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)