bioethics.net News Update http://www.bioethics.net/rss/bioethicsnews.xml bioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics Copyright 2005 bioethics.net Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:31:17 EDT http://www.bioethics.net/ bioethics.net http://www.bioethics.net/images/logo_frontpage_wht.gif 60 200 webmaster@bioethics.net newsupdate@bioethics.net en-us Obesity Looms as Weighty Employment Issue http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7661 Glenn McGee forsees a slippery slope of employer discrimination for health behaviors that raise insurance premiums. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:31:17 EDT Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7660 Too Young, Too Many, Too Much--Are Psychiatric Drugs Costing Children Their Childhood? Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:05:16 EDT Social Networks Influence Health Behaviors http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7659 Social networks may be good...or bad...for your health. It all depends on the behaviors your network is spreading. HT @k8ethics #bioethics Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:33:37 EDT First tests for stem cell therapy are near http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7658 Optimism and angst surrounds stem cell trials as trials are stopped and started and funding is slashed. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:47:18 EDT NIH Asks Judge to Suspend Stem Cell Research Injunction http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7657 NIH working with DOJ to arrange a stay to keep hESC research alive ASAP. Any other abbreviations I can use? #bioethics HT @bachinsky Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:53:32 EDT Judge Lamberth's stem cell opinion is disappointingly bad http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7656 Hank Greely's take on the stem cell decision: "disappointingly bad." Not to put too fine of a point on it or anything.... #bioethics Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:31:26 EDT Opinion: U.S. stem cell ruling invites Asian competition http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7655 Watch out US. Korea's poised to make a comeback in the stem cell business. HT @hsbioethics #bioethics Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:24:36 EDT Is genetically altered fish OK? U.S. to decide http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7654 I'll have the GMO lox and bagel, please. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:39:09 EDT Physicians use photos from patients' cellphones to deliver 'mobile health' http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7653 Intake by cellphone: Is anyone else concerned about quality in this mHealth movement? Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:35:14 EDT Frank Talk About Care at Life’s End http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7652 New York passes law that acknowledges the importance of palliative care and conversations about goals of care at the end of life. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:28:37 EDT Children in Developing Nations as “Lab Rats”? http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7651 New research from Ezekiel Emanuel tells us that we are using the most vulnerable from the poorest of nations--their children--as guinea pigs in research. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:24:13 EDT A Distinction Without Deference http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7650 HT @PopBioethics: @Saletan: Judicial activism's right- or wrong-ness all depends upon the cause and then how Red or Blue you are. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:18:17 EDT U.S. Judge Rules Against Obama’s Stem Cell Policy http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7649 Thanks to a federal district judge stem cell research is rolling on back to the days of the Bush Administration. Prediction: get ready for a fight. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:27:32 EDT The Ethics of “Healthy” Bacon http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7648 Isn't "healthy bacon" an oxymoron? No matter how much we engineer a pig or the food it eats, could it be ethical to advertise its parts as "healthy"? Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:21:38 EDT Who Should Decide When Care is Futile? http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7647 HT @ArthurCaplan: A New Jersey case reminds us we have much to improve upon with care at the end of life. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:54:51 EDT