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Research 

2011

The Limits of Empathy
Power of suggestion affects heart arteries
If It Feels Right ...
Antibiotic use has grown along with obesity. Coincidence?
Field tests show bacterial oddball can be a dengue destroyer
Sunday Dialogue: Seeking a Path Through Depression’s Landscape
In Defense of Antidepressants
The bacteria (or virus or parasite) made me do it
Hip Makers Told to Study More Data
Research Uncovers Raised Rate of Autism
Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?
David Brooks’s Theory of Human Nature
Urethras can now be made in the lab -- and they work
Sleep deprivation sets people up for risky decision-making
College the Easy Way
Bilingualism good for the brain, researchers say
Farm-raised kids are less prone to asthma. Who gets the credit? Germs, researchers say.
Gastric bypass more effective than other procedures, studies find
Smoking, obesity why US lifespans lag a bit
Circumcision helps stop cancer-causing virus, study finds
First study connecting measles vaccine to autism was a fraud, medical journal says
Equality, a True Soul Food

2010

The Compassionate Instinct
Fighting Bullying With Babies
Study: Alcohol more lethal than heroin, cocaine
US apologizes for 1940s STD study in Guatemala
A Downside to Tai Chi? None That I See
New Drugs Stir Debate on Rules of Clinical Trials
Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia
Acupuncture, Real or Fake, Eases Pain
Phys Ed: Can Exercise Moderate Anger?
When a Drug Fails
Cigarette Smoke May Up Cancer Risk By Interfering With Genes
Americans turn cold shoulder to sunscreen: poll
Doctors Who Aid Torture

Medical Ethics Lapses Cited in Interrogations
Attention turns to spill-related health risks
Britain bans doctor who linked autism to vaccine
Nuremberg Code

2009

Moths as good as mice for many drug tests - study 
Senator Moves to Block Medical Ghostwriting 
FDA Says Firm Faked Generic-Drug Tests
Transfer of Mother’s Cells Molds Baby’s Immunity 
Study: Zoloft and Cipralex better than other drugs

2008

Debunking an Autism Theory  

Healthy Habits

Diabetes forecast to hit one in 10 adults by 2030
Teens, young men way over limit on sugary drinks
F.D.A. Unveils New Rules About Sunscreen Claims
Cellphone Radiation May Cause Cancer, Advisory Panel Says
Tai chi may be good for heart patients--but that's just for starters
Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?
Is Sugar Toxic?
Latino kids follow parents' lead when it comes to exercising (or not)
Chocolate milk stirs controversy in schools

Autonomy, Truth Telling, and Confidentiality 

2011

Good Minus God
Argument, Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning
After a Diagnosis, Wishing for a Magic Number
Doctors urge indoor tanning ban for minors
Government wants admissions from tobacco companies

2010

Early Tests for Alzheimer’s Pose Diagnosis Dilemma
Study Finds Supplements Contain Contaminants
California Patient's Guide
Enhancing the Placebo
Tarasoff reconsidered 
Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm 
The Americanization of Mental Illness

AIDS, MALARIA

2011

Foreign Aid Is Not a Rathole
AIDS fund cuts will hit Southern Africa hard
Fund halts new grants for AIDS,TB and malaria treatment in poor countries
How we can save millions of lives
The Real Threat of ‘Contagion’
Leaders Gather at UN Headquarters in June for a High-Level Meeting on AIDS
Getting Smart on Aid
Climate change bringing infection, hunger, illness

2010

A Housecall to Help With Doctor’s Orders
The GOP's door of no return
AP Enterprise: Fraud plagues global health fund
How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis
1 in 5 gay, bisexual men in U.S. cities has HIV
German Court Finds HIV Singer Guilty
Lack of funding threatens the future of HIV drug therapy in the developing world
Analysis: Frustration grows as AIDS science and politics clash
UN Expert: AIDS Crisis in the World's Prisons
Obama’s Overdue AIDS Bill
Barebacking & HIV Disclosure: What's the Law?
The Battle Against AIDS Is Failing 
Global mortality rate down dramatically, study of past 40 years shows

2009

Over 33 million infected with AIDS virus: U.N. 
Plans to Criminalize Generic Drugs May Hurt Poor 
Countries Commit to Tackling Tuberculosis 
Study: Male circumcision helps prevent 2 STDs 
Study finds a different type of TB patient 
WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report 
Condom Sense: Pope Benedict XVI is wrong 

