Recent body-parts scandals prompt review
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The nation's tissue bankers are considering new rules aimed at preserving public trust in their industry, following two recent scandals that made some of them appear more like body snatchers than people who help improve the lives of millions of Americans.
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To pixelate or let it all hang out? UK health portal NHS Choices has got itself into a bit of a tiz over whether or not to show unexpurgated genitalia in a forthcoming update of its interactive Body Map - an issue apparently so sensitive it has decided to put the matter to a public vote.â¦
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Potentially contaminated body parts stolen in the US may have been used on British patients, experts admit.
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A case in which being too buff can lead to a serious problem.
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The US Justice Department is investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that some health care providers bilked government programs including Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Hybrid animals allow scientists to watch how human cells and organs mature inside the bodies of other animals but some question the ethics of such procedures.
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The US Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation of the medical-supply industry to determine whether hospitals are overcharging Medicare and other government health
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Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have gotten  plenty of attention in recent years. But the first attempt to document how common eating disorders are nationwide  produced  surprises.
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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that some health care providers bilked government programs including Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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A growing number of young women are getting breast implants and other cosmetic procedures performed, raising questions about their long-term effects.
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For decades, doctors have operated on babies born with ambiguous genitalia. But there is a growing debate about the role physicians Â and parents Â should play in physically shaping children.
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New guidelines are warning people of the dangers of not choosing their plastic surgeons carefully enough.
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Newspaper circulation chiefs generally do not draw much notice outside the publishing world, but a string of scandals over artificially pumped-up circulation data is bringing new scrutiny to their doors.
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An investigation into a corpse-selling scandal at UCLA has resulted in recommendations for new security measures that include implanting barcodes or radio-frequency identifiers in cadavers, officials said Wednesday.
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An "inspection blitz" prompted by two high-profile body parts scandals have turned up no serious problems at most firms that deal with human tissue, the Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday.
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Maybe it comes of too much exposure to the forensic specialists who slice, sniff, and sort through &quot;CSI&quot; and its serial television variations. But it is apparent that, when building a case, even in a book, a whole body is more informative than a skeleton, and a whole skeleton beats a partial one.
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A public inquiry is to be held in Scotland into the contaminated blood products scandal of the 70s and 80s.