CAN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS WAKE UP?
In the wake of the discovery (reported in ) that a brain-damaged woman in the UK in a persistent vegetative state was responding to stimuli,...
BRITONS ADDICTED TO COSMETIC SURGERY
Nearly 20% of Americans would like to have cosmetic surgery, according to a survey released by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Although only about...
AUSTRALIAN EUTHANASIA DEBATE FLARES UP AGAIN
A powerful voice in the Australian government has called for the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia. Although Federal Parliament quashed a euthanasia law in the Northern...
SCIENCE DENOUNCES ANIMAL RIGHTS TERRORISM
The editor of the prestigious journal Science has denounced terrorist" tactics used by some animal rights organisations to intimidate scientists. Editor Donald Kennedy highlighted the...
TEXAS DEBATES FUTILE CARE LAW
Legislators are having second thoughts about a controversial futile- care law in Texas. This stipulates that if a hospital review committee feels that further treatment...
DESIGN BRIEF FOR DESIGNER BABIES
The well-educated are significantly more open to the idea of "designing" babies than the poorly educated, according to a new study by psychologists at the...
“SLIPPERY SLOPE” MAY BE REAL IN EMBYRO SELECTIONS
Slate's biotechnology columnist William Saletan has suggested that there really is a "slippery slope" in bioethics -- at least for designer babies. He points out...
IN BRIEF: Dignitas; Vatican
Dignitas: Four Britons have ended their lives in Switzerland, with the help of the Zurich's Dignitas clinic, in the past six weeks. So far, 54...