Belgian doctor accused of five nursing home murders
A Belgian doctor has admitted killing five nursing home patients with injections of morphine, but insists that he did it out of compassion. The newspaper...
Michael Schiavo honoured as “guardian of the year”
The Florida association of the court-appointed guardians who make end-of-life decisions for unconscious patients has named Michael Schiavo Guardian of the Year for carrying out...
Brain-dead woman gives birth
A 26-year-old brain-dead Virginia woman has given birth to a healthy girl. Susan Rollin Torres died soon after the Caesarean birth. Her life support was...
Film highlights drought of Indian women
Half of second daughters and three-quarters of third daughters are aborted in New Delhi, according to a ten-year study of births beginning in 1993-94. The...
South Korea creates first dog clone
South Korea has cemented its reputation as the premier centre for cloning and stem cell research with the announcement that researchers have cloned the first...
US doctors paid to leak confidential info on new drugs
Top American doctors are being paid to leak what they know about clinical drug trials to Wall Street firms in search of quick profits. Reporters...
Scandal over stored foetuses in Paris
A French woman searching for confirmation that the child she had aborted in 2002 had been cremated has unveiled the illegal practice of storing foetuses...
Placenta could be source of pluripotent stem cells
Primitive cells from the placenta may have the usefulness of embryonic stem cells without the ethical complications, say scientists from the University of Pittsburgh. In...
Cosmetic surgery becomes a business
The growing market for cosmetic surgery is raising questions about whether it can truly be regarded as traditional medicine. The New York Times reports that...
Debate over nazi analogy continues
The debate over the appropriateness of drawing parallels between contemporary bioethical dilemmas and the Nazi regime continues to bubble away. A leading US bioethicist, Arthur...