Thanks to The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity for flagging these stories. 

URINE TEST FOR CERVICAL CANCER VIRUS OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO SMEAR
(Reuters) – A simple urine test for the virus that causes cervical cancer could offer a less invasive and more acceptable alternative to the conventional cervical smear test.   (Read More)

DOCTOR WHO RECOVERED FROM EBOLA CALLS OUTBREAK A ‘FIRE STRAIGHT FROM THE PIT OF HELL’
(ABC News) – The doctor who was the first American-treated Ebola patient testified before a congressional committee today recalling the horror and “humiliation” of a disease that has killed thousands.  (Read More) [This is a chilling read.]

HEALTH CARE FOR BRITAIN IN HARSH LIGHT

(New York Times) – Even as government’s role in health care remains deeply divisive in the United States, the National Health Service remains a beloved cornerstone of Britain’s welfare state.   (Read More)

FATE OF CHILDREN’S INSURANCE PROGRAM IS CALLED INTO QUESTION AT SENATE HEARING
(New York Times) – A Senate hearing on Tuesday set the stage for a coming debate over whether the federal government should continue financing a popular health insurance program for lower-income children  now eligible for other coverage options.  (Read More)

MAKING BABIES OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB HAS NEVER BEEN SO EASY
(The Atlantic) – On IVF.  (Read More)

MENTAL HEALTH: TAILOR INFORMED-CONSENT PROCESSES
(Nature) – Informed, reasoned and voluntary consent is core to the ethical conduct of research, but the norms vary across cultures.  (Read More)

PAINKILLER OVERDOSE DEATHS STILL RISING, BUT MORE SLOWLY
(UPI) – Poisoning is the most common form of death by injury in the United States, and 90 percent of all poisoning deaths are caused by drug overdoses — via both prescription and illicit drugs.  (Read More)

STUDY: SCHIZOPHRENIA IS 8 DISEASES
(CNN) – What we know —and psychiatrists have diagnosed for decades — as schizophrenia may really be eight separate diseases.  (Read More)

MULTIPLE-BIRTH INFANTS USE MORE RESOURCES 
(Medical Xpress) – The greater morbidity and mortality associated with multiple births are reflected in the substantially higher inpatient hospital costs during the neonatal period and during the first year of life. (Read More)

IN WAKE OF UPROAR OVER FACEBOOK’S EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION STUDY, BIOETHICS SCHOLARS SAY NEW RULES ARE A “MORAL IMPERATIVE”
(Newswise) – “The emotive reaction to the Facebook experiment is proof of the public interest in this set of issues as well as an indication that best practices have yet to be identified.” (Read More)