November 9, 2012
Watching the BMA’s film, the Human Cost of Healthcare, it is difficult not to be moved by the personal stories of workers injured in the manufacture of surgical instruments used in the NHS. But how do you translate those feelings … Read More
November 9, 2012
The Virginia teenager who had been in critical condition since a car accident in October died Thursday, ending his parents’ legal battle to collect his sperm so they could have grandchildren in the future. (Fox News)
November 9, 2012
SCIENTISTS say they have developed a method to “see through” layers of thin, solid material in a breakthrough that holds promise for medical imaging, nanotechnology – and the spy trade. (The Australian)
November 8, 2012
Our nation’s public health system plays a critical role in helping prevent, respond to and recover from public health emergencies, such as infectious disease outbreaks and terrorist attacks. Dr. Georges Benjamin will speak to the Presidential Commission for the Study … Read More
November 8, 2012
The controversial documentary, which followed a man who travelled to Switzerland for assisted suicide, has won an award at the 2012 Grierson British Documentary Awards. (Telegraph)
November 8, 2012
Performance-boosting drugs, powered prostheses and wearable computers are coming to an office near you — but experts warned in a new report Wednesday that too little thought has been given to the implications of a superhuman workplace. (Washington Post)
November 8, 2012
Dr. Edwin Monuki of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, developmental & cell biology graduate student Momoko Watanabe and colleagues developed these cells – called choroid plexus epithelial cells – from existing mouse and human embryonic stem … Read More
November 8, 2012
In April, if all goes smoothly, Carole will give birth to her 13th surrogate baby – after which, she insists, she will call it a day. “I have to stop because of my age, but I wish I didn’t have … Read More
November 8, 2012
University of Manitoba medical microbiologist Dr Xiaojian Yao, who specializes in researching the HIV virus, has discovered a potential new way to protect ourselves against HIV and the Herpes virus: silver nanoparticles. (Yahoo News)
November 7, 2012
A divisive ballot initiative that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication prescribed by physicians was narrowly defeated. (Boston.com)
November 7, 2012
Nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia who receive any hospice care during the last 90 days of life receive fewer aggressive treatments and are less likely to die in hospital than their counterparts who do not receive such care, … Read More
November 7, 2012
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal cast a skeptical eye Monday on the country’s most-restrictive abortion law, which prohibits the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there’s a medical emergency. (CBS News)
November 7, 2012
Four Turkish women went on trial today for staging an unauthorized protest outside the office of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against government plans to curb abortion, the Halkevleri activist group said. (Businessweek)
November 7, 2012
Pakistan, like many other developing countries, has a health-care system that is split between low-cost government-funded hospitals offering basic services and expensive private-sector medical institutions. But the majority of the country’s 190 million people have little access to health care. … Read More
November 7, 2012
In this digital age it may be second nature for you to ask your doctor to e-mail you any test results. After all, we’re just a click away from most of the information we need. (The Royal Gazette)
November 7, 2012
Synthetic Biology: Challenges and Opportunities for the UK takes place in London on Wednesday 14 November with a live video link to the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building. Following an introduction at 5.45 pm, the live feed will … Read More
November 6, 2012
Healthcare ethics consultants are called upon in the most difficult of times; where do they turn for advices? The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities’ Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs Committee (CECA) is taking a community approach, creating an online forum … Read More
November 6, 2012
Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients’ own cells for helping restore heart tissue. (Washington … Read More
November 6, 2012
The American Fertility Association (The AFA) recognizes the significance of the report released November 1, 2012, by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noting the relationship between Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and the finding that “…women who undergo ART … Read More
November 5, 2012
One day in the spring, I went with Charmaine Yoest, head of Americans United for Life, a pro-life advocacy group, to meet two of her five kids at a Barnes & Noble near her office in Washington. (New York Times)
November 5, 2012
I do not oppose the legalisation of euthanasia because I fail to understand the desire to circumvent pain and dependence. I oppose it because I believe that it is inherently discriminatory for the state to determine that the desire to … Read More
November 5, 2012
Families are to get a legal right to be consulted before patients are put on the “death pathway”, it has been revealed. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce the new obligation on doctors next week as part of a raft … Read More
November 5, 2012
Boys left infertile by childhood cancer treatment may one day be able to produce healthy sperm by using stored stem cells, monkey research suggests. (BBC)
November 5, 2012
European officials have approved the Western world’s first gene therapy drug from a small Dutch biotech company, in a milestone for the novel medical technology that fixes faulty genes. (Reuters)
November 5, 2012
A Catholic-owned family business in Michigan does not have to comply with the provision of the new U.S. healthcare law that requires private employers to provide employees with health insurance that covers birth control, a federal judge in Detroit has … Read More
