April 14, 2017
(STAT News) – Human intelligence has long powered hospitals and health care. We rely on doctors, nurses, and a variety of other clinicians to solve problems and create new solutions. Advances in artificial intelligence are now making it possible to … Read More
April 13, 2017
(Nature) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has started testing whether livers-on-a-chip — miniature models of human organs engineered to mimic biological functions — can reliably model human reactions to food and food-borne illnesses. The experiments will help … Read More
April 13, 2017
(Science) – Scientific discoveries and new technologies that aim to improve human health challenge our understanding of what it means to be human. Perceptions of being and the boundaries between humans and other species may be disrupted by our potential … Read More
April 13, 2017
(The Washington Post) – On Thursday, Feng Zhang, one of the pioneers of CRISPR, and 18 colleagues published a paper in the journal Science showing how they had turned this system into an inexpensive, reliable diagnostic tool for detecting nucleic … Read More
April 13, 2017
(Dutch News) – The number of official cases of euthanasia in the Netherlands rose 10% last year to 6091 and euthanasia now accounts for 4% of total deaths, the regional monitoring boards said on Wednesday. In 10 cases, the rules … Read More
April 13, 2017
(Reuters) – Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig parts for medical uses, with the ultimate goal of selling pig organs for transplantation into humans. Routine pig-human … Read More
April 13, 2017
(STAT News) – The University of California has filed an appeal to overturn a February decision by a US patent tribunal that dealt UC a setback in its efforts to win foundational patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9. In that decision, … Read More
April 13, 2017
(The Economist) – AFTER two years of war, a quarter of Yemen’s 28m people are on the brink of starvation. Attention is now turning to Hodeida (pictured), the country’s biggest port, through which the majority of food passes, especially to … Read More
April 13, 2017
JAMA (vol. 317, no. 9, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The European Medicines Agency and Publication of Clinical Study Reports: A Challenge for the US FDA” by Anna L. Davis and James Dabney Miller
April 13, 2017
Ethics and Behavior (Online first) has a new article available by subscription only. “Healthcare at Your Fingertips: The Professional Ethics of Smartphone Health-Monitoring Applications” by Vivian Kwan et al.
April 12, 2017
(Science Daily) – An international effort to analyze the entire database of Ebola virus genomes from the 2013-2016 West African epidemic reveals insights into factors that sped or slowed the rampage and calls for using real-time sequencing and data-sharing to … Read More
April 12, 2017
(UPI) – Don’t fall for products claiming to cure autism, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. There’s no cure for the neurodevelopmental disorder, the agency said. Yet bogus “cures” and therapies abound — from toxin removal to raw camel … Read More
April 12, 2017
(New Scientist) – A new 4D-printing technique that creates complex structures in minutes could be used to make temperature-activated cardiac stents, drug capsules and flat-pack furniture. 4D printing creates 3D objects that change their shape over time in response to … Read More
April 12, 2017
(STAT News) – When the largest Ebola outbreak in history exploded across West Africa in 2014, public health authorities raced to test experimental vaccines and drugs they hoped would quell the massive epidemic. But the trials process was too slow, … Read More
April 12, 2017
(The Hill) – Regulators and medical-device-makers are bracing for an expected barrage of hacking attacks even as legal and technical uncertainties leave them in uncharted territory. Tens of millions of electronic health records have been compromised in recent years, a … Read More
April 12, 2017
(Managed Care Magazine) – People may be getting more amenable to the idea of seeing their doctor on a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. An American Telemedicine Association consumer survey last year found that 22% of respondents used a virtual visit … Read More
April 12, 2017
(Quartz) – The clinics get away with it, says Oguzoglu, because inspectors from the Health Ministry are more than willing to take bribes in exchange for a warning that an official inspection is coming. “Someone pays the big money,” he … Read More
April 12, 2017
(Quartz) – Until the myth of the fountain of youth proves true, regenerative medicine is the best hope we’ve got for fixing failed body parts and, as a result, living longer. Scientists won’t be able to bottle forever. They are, … Read More
April 12, 2017
(Medical Xpress) – An estimated 10 percent of all patients undergoing euthanasia in Belgium could potentially donate at least one organ, according to a study published by JAMA. The practice of organ donation after euthanasia is controversial and currently only … Read More
April 12, 2017
(STAT News) – The algorithms in general work on the same principles: measuring the size of facial features and their placement to detect patterns. They’re both trained on databases of photographs doctors take of their patients. The NIH works with partners … Read More
April 12, 2017
(NPR) – It’s been 25 years since the National Academy of Sciences set its standards for appropriate scientific conduct, and the world of science has changed dramatically in that time. So now the academies of science, engineering and medicine have … Read More
April 12, 2017
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 42, no. 2, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Why is Coerced Consent Worse Than No Consent and Deceived Consent?” by David Wendler and Alan Wertheimer “Defining the Boundaries of … Read More
April 12, 2017
Genetics in Medicine (vol. 19, no. 3, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Genetic Testing and Genetic Counseling for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Update for Clinicians” by Jennifer Roggenbuck, Adam Quick and Stephen J. Kolb “Accuracy and Clinical Value of Maternal … Read More
April 12, 2017
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (vol. 20, no. 1, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethical Issues in Nanomedicine: Tempest in a Teapot?” by Irit Allon et al. “The Proposal of Philosophical Basis of the Health Care System” by … Read More
April 12, 2017
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (vol. 14, no. 1, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Considering Professional Misconduct and Best Interests of a Child (Palliative Orders)” by Bernadette J Richards and Michaela Okninski “Investigating Public trust in Expert Knowledge: Narrative, Ethics, and … Read More
