The bioethics of torture
In the Australian state of Tasmania, an eminent oceanographer has received a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to the assisted suicide of his elderly...
Nitschke calls for new strategy to legalise euthanasia
In an editorial in Exit Australia's official journal Dr Philip Nitschke has outlined a "tougher and smarter" strategy for promoting the legalisation of euthanasia without...
Patient feedback leads to a better death
Asking terminal patients about how well they are being cared for may be an easy, cost-free way of improving their quality of life. Bioethicists at...
Polls on assisted-suicide vary dramatically with question
An American survey of surveys about doctor-assisted suicide shows that people's answers shift with the wording of the pollsters' questions -- "one of the chief...
Baby born from 21-year-old sperm
A UK man fathered a IVF child with sperm frozen 21 years ago before he had surgery for testicular cancer. Doctors at St Mary's Hospital...
Clinics face crisis over sperm donation figures
The UK faces a sperm donor shortage and new recruitment strategies are urgently required, says a leading IVF clinic. Doctors at the Newcastle Fertility Clinic...
US stem cell scientists bemoan lost opportunities
As other countries develop embryonic stem lines, US stem cell researchers are being forced to sit on the sidelines, lamenting the loss of their competitive...
Italian bioethics chief gives UK philosophical raspberry
The UK's new bank for embryonic stem cells represents the triumph of money over ethics, says the president of Italian National Committee of Bioethics, Dr...
Lithuanian “charlatans” spruik embryonic stem cells cures
Two Lithuanian MPs have accused their Minister for Health of allowing shady companies to treat sick children with injections of embryonic stem cells -- even...
Let’s both be beautiful, say British couples
Couples are encouraging each other to have cosmetic surgery to improve their looks, say British cosmetic surgeons, as demand for their services continues to rise....