HIV Disclosure: What's the Law? 
Forcibly Sterilized Woman Sues Chile  
Mr. Bush’s Health Care Legacy

2008

Study Cites Toll of AIDS Policy in South Africa 

Race, Gender, and Medicine

2011

In Treating Disabled, Potent Drugs and Few Rules
Drug poisoning deaths continue tragic climb
Mammograms for women in 40s: Now Canada recommends against them
Antibiotics overprescribed for children: study
Women who stop hormones therapy increase hip-fracture risk
Screening mammograms save fewer lives than you think
Gel Cuts Women’s Risk of Herpes, Study Finds
More than one in 10 Americans use antidepressants
U.S. Panel Says No to Prostate Screening for Healthy Men
Giving Chronic Pain a Medical Platform of Its Own
America just keeps getting fatter
Supreme Court sides with pharmaceutical industry in two decisions
Ovarian cancer screening does more harm than good, study shows
An early cure for parents’ vaccine panic
F.D.A. Approves Drug to Treat Hospital Scourge
Study Questions Treatment Used in Heart Disease
Measles cases on the rise in U.S., a risk to unvaccinated infants
Scientists find genetic link to depression
Shorter treatment found for latent tuberculosis
Climate change bringing infection, hunger, illness
Hope builds for treating intellectual disabilities
The trouble with those boobies bracelets
Ohio County Losing Its Young to Painkillers’ Grip
Guidelines call for diagnosing early Alzheimer’s
Global stillbirths: 2.6 million a year, overlooked and often preventable
WHO warns drugs misuse weakens fight against diseases
Greater brain risks from "real-world" ecstasy use
Skin cancer risk is higher for rich women than for poor women, study finds
'Superbug' spreading to Southern California hospitals
Practical Matters: Number of prediabetics rising in the U.S.
Obesity: 'Like the new smoking'
FDA warns of birth defects with Topamax
Study: PSA rise not good prostate cancer predictor
Treat the Patient, Not the CT Scan
A Prescription for Fear
Villages Without Doctors
Report on global cardiac risks: World gets fatter, but blood pressure goes down
CDC releases new diabetes estimates for U.S.
Light therapy shows promise for seniors' depression

2010

New tuberculosis test cheaper for poor countries
Panel Votes to Expand Surgery for Less Obese
Irrational about healthcare rationing
New DNA Tests Aimed at Reducing Colon Cancer
With insurers slow to cover obesity treatment, patients often must foot the bill
Anatomy of a Misdiagnosis
Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
How Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Changes Your Genes
Recipe for Longevity: No Smoking, Lots of Friends
For the homeless, federal changes promise better access to health care
Scientists find new superbug spreading from India
Commonwealth Fund analysis highlights benefits for women in health-care overhaul
Medical device problems hurt 70,000+ kids annually
When Pneumonia Follows Severe Dementia
How Microbes Defend and Define Us
Whooping cough epidemic in California
Asian community takes aim at hepatitis B
WHO says measles making 'rapid comeback'
Parasites in Paradise 
The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA
Experts: One-third of breast cancer is avoidable
In Ads, Plea for Asians to Get Tests for Hepatitis
White House task force issues report on fighting childhood obesity
Doctors in Peru battle increasingly drug-resistant TB 
Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics 

Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt 
Michelle Obama talks to mayors about her initiative to combat childhood obesity 
DNA sweep finds new genes linked to diabetes
Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works 
The Wrong Story About Depression 
Solution to Killer Superbug Found in Norway 

2009

Coverage Without Borders 
Cancer From the Kitchen? 
State's students getting a little fitter
Trying to Explain a Drop in Infant Mortality 
In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40 
Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases 
New Drug Targets African Disease 
A Doctor for Disease, a Shaman for the Soul 
Aging: Moderate Drinking May Help the Brain 
Not enough Bay Area kids vaccinated, docs say 
Crisis in the Operating Room 
Making a Smartphone a First Responder 
How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains 

