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June 14, 2013
[International Business Times] The Belgian Federal Parliament is reportedly about to expand its controversial “right to die” policies to include access to euthanasia for some gravely ill children.
A consensus among members of the legislativ...
June 13, 2013
[NBC News] The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that natural human genes cannot be patented by companies, but it said that synthetically produced genetic material can — a mixed ruling for the biotechnology industry.
A naturally occurring piec...
June 12, 2013
[Wired UK] The future of robotics in surgery will involve an increasingly powerful virtual environment, where surgeons are able to see through the body and potentially work side by side with autonomous robotic assistants.
Rows of gruesome medical art...
June 7, 2013
[NYTimes] More than 70 medical, research and advocacy organizations active in 41 countries and including the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday that they had agreed to create an organized way to share genetic and clinical information. Th...
June 2, 2013
[Kaiser Health News] Despite efforts to get health care spending under control, hospitals are still racing to build expensive new technology — even when the devices don’t necessarily work better than the cheaper kind. Case in point: proton bea...
May 31, 2013
[Kaiser Health News] As Congress mulls changing America’s border and naturalization rules, a study finds that immigrant workers are helping buttress Medicare’s finances, because they contribute tens of billions a year more than immigrant retirees u...
May 31, 2013
BEI Young Professionals member Betsy Campbell covers artful media around the world that touches upon topics in bioethics.
The Bodies of Work Festival was an 11-day celebration that ran from May 15-25, 2013. The Festival, now in its 7th year, saluted th...
May 29, 2013
[American Medical News] How often does a physician have enough time to discuss a treatment recommendation with a patient?
Would a doctor be reluctant to raise concerns if he or she believes a colleague’s clinical abilities are impaired?
How often...
May 29, 2013
[American Medical News] How often does a physician have enough time to discuss a treatment recommendation with a patient?
Would a doctor be reluctant to raise concerns if he or she believes a colleague’s clinical abilities are impaired?
How often...
May 28, 2013
[New York Times] A new flu, H7N9, has killed 36 people since it was first found in China two months ago. A new virus from the SARS family has killed 22 people since it was found on the Arabian Peninsula last summer.
In past years, this might have been ...
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