October 23, 2012
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Asia Medical Tourism Analysis and Forecast to 2015. In this global economic slowdown when every other industry future seems bleak. Medical Tourism Industry is the one sector … Read More
October 23, 2012
AFTER spending years as a paediatrician in south-west Sydney, the state opposition spokesman on health, Andrew McDonald, has been closer to illness and suffering than most politicians. But the experience has confirmed his views against voluntary euthanasia. ”I would certainly … Read More
October 23, 2012
I was living in comfortable retirement with my wife, Mathilde, when, at the age of 71, she received a diagnosis of Waldenstrom’s disease. The chief danger of this rare cancer of the bone marrow is that it impedes and eventually … Read More
October 23, 2012
In particular, ART was associated with an 81 percent increase in the relative risk for defects of the eye, a 41 percent increase in relative risk for congenital heart defects, and a 40 percent increase in relative risk for defects … Read More
October 23, 2012
Can you imagine wanting to know whether your newborn baby will fall victim to Alzheimer’s disease decades down the road? What about cancer or diabetes? (Time)
October 23, 2012
It involves testing embryos thoroughly for major genetic abnormalities, the main reason why middle-aged women so often struggle to conceive. Genetically normal embryos are then frozen for a month or two, to allow women’s hormones to settle after IVF drug … Read More
October 23, 2012
A questionnaire carried out as part of the national bereavement survey recently found that, of those who expressed a preference, 71% of respondents wanted to die at home but only 21% actually managed to do so. For many older people, … Read More
October 23, 2012
Two former heads of Geron are making a bid for the stem-cell program that the company pioneered and then abandoned. (Nature News)
October 23, 2012
One could argue that stem cell research is currently the most promising area of biomedical research. It is no surprise that this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a duo that work in the area. But much of the press coverage associated … Read More
October 22, 2012
Just this year, 17 states set new limits on abortion; 24 did last year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights nonprofit whose numbers are widely respected. In several states with the most restrictive laws, the number of abortions … Read More
October 22, 2012
Contestants were asked to submit “the most emotional or entertaining essays and homemade amateur videos†explaining why they wanted a free round of I.V.F. “Make us laugh with you or cry with you,†the announcement said. “Tell your story straight … Read More
October 22, 2012
For four years, this San Carlos couple struggled with infertility. Now, their child is growing inside a woman they have never met, in India, a country they have never seen. (San Francisco Chronicle)
October 22, 2012
Ten years ago a British man with terminal cancer travelled to Switzerland and drank a lethal solution of barbiturates to end his life, with his son and daughter by his side. (BBC)
October 22, 2012
Yes, you can teach old bacteria new tricks. It is now routine to genetically reprogram microbes to make plastics, biofuels, vaccines and antibiotics. They have been engineered to detect arsenic levels in drinking water, destroy cancer cells and store digital … Read More
October 22, 2012
New findings presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ annual meeting in New Orleans on Saturday suggest that babies born through IVF, as well as other forms of assisted reproductive technology, have a slightly increased risk of birth defects, particularly … Read More
October 22, 2012
The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland opened Thursday in downtown Belfast, unleashing angry protests on the street and uniting Catholic and Protestant politicians in calls to investigate the new facility. (New York Daily News)
October 22, 2012
On paper, Medicaid is the best health plan anywhere. It covers almost every imaginable service, with zero payment due from the patient. In practice, the reality of Medicaid is quite different. Patients have insufficient access to health care providers and … Read More
October 22, 2012
State officials confirmed an increase in the number of verified victims of the state’s former Eugenics Board Program. The new tally counts 186 individuals in 61 counties, including 168 living victims. (North Carolina News Network)
October 22, 2012
The University of Tokyo today dismissed the researcher who claimed to have carried out what would have been the world’s first trial of treating human patients with cells created from their own induced pluripotent stem (iPS). The researcher, Hisashi Moriguchi, … Read More
October 22, 2012
The most common and aggressive brain tumor grows by turning normal brain cells into stem cells, which can continuously replicate and regrow a tumor with only a handful of cells left behind, new research finds. (Fox News)
October 19, 2012
The prevailing view that stem cells are the principle originators of brain cancer may be incorrect, according to a report out today (October 18) in Science. (The Scientist)
October 19, 2012
Last year the authorities learned of 946 victims, compared with 710 in 2010, the inter-departmental ministerial group on human trafficking said. Trafficking gangs in China, Vietnam, Nigeria and eastern Europe now pose the biggest threat to the UK , it … Read More
October 19, 2012
The birth control pill and sterilization are still the most common forms of contraception, but new federal data released Thursday show that long-acting methods are gaining ground while condom use for birth control is declining. (U.S.A. Today)
October 19, 2012
Uruguay’s Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that allows women to have abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy for any reason, opening the way for one of the most sweeping abortion rights laws in Latin America. (New York Times)
October 19, 2012
Helping the terminally ill to die, once taboo, is gaining acceptance. (The Economist)