2008

Stars Raise Awareness on 'Neglected Killer' Pneumonia 
Studies Find A Way Adult Bodies May Fight Obesity 
Screen or Not? What Those Prostate Studies Mean 
Prostate Cancer Test Found to Save Few Lives 
TB: A Killer Without Borders 
Deported in Coma, Saved Back in U.S. 
New TB blood test seen more accurate 
More children have allergies, CDC reports 
More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies Suggest 
In ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Dear,’ a Hurt for the Elderly  

Obesity in Pregnant Women Likely Affects Their Babies  
U.S. leads world in substance abuse, WHO finds

Genetic Control 

2011

Do-it-yourself DNA testing: A risk or a right?
Gene test may help spot lethal prostate tumors

2010

Scientists overcome hurdles to stem cell alternatives
Wrong Direction on Stem Cells
Federal policy on stem cell research
Donated frozen embryos spawn dueling lawsuits 
Researchers: Most `test tube' kids are healthy 
Catholic Bishops hold fast in rejecting fertility technology 
Genetic tests give consumers hints about disease risk; critics have misgivings

2009

U.S. set to fund more stem cell study 
Researchers May Have Found Equivalent of Embryonic Stem Cells 
Stem Cell Compromise 
Genes Show Limited Value in Predicting Diseases 
The Rules on Stem Cells 
Genetic Tests May Reveal Source of Mystery Tumors 
The Moral Imperative to Relieve Suffering: Embryonic Stem Cell Research 
Researchers find safer way to make stem cells

Reproductive Control

2011

Study Reveals Who Gets Late-Term Abortions
How an anti-abortion push to redefine ‘person’ could hurt women’s rights
Refused and Confused
Targeting abortions
Virginia officials prepare to release draft abortion regulations
United States approves free birth control for women
Panel Recommends Coverage for Contraception
Make Birth Control Affordable
The Courts Step In
Kansas’ War on Abortion
Several States Forbid Abortion After 20 Weeks
When States Punish Women
Antiabortion measures flooding state legislatures
New Attacks on Women’s Rights
The Issue of Abortion Returns to Center Stage in U.S. Politics
Behind the Abortion War
Virginia Lawmakers Limit Insurers’ Abortion Coverage
An assault on women's right to choose
New fronts open in abortion wars
The War on Women
The G.O.P.’s Abandoned Babies
Abortion rights are under attack, and pro-choice advocates are in a time warp
The Two Abortion Wars: State Battles Over Roe v. Wade
TusslingTussling Over Jesus

2010

Abortion Takes Flight
Tests of 'Roe' more frequent since justices upheld late-term abortion ban in '07
Birth Control Over Baldness
Future of Nebraska's other abortion law murky
UK doctors: fetus can't feel pain before 24 weeks
Sister Margaret's Choice

Poverty and the Pill
California Surrogacy Law 
California Surrogacy Law for Gays

2009

Unsafe Abortions Killing 70,000 a Year 
Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood 
Antiabortion Efforts Move to the State Level 
Amid Abuse of Girls in Brazil, Abortion Debate Flares 
Contraception Pill Strictures Are Eased by a Judge 
To Legalize or Not to Legalize Abortion? 
Birth of Octuplets Puts Focus on Fertility Clinics

2008

For Privacy’s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy 
New Rule Protects Health-Care Workers' 'Right of Conscience' 
Her Body, My Baby 
Can This Be Pro-Life?  

Scarce Resources 

2011

For Illegal Immigrant, Line Is Drawn at Transplant
Putting a price on prolonging a doomed life
Blood, Bones And Organs: The Gruesome 'Red Market'
Pediatricians Warn Against Energy And Sports Drinks For Kids
Frederick’s Orchard Grove Elementary School is making strides in fitness
Lawsuit asks state to pay for inmate's sex-change operation
The consequences of a donor kidney market

2010

Walking 10,000 steps per day may prevent diabetes
NY pilot expands organ recovery to at-home deaths
"The Complete Lives System" - by Dr. Emmanuel
Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you
Should Laws Push for Organ Donation? 
Kidney Allocation Policy Development
Legal kidney sales to fight black market

Human Organs for Sale?
Human organs for sale: Let the donors decide
Mom's Obesity May Affect Baby's Health 
'Checklist Manifesto' Author Pairs Simplicity With Lifesaving 
Global healthcare fraud costs put at $260 billion 
Obesity Rates Hit Plateau in U.S., Data Suggest 
World’s Healthiest Food

