Dignitas goes international
The UK's House of Lords is debating Lord Joffe's private member's bill authorising voluntary euthanasia. After the debate is over, Lord Joffe, a former chairman...
Who will deliver our grandchildren?
Cerebral palsy litigation is crippling the profession of obstetrics, argue four doctors in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Although it has never been...
British high fliers too busy to conceive
A survey of fertility specialists by the London Telegraph has found that more and more women are seeking inappropriate IVF treatment because they are just...
Adult stem cell research progress
A number of promising developments in adult stem cell research have been reported over the past couple of weeks. They include: Mesenchymal stem cells from...
Chinese doctor thumbs nose at Western sceptics
The reputation of a Beijing doctor who uses cells from aborted foetuses to treat patients with spinal cord injuries and ALS is growing -- enough...
Italy supports feeding coma patients
Terri Schiavo would not have died in Italy, at least after a recent decision by its National Bioethics Committee. The committee decided that artificial nutrition...