a fool-proof test for Alzheimer’s
Hi there, Earlier this week researchers announced in the Archives of Neurology that a spinal fluid test can provide an Alzheimer’s prognosis which is 100%...
Spinal tap may give definitive prediction of Alzheimer’s
New policy dilemmas A spinal fluid tap may be 100% accurate in predicting whether a patient will develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published...
Will the new science of morality make us more moral? Perhaps not.
Marc D. Hauser allegedly involved in academic misconduct Morality is a tricky business. If you are an expert in preaching about it, people tend to...
First American test tube baby has a baby of her own
Steps into limelight Elizabeth Comeau, 29, the first American IVF baby, gave birth to her first son last Friday. He was born at 2:05 am,...
UNESCO bioethics chair installed in Cote d’Ivoire
Africa’s first francophone bioethics chair The official installation of UNESCO’s first francophone Africa chair of bioethics took place at the University of Bouaké in the...
Pentagon questions alleged drug study on wounded troops
Alleged misconduct The Department of Defense is investigating whether 80 wounded US service members in Iraq were used improperly as test subjects for a treatment...
Police agencies admit to saving images from body scans
Checkpoint security machines provoke privacy concerns While the US Transport Security Administration claims that images from electronic body scans “cannot be stored or recorded,” a...
Cosmetic surgery junkies and their doctors
Only 30% of doctors think that BDD sufferers should not get surgery What should a doctor do if a patient with a psychiatric condition asks...
Swiss Justice Minister wants assisted suicide for non-terminally ill
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf calls for changes The Swiss are thinking of liberalizing their liberal legislation on assisted suicide. At the moment, assisted suicide is legal so...