2009

Doctors No One Needs 
The Way We Die Now 
Fixing Health Care Starts With the Doctors 
Healthcare in the United States 
Shortage of Doctors an Obstacle to Obama Goals 
Study finds 1 in 5 obese among 4-year-olds in US 
Good or Useless, Medical Scans Cost the Same

2008

Targeting Obesity Alongside Hunger 
Why Anti-Smoking Ads Aren't Working 
Health Care for the Poor: A Virginia Clinic 
The Doctors Who Are Redefining Life and Death 
 

Paying for Health Care  

2011

Special Report: Phantom firms bleed millions from Medicare
For Medicare, We Must Cut Costs, Not Shift Them
Working with Medicare
States to weigh in on basic health coverage
Cheeseburgers and death: de-socializing health care
Bring Health Care Home
Health Official Takes Parting Shot at ‘Waste’
What About Premium Support?
The legacy of Romney's healthcare Rx
A grim diagnosis for our ailing health care system
Lack of record access drives up costs at L.A. hospitals for poor
FSAs encourage rather than reduce unnecessary healthcare spending
Mandate to Buy Health Care Insurance
Hotwire For Surgery
Cost comparative price report with AHA data addition international comparison
Why American health-care costs so much in one (very long) graphic
Wal-Mart will see you now
Billions Wasted on Billing
Less Than $26 Billion? Don’t Bother.
Spending More Doesn’t Make Us Healthier
Childhood obesity rates level off in California, L.A. County
Health Care Law Probably Safe as (Another) Conservative Jurist Confirms
GOP sees disconnect between universal phone, healthcare coverage
Paying for Health Care: Romney's Plan
Glaxo to pay $3B to settle U.S. sales, Avandia cases
Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare
Democrats drive drop in support for healthcare law in new poll
It Didn’t Add Up
How Medicare Fails the Elderly
Why our children’s future no longer looks so bright
Health Law to Be Revised by Ending a Program
Killing Medicaid the California Way
L.A. County expands no-cost healthcare
Americans get too much healthcare, their docs say
Sharp Rise in U.S. Health Insurance Cost, Study Finds
Young Adults Make Gains in Health Insurance Coverage
Free to Die
Texas healthcare system withering under Gov. Perry
Lessons on Health Care
Inflated medical bills mask true cost of care
Opposing the Health Law, Florida Refuses Millions
The Value of Medicaid
Many hospitals overuse double CT scans, data shows
Medicare Saves Money
The hard truth about health care
How Medicare can be saved
Medicare Plan for Payments Irks Hospitals
As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics
Why Medical School Should Be Free
Dentists hesitate to treat kids on Medicaid: study
Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings
The Need for Greed
The elderly are better off than advertised
Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law
Medicare funds will be depleted in 13 years, report says
Health Insurers Making Record Profits as Many Postpone Care
Seniors, Guns and Money
Health-care lawsuits: Delaying the inevitable
Catholic Professors Criticize Boehner in Letter
On Medicare, reverting to a well-worn strategy
Kathleen Sebelius’s outrageous claim that cancer patients would ‘die sooner’ under the GOP Medicare plan
Health Care Costs a Hefty Price Tag for Pentagon
The Ryan Plan for Medicaid
Government Creating New Medicare Payment Strategy to Reward Hospitals for Better Quality Care
Five myths about Planned Parenthood
Your Guide to Medicare's Preventive Services
Medicare is now offering some free tests and services
Watching the health insurers
Remember the health-care reform debate?
Patients Are Not Consumers
Obama Panel to Curb Medicare Finds Foes in Both Parties
Obama signs repeal of health-care law’s ‘1099’ tax-reporting rule
Who's Serious Now?
Why Medicare Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Solution
We Need to Raise Taxes
Defending the Government's Responsibility
Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal
Reshaping Medicare Brings Hard Choices
The choice between low taxes vs. Medicare benefits
A Market Solution for Malpractice
Wisconsin’s health-care fight illustrates challenges as states change leadership
Pre-existing Condition? Now, a Health Policy May Not Be Impossible
Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns to Drug Therapy
As Health Costs Soar, G.O.P. and Insurers Differ on Cause
Paying for Old Age
Money Won’t Buy You Health Insurance
Health insurers adjust to once-scary reform rule
On Health Care, Justice Will Prevail
Health care fraud no longer a faceless crime
Buying health insurance for children
Obama administration offers states ideas on how to cut Medicaid
Regulators have little power over health insurance rate increases
Ariz. governor's plan for Medicaid cuts advances
Basic Questions, Elusive Answers on Health Law
Healthcare for all, somehow
The War on Logic
In the Health Care Fight, a Political Focus on Jobs, With No Simple Answers
The Truth and Consequences of Repeal
Some firms still basing health insurance rates on gender
California Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
Blue Shield of California seeks rate hikes of as much as 59% for individuals
Repealing health-care reform would cost hundreds of billions of dollars -- and Eric Cantor knows it
New laws aim to make Californians healthier and safer

