Top US bioethicists clash
Ezechiel Emanuel criticised by Arthur Caplan Back in August, the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) took the unusual step of publicly denouncing the...
German doctor on trial for killing 13 patients in 2003
She denies the deaths were murder A German doctor accused of the manslaughter of 13 patients has tearfully rejected the charges in her second trial....
Iran slated by World Medical Association
WMA says prisoners are being mistreated The World Medical Association has urged national medical associations to support the rights of patients and physicians in Iran...
Pascal’s Wager taken out of deep freeze
UK ethicist defends cryonics What would the 17th century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal think of cryogenics -- the business of freezing people until...
US 8 year old may undergo sex-change treatment
Gender dysphoric child will be administered medication to become female The American parents of a transgender child have enrolled their 8-year-old son in sex-change treatment...
Octomom’s fertility doctor expelled from professional body
ASRM says that he broke professional standards The Los Angeles doctor who treated "Octomom", Michael Kamrava, has been expelled from the American Society for Reproductive...