Nature backs mind-enhancing drugs
Give students drugs if they can’t afford them. Last year an informal survey in Nature found that 20% of scientists used mind-enhancing drugs to cope...
Montana to be third US state to legalise assisted suicide
Change comes through single judge, not legislatureMontana could become the third American state to legalise assisted suicide, after a district judge declared that constitutional guarantees...
Nitschke criticised for “cruel insensitivity”
But he says that he is being smeared Australian Euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke has shrugged off responsibility for the death of a 39-year-old mother...
UK govt to turn blind eye to suicide trips to Zurich
Will not prosecute parents who brought their son to die in Switzerland The British government seems to be headed towards a "don’t ask, don’t tell"...
Abortion associated with mental disorders, says new peer-reviewed study
New Zealand article takes "middle-of-the-road position" A study in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed British Journal of Psychiatry asserts that abortion is associated with...
70-year-old Indian woman has baby daughter
Bright future for Indian IVF industry?The ever-expanding Wikipedia entry for "Pregnancy over age 50" need to be updated. A 70-year-old Indian woman gave birth on...
Economic gloom leads women to sell eggs and rent wombs
A buyers market in fertility worldWith economists moving from the R-word to the D-word, look out for more tabloidesque stories about women selling their eggs...
Born to break records? Parents testing for sports gene
"What if my son could be a pro football player and I don’t know it?"Want to know if your child has the potential to be...