January 13, 2012
Like millions of couples, Beth and Richard are on a quest to have a baby. But unlike most, their labor of love is launching them on a cross-country odyssey that has been 10 years in the making. (ABC News)
January 13, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 365, Issue 21, January 12, 2012) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “The Politics of Emergency Contraception” by A.J.J. Wood, J.M. Drazen, and M.F. Greene, available on-line. “The Constitutionality … Read More
January 13, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 365, Issue 23, December 8, 2011) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Making Sense of the New Cervical-Cancer Screening Guidelines” by S. Feldman, 2145-2147. “Drug Shortages — A Critical … Read More
January 12, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 365, Issue 22, December 1, 2011) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “The Four Habits of High-Value Health Care Organizations” by R.M.J. Bohmer, available on-line. “2012 — A Watershed … Read More
January 12, 2012
In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. (Medical News Today)
January 12, 2012
Stem cells from cord blood “re-educated” the immune system T cells of people with type 1 diabetes so their pancreas started producing insulin again, thereby reducing the amount of insulin they needed to inject. (Medical News Today)
January 12, 2012
A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos. (Washington Post)
January 12, 2012
More than one in 10 British-based scientists or doctors have witnessed colleagues intentionally altering or fabricating data during their research, according to a survey by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Thursday. (Reuters)
January 12, 2012
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a Texas law that requires women seeking an abortion to have a sonogram exam and to listen to a physician’s detailed description of the fetus, including whether it has developed … Read More
January 12, 2012
Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine (Volume 13, November 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Determination of fetal chromosome aberrations from fetal DNA in maternal blood: has the challenge finally been met?” by Sinuhe Hahn, Olav Lapaire, Sevgi … Read More
January 12, 2012
Poiesis & Praxis (Volume 8, Issue 1) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Reflecting Biomedical, Technological and Environmental Issues of our Modern Society” by Stephan Lingner. “Fighting in the Legal Grey Area: An Analysis of the German Federal … Read More
January 12, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 8:30 am – 5 pm Family Research Council, 801 G Street, NW, Washington DC Council on Poor Prenatal Diagnoses & Therapeutic Intervention The Conference will bring together professionals from many different specialty areas, including genetic researchers, ob/gyn … Read More
January 11, 2012
Responding to U.S. experiments that infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in the 1940s, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to study new rules for protecting medical research volunteers. An additional $775,000 will go to … Read More
January 11, 2012
China has ordered a halt to all unapproved stem cell treatments and clinical trials, state media reported on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the largely untested stem cell therapies now on offer across the country. (Fox News)
January 11, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration voiced concern on Monday that the hope that patients have for cures, not yet available, may leave them vulnerable to unscrupulous providers of stem cell treatments that are illegal and potentially harmful. (Medical Daily)
January 11, 2012
Humanity has long dreamed of perfection, striving to be faster, stronger and brighter, pushing nature to the limit. Four centuries before people were conceived in a petri dish, Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed flawless little beings could be grown in pumpkins … Read More
January 11, 2012
The booming business in international surrogacy, whereby Westerners have begun hiring poor women in developing countries to carry their babies, has been the subject of plenty of media buzzing over the past few years. (Slate)
January 11, 2012
During the past year, Lowe’s Companies paid for 38 employees or their dependents, including three children, to travel to Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery that was fully covered by health insurance with no co-pays or deductibles. (American Medical News)
January 10, 2012
At a crowded vigil on Sunday night in Tucson, Representative Gabrielle Giffords held her husband’s hand as she stepped up to the lectern to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. (NY Times)
January 10, 2012
Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation’s economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday. (Washington Post)
January 10, 2012
A biotechnology company announced it has developed a machine to decode an individual’s DNA in a day for $1,000, a long-sought price goal for making the genome useful for medical care. (Washington Post)
January 10, 2012
Using a sperm bank can quickly break the bank. That’s why a growing number of women have turned to the underground, online world of free sperm donation. (ABC News)
January 10, 2012
North Carolina will become the first state to compensate victims of a mass sterilization program that targeted poor minorities in a 20th century eugenics program, offering a $50,000 a person. (ABC News)
January 9, 2012
On November 30, 2006, executives at Pfizer—the largest pharmaceutical company in the world—held a meeting with investors at the firm’s research center in Groton, Connecticut. Jeff Kindler, then CEO of Pfizer, began the presentation with an upbeat assessment of the … Read More
January 9, 2012
Thirty years after the disaster, Joseph F. Waeckerle, MD, still prays that he made the right calls. (American Medical News)
