http://www.bioethics.net/rss/bioethicsnews.xml bioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics Copyright 2005 bioethics.net Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:27:58 EST http://www.bioethics.net/ http://www.bioethics.net/images/logo_frontpage_wht.gif 60 200 webmaster@bioethics.net newsupdate@bioethics.net en-us http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8330 Doctors studying to become dermatologists have, for years, shared exam questions by memorizing and writing them down after the test to become board certified. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:27:58 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8329 Are Catholic bishops out of touch with American catholics or is it the other way around? Debate over mandated contraception coverage raises the issue. #bioethics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:23:43 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8328 If women wind up pregnant from faulty pill packets, product liability lawsuits or "wrongful pregnancy" cases — reminiscent of medical malpractice — could be filed. #bioethics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:22:00 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8327 The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. #bioethics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:43:20 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8326 Two months ago, a small number of doctors in Florida received an unsigned letter from CVS/pharmacy informing them that the company's pharmacists would no longer fill prescriptions they write for painkillers and other powerful, addictive drugs. #bioethics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:32:10 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8325 Nearly half of children born with the condition die within the first three months, and 90 percent within the first year. In fact, Santorum has said in media interviews that he was told not to expect Bella to live beyond her first birthday. #bioethics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:25:44 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8324 Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies have the potential to spur better integration of genetic testing into patient care, say Aaron Goldenberg and Rich Sharp in JAMA. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:41:45 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8323 A team of ethicists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute developed the tool because of a disagreement with the current practice of keeping findings anonymous and not revealing information that could impact people's health later. #bioethics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:06:51 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8322 When a Georgia health care organization recently launched a series of childhood anti-obesity ads, they had no idea they'd be accused of attacking rather than advocating for kids. #bioethics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:23:21 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8321 Without a new kidney, Jesus Navarro will die. The Oakland man has a willing donor and private insurance to pay for the transplant. But he faces what may be an insurmountable hurdle in the race to save his life: He is an illegal immigrant. #bioethics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:30 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8320 Gingrich promises to ban embryo research and to regulate IVF clinics if he is elected president. #bioethics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:27:24 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8319 Howard Brody argues that celebrity endorsements of pharmaceuticals do little to advance the public's health. #bioethics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:25:21 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8318 Hospitals choose from a list of lawyers who will accept patient cases for reduced fees. Do they have a conflict of interest? #bioethics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:19:37 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8317 Lengthy, complicated documents leave many clinical-trial participants in the dark about the risks they face. #bioethics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:14:37 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=8316 Alarms have been sounding for more than a decade, ever since the Institute of Medicine — the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences — estimated that as many as 100,000 people a year were dying in US hospitals due to preventable errors. #bioethics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:43:46 EST