We’ll pay you to die, but not to live
Oregon offers cancer victims a choice Is this a case of bureaucratic madness or bureaucratic thrift? The state health insurer in the American state of...
Schiavo battle could be fought again in California
Family wants woman to live; government wants to allow her to die A woman lies in an irreversible coma for two years. She has left...
Is contraception a form of abortion? Yes, says Bush Admin
Proposed definition would include many forms of birth control Although the Bush Administration days are numbered, it is still capable of needling feminists and abortion...
Many IVF techniques ‘untested and hugely expensive’, say experts
Desperate couples will do anything to have a child IVF is generally believed to be a benign, if expensive, form of treatment for infertility. However,...
Romance and your genes
A Swiss company offers to find a soulmate based on your DNA Looking for your soulmate to be your life companion? Simple: use a cotton...
Democrat? Republican? It’s in your DNA
More news from the "genetics explains everything" front More news from the "genetics explains everything" front: the way you vote is genetically determined. James Fowler,...
Some stem cell lines unethical, researchers learn
Bush’s fault, says bioethicistIt has taken American scientists seven years to wake up to the fact that some of their human embryonic stem cell lines...