A Florida geriatric center and its medical director are being sued for inserting a breathing tube into a 92 year old woman whose living will and advanced directives classified her as a DNR.
The Geriatric center and medical director state that they were aware of the do-not-resuscitate order, or DNR, but claim that the breathing tube was a [...]

Born at 21 weeks and 6 days and weighing less than 10 ounces- Amillia Taylor is the most premature baby to have ever survived.
Amiliia’s birth raises questions concerning when babies are considered “viable”.  According to the American Association of Pediatrics, babies born at less than 23 weeks are not considered “viable”. The Nuffield Council on [...]

The first U.S. legislation preventing the use of genetic testing by employers and insurers may soon pass congress.  
About 15,500 genetic disorders affect 13 million Americans. Most Americans are genetically predisposed to between 5 to 50 serious disorders. Fifteen percent of all cancers and ten percent of adult chronic diseases have genetic precursors, according to the [...]

The South Korean government plans to ban woman from donating their eggs solely for scientific research.  The ban will reduce the amount of available eggs for research, but may not eliminate their availability. The government has yet to address the legality of donating “surplus” eggs, eggs extracted for the purpose of creating a child but [...]