http://www.bioethics.net/rss/bioethicsnews.xml bioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics Copyright 2005 bioethics.net Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:50:40 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=7199 Three years after embryonic stem cell cloning was legalised in Australia, advocates are finally facing up to the critical issue: where will all the eggs come from? Cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is impossible without a continuous – and large - supply of women's ova. In South Korea, the now discredited Dr Hwang used 2061 eggs taken from 169 women and failed to produce a single cloned embryo. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:50:40 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7198 The government agency tasked with funding crucial life science research needs to focus more attention on ethical quandaries and nefarious business practices that often obscure the path from discovery to public benefit, says a strongly worded letter to Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), signed by more than 100 biomedical researchers, journal editors, and health care administrators in the US. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:45:56 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7197 Recently released breast cancer screening recommendations represent a "step backward" for women's health care and the "slippery slope" health care could take under Democrats' proposed policies, a group of Republican congresswomen said today. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:43:51 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7196 Gregory Pence writes: At the end of December 2000 on a cold night, my brother Bob called. "Dad's not doing very well," he said. "If you want to see him before he dies, you'd better fly up here." I didn't believe him. At age 88, my dad had weathered crises before, and he had told me many times that he didn't want to die and wasn't ready to die. For a decade, my saintly mother had nursed him as he progressively declined. But always before, during his crises, he had rallied. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:25 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7195 Judy Illes has a dilemma. What happens when someone who has agreed to participate in a medical study undergoes a brain scan during which the researcher happens to discover an anomaly, a potential health risk? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:33:37 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7194 Senator Charles E. Grassley wrote to 10 top medical schools Tuesday to ask what they are doing about professors who put their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals — and why that practice was any different from plagiarism by students. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:24:04 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7193 In the first half of this year, the drug giant Eli Lilly paid 3,971 doctors and other medical professionals an average of about $11,230 each. The payments were for participating in an average of 12 speaking or consulting engagements during those six months, according to a company spokeswoman. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:04:18 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7192 If current obesity trends continue, more than 40 percent of adults in the United states will be obese and spending on the epidemic will quadruple to $344 billion by 2018, according to a new study released Tuesday. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:29 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7191 Iceland-based genomics pioneer deCODE announced this morning (November 17) that it has filed for bankruptcy. It will sell some of its holdings, but plans to continue operating its business and managing its properties as it does now. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:09:13 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7190 When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. The poll, conducted by Stanford University with the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found participants sour on other ways of paying for the health overhaul that is being considered in Congress, including taxing insurers on high-value coverage packages derided by President Barack Obama and Democrats as "Cadillac plans." Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:21:51 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7189 The agenda of the November 16-19 General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops takes up a number of hotly contested issues, including a pastoral letter on marriage and revised ethical guidelines regarding the medical provision of hydration and nutrition to patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:08:42 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7188 Health experts say most people who've had the flu this year have had H1N1 and not the seasonal flu. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control said at this point of the season, we've already surpassed the peak number of flu cases for an average year. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:28 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7187 The H1N1 flu virus is spreading misery around the country, but University of Michigan researchers say that implementing and sustaining infection-limiting measures will still be a challenge. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:06:37 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7186 House lawmakers are doing just enough to control costs to be able to say they made an effort. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:50:28 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7185 Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often misleading, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents showed. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:47:39 EST