December 6, 2012
CHENNAI: With the Centre easing restrictions on tourist visas that required a two-month gap between consecutive visits for people from certain countries, medical tourism is likely to get a boost. (Times of India)
December 6, 2012
In a historic bipartisan vote on Tuesday, the Senate passed Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-N.H.) amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act that would extend abortion insurance coverage to victims of rape in the military. (Huffington Post)
December 6, 2012
California leads the way in a huge new experiment on using managed care plans to cover health costs for patients eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. (U.S.A. Today)
December 6, 2012
In West Palm Beach on Tuesday, scientists and researchers from around the globe discussed the technical ins-and-outs of stem cell research, from the status of clinical trials to the politics involved. But one session that resonated with the likes of … Read More
December 5, 2012
A genetic test meant the diabetes which left Jack Neighbour with brain damage could be treated with pills. ‘It’s completely changed our lives,’ says his mother, Emma. (The Guardian)
December 5, 2012
While such clinical use may be years away, this new method has several advantages over current techniques, he explains. It is safer, since it does not seem to produce tumors or other undesirable genetic changes, and results in much greater … Read More
December 5, 2012
An Irish woman who is terminally ill with multiple sclerosis made an impassioned plea in her battle to seek the lawful right to die at the start of a landmark case in Ireland’s High Court on Tuesday. (Reuters)
December 5, 2012
A Viewpoint article published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the clinical practice of prescribing amphetamines, opioids, and benzodiazepines to treat chronic pain may be contributing to the increase in fatal drug overdoses and the … Read More
December 5, 2012
Amazing time-lapse videos of embryos in the very earliest stages of development could help fertility doctors prevent miscarriage, new research suggests. (Huffington Post)
December 4, 2012
Hydrogels have already been considered for use in drug delivery — the spaces can be filled with drugs that release slowly as the gel biodegrades — and as frameworks for tissue rebuilding. The ability to form a gel into a … Read More
December 4, 2012
Fertility treatments are often a financial and emotional gamble. So if a clinic offered to sell you a ready-made embryo – with a money-back guarantee that you would become pregnant – would you buy it? (The Globe and Mail)
December 4, 2012
A new survey finds most Americans back a federal mandate that businesses and faith-based non-profits offer employees insurance coverage for contraception, even if it conflicts with their beliefs. (U.S.A. Today)
December 4, 2012
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly travelled to India in order to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of a gay palace employee unable to get a travel visa, the palace said on Monday. (Reuters)
December 4, 2012
A woman who had the worlds first successful womb transplant is set to undergo IVF in a bid to fulfill her dream of motherhood. (news.com.au)
December 3, 2012
A childless couple who have been refused NHS fertility treatment are suing Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, for age discrimination in a landmark legal case. (Telegraph)
December 3, 2012
The new research describes the process whereby genes that are ‘on’ in embryonic stem cells are switched ‘off’. This process is essential in order to convert embryonic stem cells into different cell types such as neurons, blood or heart cells … Read More
December 3, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether human genes can be patented, a hotly contested issue with broad practical and ethical consequences for the future of gene-based medicine for millions of people worldwide. (Reuters)
December 3, 2012
A pioneering way of creating stem cells from a patient’s blood has been developed by British scientists amid hope it could lead to a new treatment for heart disease. (Telegraph)
December 3, 2012
Large majorities of west Europeans favor the legalization of assisted suicide, now allowed only in four countries on the continent, according to a new survey. (Reuters)
December 3, 2012
Dr. Ricki Lewis knows a thing or two about genetics after decades in genetic counseling and multiple books and academic papers. Her latest book, a narrative nonfiction title The Forever Fix has been in her head since gene therapy began … Read More
December 3, 2012
SINCE broadband began its inexorable spread at the start of this millenium, Internet use has expanded at a cosmic rate. Last year, the number of Internet users topped 2.4 billion — more than a third of all humans on the … Read More
December 3, 2012
Mathew Martoma knew from an early age he wanted to blend his interests in health care, business and law into a career, and he excelled as a bioethics student. Yet the 38-year-old Florida man now finds himself embroiled in what … Read More
December 3, 2012
In Science Magazine’s November 30 cover story, researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute reported that they had created 100 three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures using DNA building blocks that function like Lego® bricks—an advance from the two-dimensional (2D) structures the same team announced … Read More
