April 12, 2012
A British scientist may have fathered 600 children after making donations to a fertility programme he ran with his wife. And one of his biological children has suggested that the number may even be as high as one thousand. (The … Read More
April 12, 2012
September 13-14, 2012 Cardiff, United Kingdom Join the distinguished faculty of leading world experts in genome sciences and technologies to share applications of recent advances and developments in the global healthcare and socioâ€economic progress.  The conference will provide a forum … Read More
April 12, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 366, Issue 13, March 29, 2012) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Suing States over Threatened Access to Care — The Douglas Decision” by Sara Rosenbaum, available on-line. “Medicare … Read More
April 11, 2012
The human brain has the remarkable ability to send signals that can move a computer cursor, a wheelchair, or even a prosthetic limb. “Could you think the word ‘pinch’ and make a little robot pinch with its fingers?†says Thomas … Read More
April 11, 2012
For the incurably ill, it is a message of hope: for a fee of between £10,000 and £40,000, sufferers of illnesses such as heart disease, Parkinson’s, autism and cerebral palsy can buy themselves hope at Cells4health’s clinic. (Telegraph)
April 11, 2012
Last week, a new initiative called Choosing Wisely got a lot of positive attention for gathering nine medical specialty groups and coming up with 45 procedures that even doctors think doctors shouldn’t do. But a new study on end-of-life care … Read More
April 11, 2012
Nadya Suleman will do anything for her octuplets, but now she admits it was a mistake to have them. (NY Daily News)
April 11, 2012
The United States needs to spend more on its chronically underfunded public health system and use that money more efficiently, according to an Institute of Medicine report released Tuesday. (US News & World Report)
April 11, 2012
Developing World Bioethics (Volume 12, Issue 1, April 2012) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “New Ethical Perspectives on Medical Tourism in the Developing World” by Jeremy Snyder and Valorie A. Crooks, iii-vi. “The Problematization of Medical Tourism: … Read More
April 11, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 366, Issue 11, March 15, 2012) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Warning: Contraceptive Drugs May Cause Political Headaches” by R. Alta Charo, available on-line. “Supreme Court Review of … Read More
April 10, 2012
Three months after the Chinese health ministry ramped up its efforts to enforce a ban on the clinical use of unapproved stem-cell treatments, a Nature investigation reveals that businesses around the country are still charging patients thousands of dollars for … Read More
April 10, 2012
An influential federal advisory body called for levying a new tax on medical care to finance improvements to public-health services in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal)
April 10, 2012
Many medical implants are vulnerable to attacks that could threaten their users’ lives, according to studies. (BBC News)
April 10, 2012
A three-year-old boy has been kept alive with an artificial heart for more than eight months, which doctors say is a record for a child in the UK. (BBC News)
April 10, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 366, Issue 10, March 8, 2012) is now available on-line and by subscription only. Articles include: “Directions for Bipartisan Medicare Reform” by Gail R. Wilensky, available on-line. “Slower Growth in Medicare Spending — … Read More
April 10, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics & Health Law Oakland Campus “What are Health Disparities and Health Equity? And Why Do the Definitions Matter?†The annual Medical Ethics Update conference provides … Read More
April 10, 2012
Nature Medicine (Volume 18, Issue 3, March 2012) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “NIH Accused of Being Overly Literal on Stem Cell Approvals” by Elie Dolgin, 325. “Korea Okays Stem Cell Therapies Despite Limited Peer-Reviewed Data” by … Read More
April 10, 2012
The 2012 Healthcare Ethics and Law (HEAL) Conference Friday, April 13, 2012 Birmingham, Alabama The Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute (HEAL) Â invites you to attend our 2012 annual conference where world class ethicists will discuss issues of crucial importance to … Read More
April 9, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday a plan to widen its efforts to cut the time and cost it takes to approve new medical devices. (Wall Street Journal)
April 9, 2012
More than $1 billion has been spent over the past decade researching autism. In some ways, the search for its causes looks like a long-running fishing expedition, with a focus on everything from genetics to the age of the father, … Read More
April 9, 2012
It was the type of conversation that Dr. Claire Trescott dreads: telling physicians that they are not cutting it. But the large health care system here that Dr. Trescott helps manage has placed controls on how painkillers are prescribed, like … Read More
April 9, 2012
Before dawn on her 57th birthday, Lorraine Hawks and her husband, Paul, piled into their brother-in-law Tim Wilson’s Lexus in Pelham, New Hampshire, with Lorraine and her sister Susie in the back seat and the men up front. As the … Read More
April 9, 2012
The first human egg cells that have been grown entirely in the laboratory from stem cells could be fertilised later this year in a development that will revolutionise fertility treatment and might even lead to a reversal of the menopause … Read More
April 6, 2012
Imagine lying in a hospital bed, afraid, stuck repeatedly with needles to draw blood for tests you don’t understand. Next to you lies another patient — in a bed so close that each of you hears everything the other has … Read More
April 6, 2012
The suggestion to pay for individuals to engage in pro-health behaviors and the question if this idea is an effective, sustainable, as well as cost-efficient tool to promote individual and public health is a controversial issue. (Medical News Today)
