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Body Parts. Joint replacement. Total hip replacements (2004)…234,000 Projected to increase to 572,000 by 2030?? Total Knee replacements (2004)…478,000 Projected to increase to 3.48 million (3,480,000) by 2030??. Organ donation?. Should donors be compensated for their gift?.
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Joint replacement • Total hip replacements (2004)…234,000 • Projected to increase to 572,000 by 2030?? • Total Knee replacements (2004)…478,000 • Projected to increase to 3.48 million (3,480,000) by 2030??
Organ donation? • Should donors be compensated for their gift?
Bioethics Case Study • Who owns the embryos?
Stem Cell videos Nova ScienceNow…Stem cells (15 min) Nova ScienceNow…Stem Cells breakthrough (13.5 min)
Return of Stem Cell Research Obama Reverses Course, Lifts Stem Cell Ban • http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/story?id=7023990&page=1 • http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4854998n&tag=related;photovideo
Diabetes • Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes in the United States, All Ages, 2007 • Total: 23.6 million people—7.8 percent of the population—have diabetes. • Diagnosed: 17.9 million people • Undiagnosed: 5.7 million people
Human Faces to the Stem cell Issue • Michael J Fox Foundation http://www.michaeljfox.org/index.cfm • Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4048063/k.BDDB/Home.htm
Body Building (PBS) • Nerves of Steel http://www.pbs.org/saf/1209/video/watchonline.htm