Aging Boomers: Me Generation’s health concerns expected to propel biotech[Extract] By 1989, a boomer’s median net worth was $36,000, according to Paul Root Wolpe, president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. By 2001, it swelled to $107,000. Home equity included, that number now is about $400,000.
“Never before has an older generation controlled so much [...]

Employers frustrated with mounting health-care costs for their workers have tried dangling a carrot to discourage bad habits such as smoking as well as behaviors that can lead to obesity, uncontrolled diabetes or high blood pressure. Now some employers are beginning to brandish a stick, docking pay, hiking insurance premiums or even banning employees from [...]

A bill in Britain would loosen restrictions on the creation of “savior siblings” to allow parents of sick children to use in-vitro fertilization to create designer babies. These children would be used to treat the medical conditions of siblings by supplying bone marrow or umbilical-cord blood shortly after birth.

BEI joins the AMA’s National Disaster Life Support Education Consortium (NDLSEC) – tasked with developing standardized national disaster preparedness training programs for responders, clinicians and all healthcare providers.
Having trained thousands of clinicians to make ethical decisions when faced with difficult resource allocations and life and death choices in the wake of disasters—such as Hurricane Katrina, the terrorist [...]

Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, REMY Martin and others sponsor Bioethics International’s Annual E.R.A Benefit (E.R.A = Empowering Responsible Action) ! The event was held at at SKY360 by Delta* in New York City and included a fabulous night of photography, open bar, live music and gifts!
*Sky360 is Gen Art & Delta’s 2nd project; their 1st collaboration [...]

Lasers could be used to combat viruses and infections like HIV and MRSA without side effects, researchers say. Current ultraviolet light laser treatments can kill micro-organisms – but cannot be used in humans as they would also damage cells in the body. But using infrared femtosecond lasers with carefully selected wavelengths, a US team targeted [...]

Medical school students receive little instruction about military medical ethics and are often unaware of a physician’s ethical duties under the Geneva Conventions, according to a new study by Harvard Medical School faculty.  
Of the 1,700 students surveyed around the country, 94 percent said that they had received less than one hour of military medical ethics [...]

The recent adoption of widespread screening of newborns for congenital health problems is saving thousands of lives every year, identifying potentially deadly conditions in time to begin treatment. But now, health-care professionals recognize that success has highlighted glitches in the system.
More screening has meant more potential for erroneous test results and misdiagnoses, causing needless angst [...]