November 19, 2012
About 10,000 people marched through Dublin and observed a minute’s silence Saturday in memory of the Indian dentist who died of blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion. (ABC News)
November 19, 2012
An effort to develop a birth control “vital sign” measure gets doctors to document women’s use of contraception, but it doesn’t make them any more likely to include family planning counseling during visits, according to a new study. (Reuters)
November 19, 2012
A grassroots movement has recently emerged in which a number of scientists, philosophers, ethicists and legal experts have rallied together in support of the idea that some nonhuman animals are persons and thus deserving of human-like legal protections. Their efforts … Read More
November 19, 2012
There is an up to 50 per cent higher risk of these persons developing bedsores during a hospital stay, despite all the advances in methods of care. Four out of five paraplegics develop a pressure ulcer at least once in … Read More
November 19, 2012
A study shows that the number of abortions in Iowa hasn’t increased since doctors were allowed starting in 2008 to prescribe an abortion-inducing drug via a remote-controlled system to patients in rural areas, The Des Moines Register reported Friday. (San … Read More
November 19, 2012
N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday that the league was doing more than ever to combat serious injuries, including those from hits to the head that can cause brain trauma, but that a cultural shift was needed to change the … Read More
November 19, 2012
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, oncologist and chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (and, entirely incidentally, brother to Rahm and Ari Emanuel) has long been a champion of end-of-life care. He spoke today with Corby Kummer at The Atlantic‘s Washington Ideas Forum, … Read More
November 16, 2012
In early October, Gurdon and Yamanaka were awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries. Now, thanks to some careful detective work by a team of scientists lead by Kenneth Zaret, PhD, at the Perelman School … Read More
November 16, 2012
Medical and police authorities are launching a major international probe into the illegal trafficking in human organs for transplants, to help clamp down on the crime, one of the researchers said Thursday. (Associated Press)
November 16, 2012
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues today released an ethics study guide based on the Commission’s investigation into the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) experiments conducted in Guatemala in the 1940s. A Study Guide to “Ethically Impossible†… Read More
November 16, 2012
Chromosomal microarrary technology can detect more genetic abnormalities, but it can raise more questions. (U.S.A. Today)
November 16, 2012
New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University … Read More
November 16, 2012
Time magazine recently featured Kurzweil on it cover, and Fortune described him as “a legendary inventor with a history of mind-blowing ideas.” And now he has a new book, with a subtitle that suggests he has found another such idea: … Read More
November 15, 2012
The world economy would be boosted by billions of dollars if all women had access to contraception, the United Nations said on Wednesday in its annual State of World Population report. The report said inadequate family planning in developing countries … Read More
November 15, 2012
Scientists have identified a new gene variant that seems to strongly raise the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, giving a fresh target for research into treatments for the mind-robbing disorder. (National Post)
November 15, 2012
The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed that a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died in an Irish hospital after suffering from blood poisoning. (Washington Post)
November 15, 2012
Stem cells in the adult pancreas have been identified that can be turned into insulin producing cells, a finding that means people with type 1 diabetes might one day be able to regenerate their own insulin-producing cells. (Medical Xpress)
November 15, 2012
End-of-life services reduce demand for expensive and distressing hospital admissions – and improve the quality of patient care, as new research from the Nuffield Trust shows. (The Guardian)
November 15, 2012
Tiny nanoparticles are a huge part of our lives, for better or for worse. (Popular Science)
November 15, 2012
The translation and adaptation of a Canadian palliative care decision-making booklet for patients with dementia and their families into Italian, Dutch, and Japanese reveals several culturally sensitive topics, show study results. Overall, the Italian translation followed the Canadian original most … Read More
November 14, 2012
Researchers have identified a genetic variant that seems to put men who are heavy drinkers at high risk of developing chronic pancreatitis. (U.S. News and World Report)
November 14, 2012
Before state and local public health departments detect an outbreak – often days or weeks before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is made aware – many people who feel themselves coming down with the flu will post … Read More
November 14, 2012
CHILDREN as young as 10 are among a record number of young people who want to be tested for their risk of developing cancer, after seeing parents and grandparents battle the disease. (The Herald Sun)
November 14, 2012
In “The Suicide Plan” — which airs Tuesday evening on PBS’s Frontline (check local listings) — filmmakers Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor take viewers inside the surprisingly coordinated underground world of assisted suicide in the United States. (PBS)
November 14, 2012
The company makes a monitor called DuoFertility. This is a small sensor worn by a woman under her armpit, which sends signals about body temperature and sleep patterns throughout the day and night to an analytics centre in Cambridge, using … Read More
