Bioethics News.
05/02/2013
Church bans football player for backing gay NBA player
A congratulatory tweet to Jason Collins cost former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler $8,500 and a speaking engagement at a Wisconsin church.
05/02/2013
FDA approves Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive without a prescription for women 15 years of age and older
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has approved an amended application submitted by Teva Women’s Health, Inc. to market Plan B One-Step (active ingredient levonorgestrel) for use without a prescription by women 15 years of age and older.
05/02/2013
Most people aren’t meeting exercise guidelines
Most adults in the USA aren’t meeting the federal physical activity recommendations for both aerobic exercise and muscle-strengthening activity, according to government statistics out today.
05/02/2013
Cancers Share Gene Patterns, Studies Affirm
Scientists have discovered that the most dangerous cancer of the uterine lining closely resembles the worst ovarian and breast cancers.
05/02/2013
Toxic Lipstick? Metals In Some Lip Products May Be Dangerous, Study Says
Lipsticks and glosses may contain potentially troubling levels of metals, according to a preliminary new study.
05/02/2013
Alzheimer’s sufferer dies from snake bite after his family chooses NOT to give him anti-venom
Richard Flora, 76, was bitten by an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake but the family decided not to give him anti-venom and he died at hospital 11 hours later.
05/01/2013
Federal panel says everyone 15 to 65 should have HIV test
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force finalizes its guideline that everyone 15 to 65 be screened for the virus that causes AIDS.
05/01/2013
Learning Goals Spur Backlash
As more classrooms across the country roll out universal math and reading standards, a growing group of critics are pressing officials to slow their implementation or dump the learning goals entirely.
04/30/2013
Did Novartis Violate Its Corporate Integrity Agreement?
Twice this past week, the US Department of Justice filed lawsuits alleging Novartis paid kickbacks to boost prescriptions and caused federal healthcare programs to pay for medicines based on false claims.
04/30/2013
Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoring
When it comes to math, MRIs may be better than IQs — and even past math scores — at showing whether a tutor can help a child master everything from trapezoids to trigonometry.
04/29/2013
Woman with ‘shy bladder’ syndrome sues Iowa hospital
A woman who sought a job as an administrator at Iowa Methodist Medical Center is now suing the hospital, saying it failed to make accommodations for her shy bladder syndrome.
04/29/2013
Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products
The rise of superbugs, along with increased pressure from the government and insurers, is driving hospitals to try all sorts of new approaches to stop their spread:
04/29/2013
Prenatal DNA Sequencing
Reading the DNA of fetuses is the next frontier of the genome revolution. Do you really want to know the genetic destiny of your unborn child?
04/25/2013
How the feds got it wrong in their critique of a children’s study
Comparative effectiveness research tries to research whether one standardly used treatment is better than the others.. Yet this is exactly the kind of research that was slammed by government watchdogs and mauled in the press.
04/25/2013
Einstein’s theory holds up in deep space
Some 7,000 light years away, Einstein’s theory of general relativity has stood up to its most intense test yet, scientists said on Thursday.
04/25/2013
Dad of West Virginia boy arrested over NRA shirt says he’ll fight punishment
West Virginia teenager who was arrested and suspended from school after he refused to remove an NRA T-shirt is back in class.
04/25/2013
Autism Can Be Detected Early By Examining Placenta At Birth, Study Shows
Analyzing a newborn’s placenta will yield clues which can help diagnose the risk of the child developing autism, according to a report from Yale University.
04/25/2013
Amazing ‘mini livers’ created with 3D PRINTER could lead to human-sized organs for transplant patients
Scientists used a 3D printer loaded with cells to create mini livers which can be infected with a disease to observe its progress through organ. The tiny livers can also be used to monitor effectiveness of drugs.
04/25/2013
Nation’s drug czar to outline drug policy reform emphasizing public health
President Barack Obama’s new strategy for fighting the nation’s drug problem will include a greater emphasis on using public health tools to battle addiction and diverting non-violent drug offenders into treatment instead of prisons.
04/24/2013
DOCTORS-IN-TRAINING SPEND VERY LITTLE TIME AT PATIENT BEDSIDE, STUDY FINDS
Medical interns spend just 12 percent of their time examining and talking with patients, and more than 40 percent of their time behind a computer, according to a new Johns Hopkins study.
04/24/2013
Health officials reverse policy that allowed for busing mentally ill patients out of state unescorted
Nevada’s health department today reversed its practice of sending patients discharged from state psychiatric hospitals alone on bus trips out of Nevada.
04/23/2013
World’s Oldest Living Trees Cloned: Group Plants Duplicates on Earth Day
After two decades of tracking down the world’s oldest trees, a group has announced that it plans to plant the clones of these trees in a bid to help restore ancient forests and fight climate change.
04/23/2013
Hundreds Of Immigrants Are Being Deported From Their Hospital Beds
Within the past five years, more than 600 undocumented immigrants have been sent back to their native country while seeking care in American hospitals, according to a report from the Center for Social Justice.
04/22/2013
Parents needn’t tell donor children their origins’ says leading British think-tank
Should parents be required to tell donor children of their origins? An influential British think-tank says No.
04/22/2013
Study: Green Space Means More for Satisfaction Than a Neighborhood’s Average Income
How strongly people’s mental health and life satisfaction correlated with their proximities to parks and gardens.
04/22/2013
NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation’s largest city.
04/19/2013
Health Care Report Could Save Nation $560 Billion Over Next Decade
The Bipartisan Policy Center released a list of 50 recommendations Thursday that would cut the federal deficit by almost $560 billion over the next decade, $300 billion of which would come from Medicare.
04/19/2013
Russia launches animals into space on one-month journey
An intrepid critter crew of geckos, mice and gerbils and other animals launched into orbit Friday (April 19) to begin a month-long Russian experiment to study how space travel affects living creatures.
04/19/2013
Brazilian Tribe Threatened as Illegal Loggers Stay Put
A deadline for the removal of illegal settlers from the lands of a threatened tribe in Brazil has passed without action, according to a British-based advocacy group.
04/19/2013
‘Living fossil’ coelacanth genome sequenced
Researchers sequenced the genome of the coelacanth: a deep-sea fish that closely resembles its ancestors, which lived at least 300 million years ago.