Political firestorm over recommendation for less breast screening
Republicans warn that rationing has begun Almost no issue is more emotional than health and almost no health issue is more emotional than breast cancer....
Down syndrome cure could be possible
Stanford research focuses on reasons for cognitive delays At the moment, 92% of pregnant women who are told that their child has Down syndrome choose...
Three-parent babies possible, say Japanese researchers
The successful fertilisation of an egg using biological material from two women may have moved the world closer to three-parent babies. Researchers at St Mother...
Handy hints for ‘humane’ way out
Dutch organisation provides suicide tips on website The website of the Dutch Right-to-Die Association (NVVE) has launched a detailed information package on how to commit...
Indian hospital’s innovative drive for organs
Cadaver maintenance programme A hospital in Chennai is marketing an innovative program for increasing the supply of organs – a "cadaver maintenance programme". Indians are...
Chinese Government’s move to prevent organ trafficking unsuccessful
Success of organ donation system doubtful The Chinese Government made efforts in August to curb organ trafficking by introducing a national organ donation system. But...
More funding for ethics needed to study conflicts of interest
Letter to NIH head Francis Collins The National Institutes of Health is being asked to fund a study of the ethics of conflicts of interest...
Everything you want to know about Dignitas
Interview in Guardian The UK Guardian ran a lengthy interview with the founder of the Swiss suicide group Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, this week. Accompanying the...
Everything you wanted to know about OctoMom
Interview with New York Times MagazineThe New York Times recently spent a day with OctoMom, her 14 children and a British film crew and left...
Bans on egg-selling demeans women, argues Australian bioethicist
Loane Skene now takes feminist line Four years after her committee advised the Australian government to ban a market for women's eggs for human embryonic...
New Orleans IVF clinic shuts its doors
Scandals will keep clinic closed for good An IVF clinic in New Orleans which made numerous mistakes will remain closed. As reported in BioEdge, a...
US Catholic bishops speak out on bioethics
Two new documents are clear, if not original American Catholic bishops have been busy this week. Along with their ecclesiastical business at an annual conference,...