RADICAL PLAN FOR EMBRYO DONATION DOWN UNDER
In an effort to make donation of IVF embryos more like adoption, the Australian state of Victoria is thinking of allowing donor couples to choose...
“SCANDALOUS” CARE FOR ELDERLY IN BRITAIN
Scandalous and shameful: that's how care for British elderly in hospital and nursing homes has been described by its critics. A British parliamentary committee on...
IS BEING DEPRESSED JUST PART OF LIFE?
The BMJ's new series of head-to-head debates has proved highly newsworthy. In the latest, two Australian psychiatrists clash over whether depression is over-diagnosed. , of...
TIMETABLED BIRTHS INCREASING IN US
Doctors in the US are taking another look at medically-managed childbirth, as the number of births scheduled for convenience rises. Fewer than 10% of women...
PAYOUT FOR INFAMOUS US EXPERIMENT
An infamous American case of doctors experimenting on orphans without their consent is close to settlement. The state of Iowa has agreed to pay US$925,000...
FULL CREDIT FOR COSMETIC SURGERY
American cosmetic surgeons are turning their field of medicine into a big-ticket consumer item by helping patients finance their operations with easy credit. According to...
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EMBRYO RESEARCH UNLIKELY TO RISE AFTER BUSH
State governments and private donors will probably remain the biggest supporters of human embryonic stem cell research, even if President Bush's successor reverses his restrictions...
LIGHTING CONDITIONS IN IVF CLINICS COULD DAMAGE EMBRYOS
The kind of light commonly used in IVF clinics could damage the development of human and other animal embryos in research, according to a study...
I MIGHT BE A GEEK’S SIMULATION, SAYS TRANSHUMANIST
Even if you haven't played geeky simulation games like Second Life, Sim City or World of Warcraft, you have probably heard of them: how widespread...