Lab Rat or Button Monkey?

This news item has appeared on the BBC site. I know that people do want to know the sex of their child and this opens the possibility of making this very easy form very early in the pregnancy. I do hope the concerns about the use of the test to abort unwanted children prove to [...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6422157.stm I find it saddening that NHS sites and other quality sources of information are being dismissed so quickly.  I can understand that people want to hear a more human voice in the content but surely that can still be provided by quality sites. The ongoing blood donation adverts showing real people who have the [...]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/91a88fe6-c92b-11db-9f7b-000b5df10621.html

This looks like I might need to read it: http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/14/30/10/04143010.pdf.

IS this going to have a huge impact on the current treatment of patients or is it one for th future? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6342855.stm

With headlines like this, it’s no wonder that the NHS is in trouble.  Anyone could see that PFI was always going to be costly, the company involved has to make a profit on the whole thing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6279889.stm

It seems that an existing treatment, dichloroacetate, might be helpful in cancer treatment. The problem seems to be patents, or in this case a lack of. As the dichloroacetate doesn’t have a patent, it seems drug companies are reluctant to invest in research to get it ready for the market e.g. phase I, II, III [...]

Every now and again, you come across something that scares you, REALLY scares you. I found this a while ago on a respected law discussion site, groklaw.net. It from a foundation that works to revoke inappropriate patents e.g. where prior art exists. The following link concerns pathology. http://www.pubpat.org/LabCorp_Position_Statement.htm