Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia ...ethics in action

Few doctors have embraced social media as enthusiastically as Jeff Livingston has. Concerns about time and patient privacy have deterred many.

California study finds patients with better care and outcomes after the online exchanges.

A new supply system instituted by the Seattle Children's Hospital early last year follows practices typically used in manufacturing or retailing, not health care.

Stanford's Drew Endy is an engineer's biologist. He doesn't like to wonder at the messy world of evolved systems; he likes to create new tools for building organisms that do stuff for humans.

Amy Gutmann, chair of the US presidential bioethics commission, discusses the challenges of bringing synthetic biology to the public arena.

Stanford jumps on undergrad genetic testing bandwagon.

After years of effort to coax empathy from machines, robots and devices designed to soothe, support and keep us company are venturing out of the laboratory.

In an early step to understanding the pathways that lead to surviving into old age, researchers report that a study of centenarians found most had a number of genetic variations in common.

Drug safety questions arose again this week, as calls mount for the diabetes pill Avandia to be withdrawn. Surprisingly, the Food and Drug Administration has no firm rules for deciding such cases - just a murky guideline of "when the risks exceed the benefits."

If society agrees that it is in some people’s interests for them to end their own lives, it is difficult to resist the logical conclusion that others should be helped to die even if they have not made such a request.

A bioethicist explores the soul of Venter’s new life form and of his experiment.

The controversy over using female hormones as part of prenatal care isn’t quite as shocking as the headlines suggest, but it does raise important questions about ethics, gender, and sexuality.

An assemblyman's personal experience drives reform for organ donation policy.

If celebrating triple-digit birthdays sounds appealing, scientists may be able to determine if you're likely to live that long.

The fight for clearer rules conceals a drive for legalization.

With a nudge from the new health care law and pressure fromMedicare, hospitals, doctors and nurses are struggling to prepare for explosive growth in the numbers of high-risk elderly patients.

A change to conventional wisdom is a setback for anti-abortion activists campaigning to lower the UK's 24-week time limit.

Where does Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan stand on key bioethics issues?

At long last, the doodling daydreamer is getting some respect.

While connecting SNPs to playful traits such as curly hair and optimism, 23andMe reveals loopholes in the regulation of genomics research.