read More
October 14, 2011
A growing number of communities are choosing to stop adding fluoride to their water systems, even though the federal government and federal health officials maintain their full support for a measure they say provides a 25 percent reduction in tooth … Read More
