Aug 02 Watch Patients’ Rights Susan Dentzer provides an update on the Patients' Bill of Rights debate in the House. Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Artificial Heart A month after his surgery, the first man to receive a new kind of artificial heart is still going strong. Continue watching
Jul 26 Patients’ Rights Vote Planned Next Week Despite earlier signals that they would postpone the vote, House Republican leaders now say they will push forward on managed care reform before adjourning for the August recess. Continue reading
Jul 23 Pope Urges Bush to Reject Stem Cells By Admin Pope John Paul II urged President Bush Monday to ban stem cell research using human embryos. Continue reading
Jul 23 Johns Hopkins to Resume Research After a federal agency suspended all research on humans last week, Johns Hopkins Medicine will be allowed to resume their work with the agency's approval. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Research Halt A federal oversight agency suspended almost all of Johns Hopkins federally financed medical research involving human subjects. Continue watching
Jul 18 NIH Study Cites Promise of Embryonic Research The National Institutes of Health released a study today underscoring the tremendous potential of embryonic stem cells to treat everything from Alzheimer's disease to cancer. Continue reading
Jul 12 Pres. Bush Pledges Medicare Overhaul President Bush today promised to "modernize and strengthen Medicare" in addition to offering a discounted prescription coverage for seniors. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Background: Medicare Coverage After this background report by Susan Dentzer, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson discusses discount prescription drugs for Medicare recipients. Continue watching
Jul 11 Scientists Harvest Embryos Solely for Research Scientists in Virginia are the first in the world to harvest human embryos for the sole purpose of using the stem cells for research. Continue reading