QUESTIONS OVER EXONERATED DOCTOR
The doctor who escaped being indicted for alleged involuntary euthanasia in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is again in the news. Dr Anna Maria...
AUSTRALIAN STEM CELL TRIAL CURES HEARTS
A world-first clinical trial with adult stem cells has helped six patients with severe heart disease, Australian scientists claim. Doctors at a hospital in Newcastle,...
DETECTIVE WORK IN PHOENIX UNCOVERS ASSISTED SUICIDE
Arizona police may charge two members of the suicide group Final Exit with manslaughter after they helped a Phoenix woman to die in April. Jana...
WHY I REGRET DONATING MY SPERM
Sperm donation continues in the news in Australia. Writing in the Australian Rationalist, Michael Linden tells of his disgust with the reproductive medicine industry which...
ON-LINE GAMES COULD BECOME ETHICAL LABORATORY
On-line games featuring virtual worlds could become a venue for medical and sociological experiments which bypass regulations on human research subjects. Recently, education researchers at...
SAVULESCU PROPOSES A CHANGE OF FOCUS FOR MEDICINE
Modern doctors should focus less on curing the sick and more on expanding human potential for longer lifespans, says an Oxford University bioethicist. Professor Julian...
CALIFORNIA STEM CELL INSTITUTE SHAKEN BY RESIGNATION
Like Gulliver, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, has been pinned down by countless pygmies equipped with lawsuits. The lengthy delay in launching its ambitious...
CHINA BANS TV SHOWS ABOUT COSMETIC SURGERY
The Chinese government has banned TV shows about cosmetic surgery and sex changes, called them "explicit" and "cheap in tone". It has also shut down...
CHINA ACTS ON GENDER GAP
Responding to its increasingly skewed sex ratio, the Chinese government is drafting laws to punish parents and doctors involved in aborting females. Recently releases figures...