Bioethics

Pa. university students upset about fitness class
Yahoo! | 50 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA ? A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
Yahoo! | 2 hours ago
ATLANTA ? When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

New Law Prohibits Genetic Discrimination
Sun (Baltimore), The | 3 hours 47 minutes ago
The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup.

Baby P: secret reports critical of Great Ormond Street Hospital
Telegraph (London) | 5 hours 16 minutes ago
Great Ormond Street Hospital failed to answer senior doctors? justified concerns about the clinic which failed Baby P, according to two secret reports.

Heavy college students must pass fitness class
MSNBC | 5 hours 34 minutes ago
Pa. university requires those with high BMI to take a 3-hour a week class

Pa. university students must pass fitness class
Philadelphia Inquirer, The | 6 hours 6 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Toolkit Available to Simplify Informed Consent Forms
FDAnews | 6 hours 58 minutes ago
Sponsors can simplify the informed consent forms they require from clinical investigators with the help of a toolkit developed by Boston University for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Overweight students at university in Pennsylvania told to take fitness class or risk diplomas
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 7 hours 2 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Pa. University Students Upset About Fitness Class by The Associated Press
National Public Radio | 7 hours 3 minutes ago
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Last of 3 parts: No easy solutions
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 7 hours 50 minutes ago
Some say more staffing, better training would help reduce falls.

Assisted suicide proposals unacceptable in a civilised society Roman Catholic bishops
Telegraph (London) | 8 hours 13 minutes ago
Abusive relatives and neglectful carers could seize on new assisted suicide rules to pressurise vulnerable people into killing themselves, Roman Catholic bishops have warned.

U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes
Las Vegas Sun | 8 hours 33 minutes ago
The University of Nebraska's governing board has voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.