Below are 2008’s top 10 medical stories, according to ABCNews.com, per doctors and ABC readers.

The JUPITER trial
1st Birth From a Whole Ovary Transplant
The ENHANCE Trial
Malaria Vaccine
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Stem Cell Genes and Alzheimer’s
Progress on Parasites
Early Blood Test for Down Syndrome
Stem Cell Trachea Transplant
Face Transplant Breakthroughs

Nurses are perceived as the most ethical and trustworthy professionals in the US,  with doctors not fairing too badly, according to a recent Gallup Poll.  It appears the nation’s clergy and politicians have much work ahead to regain public trust.  An ever greater uphill battle involves nursing home operators, who were ranked below newspaper reporters and barely above [...]