Bioethics in the News
Stem Cell Research: Soon “stemcell shielding” may protect the body from the consequences of chemotherapy. (BBC News)
Contraception: A new study finds that IUDs are the best, most reliableemergency contraceptive for women. (ABC News)
End of Life: Argentina’s Senate has okayed a “dignified death” law to givethe terminally ill and their families more control over end-of-life decisions.(BBC News)
End of Life: An analysis of medical data suggests that kidney patients aresubject to more intensive medical care in their last month of life than arepatients with cancer or heart failure. (American Medical News)
Organ donation: A British lab is growing spare body parts, suggesting organ donation maysomeday be a thing of the past. (Daily Mail)
Overstated evidence: A review of databases found that most clinical trials for cancer, heart disease, and mental healthare too small to offer adequate medical evidence. (New York Daily News)
Coerced abortion: A woman in China asserts she wasdragged from her home and forced to have an abortion. (CNN)