April 14, 2021
(Newsweek) – In a recent interview, an exiled doctor from the Uyghur ethnic minority provided a vivid account of forced sterilizations carried out in Xinjiang, China. “On some days there were about 80 surgeries to carry out forced sterilizations,” Gülgine, … Read More
April 13, 2021
(PhysOrg) – Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed that CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing can lead to unintended mutations at the targeted section of DNA in early human embryos. The work highlights the need for greater awareness of and further … Read More
April 13, 2021
(BBC) – In fact, there have been no shortage of surprises in the field. From the rabbits altered to be leaner that inexplicably ended up with much longer tongues to the cattle tweaked to lack horns that were inadvertently endowed … Read More
April 13, 2021
(ABC News) – A divided federal appeals court lifted the hold Tuesday on an Ohio law that prohibits doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome, a case considered nationally pivotal. Judges of the 6th U.S. … Read More
April 13, 2021
(Associated Press) – Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication.
April 13, 2021
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 383, no. 12, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Consent to Trainee Involvement in Pediatric Care” by E.A. Largent “Examining Examinations Conducted under Anesthesia” by M.F. Greene “June Medical Services … Read More
April 8, 2021
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 383, no. 9, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Fundamentals of U.S. Health Policy: Improving the Quality of U.S. Health Care — What Will It Take?” by E.A. McGlynn “Covid-19 … Read More
April 7, 2021
(ABC News) – Giving birth later in life is a growing reality in the U.S. though. Since 2007, the birth rate has risen 19% for women in their early 40s, 11% for women in their late 30s and just 2% … Read More
April 7, 2021
(NPR) – Biological fathers will soon be required to pay half of a woman’s pregnancy-related medical costs under a new Utah law that advocates believe to be the first of its kind in the United States. The law requires the … Read More
April 6, 2021
Clinical Ethics (vol. 15, no. 2, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Surrogate Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients: Proposing a Harm Reduction Interpretation of the Best Interest Standard” by Phoebe Friesen and Nada Gligorov “Counting the Cost … Read More