2010

Health Insurance's Bunker Buster
What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs
On Medicare and Social Security, be unfair to the boomers
With health insurance mandate, there's safety in numbers
Health insurers sit pretty at their customers' expense
States, not Congress, can thwart healthcare law
Health costs fuel rise in bankruptcy among elderly
To Save Money, Save the Health Care Act
Health Care and the Campaign
Health care law fact check: Medicaid, health spending, and abortion myths
Update on Health Care Reform
More options for seniors with high drug costs
Will healthcare reform lead to higher premiums?
An outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads
Health Care Reform
Is Health Care Special?
In Haiti, a Lesson for U.S. Health Care
Health Insurance Exchanges
New rules make it easier for public to appeal denials of health insurance claims
Reform Moves Ahead
Special Report: In austere times, can bribery be healthy?
Economics Behaving Badly
A Dirt-Poor Nation, With a Health Plan
Obama: Congress must raise doctors' Medicare pay
New Breed of Specialist Steps In for Family Doctor
Health Care Reform and the Courts 
US Healthcare: A Short History 
Why Do We Need Health Reform?
Health Reform Myths
Access, Access, Access
The healing of America
Immediate Benefits of New Law
Law protects kids with pre-existing conditions
Law extends care for adults under parents' plan
How health reform could affect you 
Overhaul Will Lower the Costs of Being a Woman
In Health Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth Inequality
Health Care Bill May Cost California Billions
With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis
Nuns Back Bill Amid Broad Rift Over Whether It Limits Abortion Enough
Health Insurance Companies Try to Shape Rules

Health System Bears Cost of Implants With No Warranties
Realizing te Human Right to Health Care: The Role of Single Payer Proposals
Health, life insurers hold $1.88 billion in fast-food stocks: AJPH article
Limits to be placed on insurance coverage for dependents
The Anthem Saga
Workers paying more toward insurance premiums 
On health care, listen to the nuns
More Than Onerous
The Next Step on Health Reform
Health care for life and for all
Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage
Access, Access, Access

GE plans new American export: outdoor smoking ban 
The Republicans' big lie about reconciliation 
Health insurance hikes stun small businesses 
Afflicting the Afflicted 
Bust the Health Care Trusts 
The President’s Plan 
Small Ideas Won’t Fix It 
Do We Really Want the Status Quo on Health Care? 
California Death Spiral 
The Lesson of Anthem Blue Cross 
Republicans and Medicare 
In Britain or France, my aging mother would have gotten better health care
Learning From Europe
Politics of health care 'reform' can make you sick 

