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Less Web Access Among Chronically Ill

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 9:32am
While more patients Google for health information, the chronically ill face a health disparity in access to information. What gives?
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Sperm-donors' Kids Seek More Rights and Respect

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 9:03am
Anonymity for sperm donors should not be allowed and the ethics of the industry should be questioned say the children born of sperm donation.
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Out of Grief Sprouts a Life-Saving Legacy

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 4:28am
Grieving survivors remember the deceased wishes and give their organs which "live on" to accomplish amazing things in their recipients.
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Pharmacists Take Larger Role on Health Team

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 4:19am
Without charging a co-pay and dispensing medical information along with medication, pharmacists are filling the gaps in the healthcare system. But is that a good thing?
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U.S. Inquiry Of Drug Makers Is Widened

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:30am
Did drug makers pay foreign physicians for patient participation in clinical trials? The federal investigation broadens....
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F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:26am
Five-day contraception pill approved. Another option for women or an abortion pill?
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Judge Bans Planting of Genetically Engineered Beets

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:22am
Engineered sugar beets no more? How will this effect other genetically engineered food crops? Are there any crops any more that aren't engineered?
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UC Berkeley Drops Plans to Release Personal Genetic Information to Incoming Freshmen

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 5:27am
UC Berkeley's "Bring Your Genes to Cal" Has Been Changed to "Cal Will Keep Your Genes Now".
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Feeding Tubes in the Elderly Demented?

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 4:09am
One nurse wonders whether we have gone too far in keeping the elderly with dementia alive.
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Genomics: What Lies Within

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 4:05am
DTC genetic tests are under scrutiny--can the industry survive?
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The New Republic: Who Should Test For Alzheimer's?

Thu, 08/12/2010 - 11:26am
Jonathan Moreno weighs in on new Alzheimer's test.
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Should we regulate people's access to their own genome data?

Thu, 08/12/2010 - 2:01am
Questions about regulation open up even more questions about who should test, who owns genetic information, and more.
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Firms Help Workers Provide End-Of-Life Care

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 2:20am
Companies are waking up to the reality that employees who become caregivers need assistance.
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Take Climate Change Off The Back Burner

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 2:17am
Take climate change off the back burner--or you will be roasted alive. Just ask Peter Singer.
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Gains in Bioscience Cause Terror Fears

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 2:13am
Craig Venter has given us a reason to be afraid. Very afraid.
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Plagiarism Evidence Found in Residency Applications

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 5:06am
One in 20 graduate medical trainees commit the "cardinal sin of academic life" by stealing others' ideas for their residency applications.
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Harvard Morality Researcher Investigated for Scientific Misconduct

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 4:01am
Social scientist's research on the basis of morality under investigation.
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Fighting Crime By Reading Minds

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 11:14am
Do you know what I'm thinking? Getting inside our minds for the good of society, or are we?
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AAMC: Academic medical centers need better conflict of interest policies

Mon, 08/09/2010 - 11:12am
AAMC says its time for all medical schools to develop comprehensive policies to handle industry ties.
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Pentagon Questions Drug Study on Troops

Fri, 08/06/2010 - 12:22pm
DoD investigating whether U.S. troops in Iraq were used as research subjects unwittingly in brain injury research.
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