March 20, 2013
In opening statements in court on Monday, prosecutors charged that a doctor who operated a women’s health clinic here killed seven viable fetuses by plunging scissors into their necks and “snipping†their spinal cords and was also responsible for the … Read More
March 20, 2013
While poverty and under-education continue to dampen contraception use in Nepal, exacerbating the country’s efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, researchers say another, more surprising factor may be more intractable: Deeply held cultural preferences for sons over daughters. … Read More
March 19, 2013
This Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee position paper, endorsed by the American Academy of Neurology, Child Neurology Society, and American Neurological Association, focuses on various implications of pediatric neuroenhancement and outlines discussion points in responding to neuroenhancement requests from parents … Read More
March 19, 2013
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota has agreed to conduct a clinical trial of the company’s adult stem cell treatment for ALS. (Reuters)
March 19, 2013
Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from third party donors found effective, safe in treating PGF. (Eurekalert)
March 19, 2013
Today, our body temperature can be scanned from a distance quickly and simply. For a busy Mom with a sick child, this is a great idea. Just pointing a sensor at a spot of skin and obtaining an ‘instant’ reading … Read More
March 19, 2013
Margaret DiSantis always wanted a child. But the Chicago advertising executive never expected she would have to sell her house, drop out of business school and move back in with her parents to tackle costs associated with hiring the surrogate … Read More
March 19, 2013
A unique new cancer treatment uses gene therapy to induce a cancer-fighting immune response whose intensity can then be controlled with a pill. The combination could help tailor treatment to a patient’s individual response. (MIT Technology Review)
March 19, 2013
In an article published this week in the journal Drug Delivery and Translational Research, researchers from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology have reported the development of a technique that assists in identifying tumors from normal … Read More
March 19, 2013
University of Virgina law and medical schools, the American Society of Human Genetics, and the National Society of Genetic Counselors Third National Conference on Genetics, Ethics, and the Law May 22-23, 2013 Charlottesville, VA For more information and registration, see … Read More
March 18, 2013
Healthy postmenopausal women shouldn’t be discouraged from pursuing pregnancy using donor eggs or embryos, one of the world’s largest organizations of reproductive medicine says. (The Montreal Gazette)
March 18, 2013
Leading bioethics researchers at a discussion forum have voiced their support for society to accept the use of drugs that enhance cognition. (BMJ, by subscription only)
March 18, 2013
Government ministers and the NHS ignored warnings about persistently high death rates in hospitals which could have claimed the lives of up to 20,000 patients, a top health adviser has said. (Huffington Post)
March 18, 2013
The North Dakota Senate approved what would be the most restrictive abortion law in the United States on Friday, a measure banning the procedure in most cases once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks. (Reuters)
March 18, 2013
Demand is so great that the centre, which opened in December at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi, is placing applicants on a waiting list to be treated within three weeks. (The National)
March 18, 2013
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done more than a year ago. … Read More
March 18, 2013
In a historic first, the American Journal of Public Health has devoted an issue to covering stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses, a topic that traditionally is under-researched and under-reported. (News-Medical)
March 18, 2013
The urban dictionary defines “cheech” as a verb used among physicians in training that refers to the act of ordering every conceivable radiological and laboratory test for a patient, often to diagnose a condition that once diagnosed is untreatable. Thirty … Read More
March 18, 2013
Kranthi Kiran Vistakula developed technology that can keep your body comfortable in outside temperatures that range from -50 to 50 degrees Celsius. (Popular Science)
March 18, 2013
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering whether to recommend legalisation of “mitochondrial replacement” techniques designed to avoid the transmission of mitochondrial diseases. We believe the benefits to a small number of parents are heavily outweighed by the risks … Read More
March 15, 2013
A terminally ill man who campaigned for assisted dying to be legalised has died after refusing to eat food. (BBC)
March 15, 2013
To compete against the soda companies on a relatively meager budget, a Boston diabetes campaign attempted to leverage the power of social psychology. (The Atlantic)
March 15, 2013
Transplants of blood-forming stem cells from umbilical cord blood may be an effective alternative to transplants of matched donor bone marrow stem cells to treat children with a rare, debilitating disease known as Hurler’s syndrome (HS), according to results of … Read More
March 15, 2013
Walking is the obvious goal for individuals who have a chronic spinal cord injury, but it is not the only one. Regaining sensation and continence control also are important goals that can positively impact an individual’s quality of life. New … Read More
March 15, 2013
Most people who live to old age will suffer from arthritis. The condition’s prevalence is growing alongside a graying world population. However the only treatments at the moment address the symptoms rather than the cause—the loss of cartilage in joints. … Read More
