[Guardian] Senior doctors will tomorow express concern over the number of Britons suffering from non fatal illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and kidney disease who have used the Swiss suicide service, Dignitas.
Their fears were raised after the Guardian obtained a list drawn up by Dignitas which reveals the medical conditions which have driven 114 Britons [...]

The acknowledged inspiration for Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper novel about a couple who conceives a child to save the life of a daughter with leukemia, is speaking out now ahead of the release of the new movie starring Cameron Diaz on Friday.
With the help of Denver infertility specialist Dr. William B. Schoolcraft, the Nashes [...]

Harvard graduates are pledging to work towards the greater good. But can such a code take hold in the world of business?
[Guardian] Something new is happening at Harvard Business School. As graduation nears for the first class to complete their MBA since the onset of the global financial crisis, students are circulating an oath that commits them to pursue [...]

[TribStar] Have you been feeling over the past several years that the patient is being overlooked in the health care process? You may want to join a growing number of citizens in saying it’s time for that to change. During the 2009 session, the Indiana Legislature passed House Resolution 91. This is a resolution that [...]

 
[NYT] Members of the President’s Council on Bioethics were told by the White House last week that their services were no longer needed and were asked to cancel a planned meeting, a council staff member said Wednesday.
The council was disbanded because it was designed by the Bush administration to be “a philosophically leaning advisory group” [...]

[The Freelance Star] THE SLIPPERY SLOPE just became a little more treacherous. In 2008, the state of New York — determined to trump the Bush administration’s position on embryonic stem cell research — established the New York Empire State Stem Cell Board, designed to help the state become a leader in that area.
Now, in a Machiavellian [...]

[NYT] Rationing. More to the point: Rationing! As in: Wait, are you talking about rationing medical care? Access to medical care is a fundamental right. And rationing sounds like something out of the Soviet Union. Or at least Canada.
The r-word has become a rejoinder to anyone who says that this country must reduce its runaway health spending, especially [...]

Amid controversies over embryonic stem cell research, drugs using adult cells are already bearing fruit
[Fortune] When it comes to stem cells, the public — and the media — tend to focus on embryos. But researchers and analysts say marketable therapies already are emerging from less controversial work with adult stem cells.
Adult cells make up the lion’s [...]

[NPR] Larry Harbour is celebrated in Nebraska as a model entrepreneur. But the 33-year-old owner of LB Custom Chrome and Detail in rural Broken Bow, Neb., is an illness or injury away from losing his business.
“If anything were to happen to my wife and I, the business is sunk,” Harbour said, standing in the shop he [...]

[NYTimes]— The American Medical Association has long battled Democrats who oppose protecting doctors from malpractice lawsuits. But during a private meeting at the White House last month, association officials said, they found one Democrat willing to entertain the idea: President Obama.
In closed-door talks, Mr. Obama has been making the case that reducing malpractice lawsuits — [...]