UK Parliament to debate assisted suicide again
BMA votes against itThe annual conference of the British Medical Association has narrowly voted against legal protection for relatives who travel abroad to help people...
A new liver for Apple’s boss
Did he jump the queue? Steve Jobs, the heart of Apple, is back at work after a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital. The Methodist...
Our brains are not us
Neuro-reductionism under attack "The mind is what the brain does," according to Steven Pinker, Harvard's celebrity neuropsychologist. We "are in fact no more than the...
Girls! Sell your eggs and enjoy the night life of Chennai!
Innovations in medical tourism No doubt about it. The fertility tourism industry is quick-footed and innovative. Taking advantage of India's role as a surrogacy hub,...
New test for 15,000 genetic diseases in embryos
A quick, simple and cheap method A one-step test for about 15,000 genetics diseases could be available within a year. Doctors will be able to create...
Solving a healthcare crisis. Excuse me, what’s healthcare?
45,000 die each month in DRCTo put our healthcare and bioethics debate in perspective, consider the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a report in...
Freezing sperm cells of 3-month-old boys
Treatment is still experimental. You've heard about women freezing their eggs so that they can have children later in life. Now doctors have frozen the...