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Former CDC head now leads Merck vaccine division
BuzzFlash.net: published —
Authority: 460
You’ve heard it before, how the pharmaceutical industry has a giant “revolving door” through which corporations and government agencies frequently exchange key employees. That reality was driven home in a huge way today when news broke that Dr. Julie Gerberding, who headed the CDC from 2002 through January 20, ...1 day ago -
Killing For Organs Promoted in the New York Times Magazine
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 158
By Wesley J Smith, First Things As I have often warned, the next big agenda item in organ transplant medicine is gaining license for transplant surgeons to kill the cognitively devastated and imminently dying patients for their organs. Such a policy is pushed from two different angles, both of which try to ...2 days ago -
Animal Law and Lab Animals — Fearing a Paper Tiger
Animal Blawg —
Authority: 473
David Cassuto P. Michael Conn, Director of Research Advocacy at Oregon Health and Sciences University and the the Oregon National Primate Research Center is concerned that the proliferation of animal law courses taught at U.S. law schools (111 schools at last count) poses a threat to animal research. This ...3 days ago -
Critics attack DPP assisted suicide interim guidance
The Christian Institute News —
Authority: 623
A coalition of five disability groups has pleaded with Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, to reconsider his interim guidelines on assisted suicide. The coalition, led by Baroness Campbell, said that “to see suicide as a right solution is to abandon hope. Severely ill and terminally ill people do not ...3 days ago -
Video: climber’s leg saved by adult stem cell surgery
The Christian Institute News —
Authority: 623
A man who suffered a broken leg during a climbing accident has had it saved from amputation because of a new adult stem cell technique.Watch a report of the storyThe orthopaedic surgeon behind the operation says the technique, which involves mixing adult stem cells with collagen gel, is “amazing”.Andrew Kent, who ...6 days ago -
Times euthanasia poll of MPs is ‘out of date’
The Christian Institute News —
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A poll reported by The Times newspaper which says MPs are in favour of weakening assisted suicide laws is based on old data and has been attacked as unrepresentative.The poll, reported by The Times on its front page on Wednesday, was commissioned by Dignity in Dying, a pro-euthanasia organisation. The data shows that ...6 days ago -
Equality snoopers to keep files on your sexuality
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 158
By James Slack, Mailonline People will be routinely asked to answer sensitive questions about their sexuality so a Government quango can compile a massive equalities database, it emerged last night. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to take information given in confidence by millions and place it on a ...6 days ago -
Abortuary denies violating informed-consent law
Hawaii Right to Life —
Authority: 135
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 12/17/2009 4:00:00 AM Planned Parenthood has responded to an undercover probe of an Appleton, Wisconsin, abortion clinic, saying allegations against them are just not true. Live Action recorded personnel at the facility making false statements about abortion and the unborn ...1 week ago -
Christian Medical Association CEO Quits AMA over Health Care Support, Embryo Research
Hawaii Right to Life —
Authority: 135
BRISTOL, TN, December 17, 2009 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Dr. David Stevens, CEO of the 17,000-member Christian Medical Association, the nations largest faith-based association of doctors, today announced that he is canceling his membership in the American Medical Association as a way of publicly protesting what he says ...1 week ago -
Euthanasia—the right to end one’s Life
Reason for Liberty —
Authority: 117
Shanbaug , a 61 year old woman , who suffered a brutal rape 36 years ago and has been lying in a vegetative state since last 36 years wants to culminate her pain and misery, her life. Her “Next Friend ” describes her as ‘‘Her bones are brittle. Her skin is like ‘papier mache’ stretched over a skeleton. ...1 week ago -
Should Doctors Accept Gifts From Patients?
Better Health —
Authority: 544
Are gifts for doctors appropriate in the physician-patient relationship? Or should doctors refuse all offerings of gratitude that come their way? Patients often give gifts to doctors as an appreciative sign of great thanks for for the care they provide. Some years I may go unappreciated for my efforts. ...1 week ago -
Top Lib Dem comes out against assisted suicide
The Christian Institute News —
Authority: 623
Senior Liberal Democrat Vince Cable has become the latest high-profile MP to declare his opposition to any legalisation of assisted suicide. Mr Cable said he is “personally opposed” to such a move and also commented that any decision to change the law on the issue rests with Parliament.He said that MPs’ job is ...1 week ago -
Sreesanth admitted in hospital with swine flu symptoms (Lead)
Thaindian News —
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Mohali (Punjab), Dec 11 (IANS) India fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, who had made an impressive comeback in the Test series, has been admitted in a private hospital here with symptoms of influenza A (H1N1) virus.Sreesanth and middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma, who is suffering from a shoulder injury, have been ...1 week ago -
Bioethics International launches new bio-pharmaceutical ethics initiative: The World Council for…
OncoBlog —
Authority: 148
BEI launched its new bio-pharmaceutical ethics initiative, The World Council for Ethical Standards , with the aim of empowering a measurable commitment to excellence in ethics and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]2 weeks ago -
Ireland abortion law in the European Court
The Christian Institute News —
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The Republic of Ireland’s Government has launched a staunch defence of the nation’s anti-abortion law in the European Court of Human Rights following a legal challenge by three women.The women lodged their case with the Court in 2005 claiming that the nation’s ban on abortion violated their health and human ...2 weeks ago -
Euthanasia law fuels suffering in Holland
The Christian Institute News —
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Dr Elst Borst, the architect of legal euthanasia in Holland, has admitted that she may have made a mistake in pushing the law through.Dr Borst made the comments during an interview for a new book, Redeemer Under God.The former Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister admitted that care for the terminally-ill had ...2 weeks ago -
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) selects Bioethics International to direct ethics panel…
OncoBlog —
Authority: 148
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) selected Bioethics International (BEI) to direct the ethics panel for its 2010 BIO International Convention in Chicago. The BIO InternationalConvention... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]2 weeks ago -
Supreme Court challenge to assisted suicide guidance
The Christian Institute News —
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A wheelchair-bound disability campaigner who previously wished to die has launched a legal challenge in the Supreme Court against proposed guidelines on prosecuting assisted suicide cases.Alison Davis claims the legal ruling that resulted in the guidelines being issued was unsound due to “apparent bias” on the ...2 weeks ago -
Buying Your Childs Gender: Would You Do It?
Everyday Ethics —
Authority: 119
This comes to no surprise to those of you who have heard various versions of my emphatic utterances "Im in no shape to have or raise a baby right now thank ye very much," but I must say Im fairly ignorant about the next generation science of babymaking. So I was interested in reading this report on choosing your ...2 weeks ago -
The Investigator-Participant Relationship [Letters]
JAMA —
Authority: 489
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