2009

California One Care
Tidings of Comfort 
Last Call on Reforming Health Reform Bill
The Hardest Call
Pass the Bill 
The Insurance Industry's Lethal Bottom Line -- and Sen. Al Franken's Solution 
Senate health bill gets a boost 
"Cancer of fraud" permeates healthcare system 
Senator Ron Wyden: Having a Choice 
Poll: Tax The Rich To Pay For Health Reform 
Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform 
The Republican Health Plan 
Unhealthy America 
Health bills too timid on cutting costs, experts say 
U.S. healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year 
The Public Plan, Continued 
Reform and Your Premiums 
Health Care: A Moral Issue (video)
Let Congress Go Without Insurance 
Court asks for Obama's stance on Healthy S.F. 
A Texas-Sized Health Care Failure 
The Public Imperative 
Dad’s Life or Yours? You Choose 
For French, U.S. Health Debate Hard To Imagine
An Anti-Tax Argument That’s Hard to Swallow
You Have No Idea What Health Costs 
Baucus and the Threshold 
Get Real on Health Care 
The Body Count at Home 
It's Simple: Medicare for All 
Why Insurance Companies Deny Health Care 
Critical Care 
Health Care That Works 
Small businesses back overhaul of health care 
Health Care Fit for Animals 
No Treatment for Ill as Zimbabwe Doctors Strike 
Real Choice? It’s Off Limits in Health Bills 
Don't Want a Public Plan? Well, What Do You Think of Medicare? 
5 Myths About Health Care Around the World   
The Uninsured 
Paging Dr. Reform 
Plain English Is the Best Policy 
It's Time to Give Up On the Public Option 
The Public Plan 
Prairie Health Care Companion 
Alternate Plan as Health Option Muddies Debate 
This Is Reform? 
Why We Need Health Care Reform 
Health Care’s Generation Gap 
Lining Up for Help 
Federally Qualified Health Centers 
10 Steps to Better Health Care 
Health Reform and Small Business 
Behold, a National and Rational Conversation on Health Care 
Information on health reform from the White House, August 09 
Championing the Status Quo 
The Massachusetts Model  
Healthcare reform looms large in Texas 
Health Care Realities 
Hospital Shows a Way to Save: Doctors Get Salaries, Not Fees 
Costs and Compassion 
Challenge to Health Bill: Selling Reform
HELP Is on the Way 
Insurance Company Schemes 
Senate Report Finds Insurers Wrongfully Charged Consumers Billions 
In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health 
House Unveils Health Bill, Minus Key Details 
Wrong Way on Health 'Reform' 
This Time, We Won’t Scare 
Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study 
A Red State Booster Shot 
Healthcare costs in U.S. vs. rest of world 
Obama should back "single payer" health care 
Too Many Must Go Back to Hospital, Study Finds 
Crunch Time for Fixing Health Care 
Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary 
Overexposed: Imaging tests boost U.S. radiation dose
Stable funding system needed for neglected diseases 
'Barefoot' Health Care Providers in Rural India 
At Wal-Mart, a Health-Care Turnaround 
Obama signs children's healthcare bill 
First-of-Its Kind Study: Single-Payer Reform Would Be Major Stimulus for Economy 
Obama's Health-Care Headache 

2008

British Balance Gain Versus Cost of Latest Drugs 
Studies Say Private Medicare Plans Have Added Costs, for Little Gain 
5 Myths About the US Health-Care System 
Report says Medicaid spending "unsustainable" 
Health Care Destruction 
India Bans Smoking in Public 
Fast Food Hits Mediterranean; a Diet Succumbs

Abortion

Seventh-Day Adventists and abortion
Another Pill That Could Cause a Revolution
Nebraska Law Sets Limits on Abortion
Our Fill-in-the-Blank Constitution
The Principle of Double Effect

Impaired Infants and Medical Futility

Born smaller than soda cans, tiniest babies are growing up healthy; docs say most not so lucky
Newly Born, and Withdrawing From Painkillers 
Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care 
US Guidelines for Neonatal Resuscitation
Neonatal resuscitation in Italy: an ethical perspective
Catholic Teaching about Neonatal Care
UK Guidelines for Neonatal Care
DNR orders in a neonatal intensive care unit in a Muslim community

Once written off, 'crack babies' have grown into success stories

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide 

2011

Looking for a Place to Die
Wishing for the right to make that final exit
Technique spots patients misdiagnosed as being in ‘vegetative state’
Woman selling 'suicide kits' reignites right-to-die debate
Progress needed on end-of-life care
U.S. Alters Rule on Paying for End-of-Life Planning

2010

Real Life Among the Old Old
Obama Returns to End-of-Life Plan That Caused Stir
UK study: Nonreligious doctors hasten death more
Palliative Care Extends Life, Study Finds
German Court Widens Rules for Assisted Suicide
Definition of Death
Palliative Care
Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation
Advanced Health Care Directive
AHCD Form
Euthanasia: Around the World
Euthanasia: In the US
Right to Die: US Law

Oregon Death with Dignity Law
Washington Initiative in 2008 
Montana Law Supports Physician-assissted Suicide
Euthanasia in the Netherlands
Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide Drop in the Netherlands After Law

Group to censure physicians who play role in lethal injections  
   
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