Please join the Center for American Progress for a special presentation:Progress in BioethicsScience, Policy, and PoliticsJanuary 7, 2010, 12:00pm - 1:30pmAdmission is free.RSVP to attend this eventFeatured panelists: Sam Berger, JD Candidate, Yale Law School; Co-Editor, Progress in BioethicsMichael Tomasky,

The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 9, Issue 12, 2009) is now available by subscription only.Articles include:"On the Healthcare Question" by Constantine A. Manthous, 1-3."A Duty to Deceive: Placebos in Clinical Practice" by Bennett Foddy, 4-12."Medicine's Continuing Quest for an

JAMA (Volume 30; Number 21; December 2, 2009) is now available by subscription only.Articles include:"Redesign of the Health Care Delivery System: A Bauhaus 'Form Follows Function' Approach" by Kevin Grumbach, 2363-2364."National Preparedness for a Catastrophic Emergency: Crisis Standards of Care"

According to the Alliance for Paired Donation, many people who need kidney transplants have family members or friends willing to give a kidney, only to find out that their blood and tissue are not compatible with their intended recipient. As

n 2005, he unveiled several working prototypes of a mechanical, mind-controlled "exoskeleton" that could allow the disabled to walk. The suit - recently refined and now available for rent in Japan - resembles white soccer shinguards attached to each segment

Part "Star Wars," part human, each finger contains a motor smaller than a dime. Controlled by a small computer processor and powered by a tiny rechargeable battery, the prosthetics, called ProDigits, allow owners unheard of control over their hands. Electrodes

Unable to have a baby of her own, Amy Kehoe became her own general contractor to manufacture one. For Kehoe and her husband, Scott, the idea seemed like their best hope after years of infertility. (Herald Tribune)

The Senate Republican leader said on Sunday Democrats were too divided to muster the votes to pass an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, but a senior Democratic senator said he was optimistic although the task is "very, very hard."

Peter Singer has argued that we should not proceed with a hypothetical life-extension drug, based on a scenario in which developing the drug would fail to achieve the greatest sum of happiness over time. However, this is the wrong test.

Gathering seeks to foster the art of convergence and cooperation in global ethics among the three Monotheistic faiths using an academic model for dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge. (PrWeb)

The former ethics guru at Albany Medical College, who had a less than amicable split with the school last year, has landed a job in Kansas City. (Times Union)

Mix-ups both inside and outside the operating room lead to procedures performed on the incorrect patient or wrong body part, a new study says. (American Medical News)

As a thick, gray haze began to descend over the words in her schoolbooks, and eventually the faces of loved ones, Barbara Campbell barely grasped that she was going blind. (CNN)

The widely publicized case of Rom Houben, a Belgian man who was inaccurately diagnosed as being in a vegetative state for more than two decades, highlights the serious problem of misdiagnosis in patients with disorders of consciousness. (Bioethics Forum)

Whether a 9-year-old girl will keep her foot is in the hands of a family court judge. (New Times)

Swallow the doctor's diagnosis whole, or spend weeks plowing through the primary research literature at a medical library—at the risk of alienating your physician. Those were two of the primary choices available to lay people diagnosed 20 years ago with

When Japanese scientists found a way to tease out high-quality stem cells from adult skin, their discovery was hailed as a major breakthrough, all but rendering moot the controversy around embryonic stem cells and the related destruction of embryos. (National

The mapping of the human genome has created enticing possibilities for the early detection of grave diseases. Genetic research, however, has run headlong into a tricky legal issue: Should human genes ever be the subject of patent protection? (Wall Street

The Government's peak health policy body has lifted a five-year ban on transplanting animal organs into humans. In 2004, the National Health and Medical Research Council banned clinical trials involving xenotransplantation - the medical use of animal body products in

Researchers say that a new method of bone marrow transplantation cured nine out of 10 adult patients with sickle cell disease, an inherited condition that causes bouts of severe pain, organ damage and sharply limits life expectancy. (Forbes)