Helpful hints in the healthcare rationing debate
July 9, 2010 Hi there, One of the really cool things about being a journalist is that you need not actually know very much. You...
Controversy flares over Obama’s healthcare appointment
Is this a step towards healthcare rationing? The controversy over President Obama’s healthcare package has flared up again with the appointment of a Harvard professor...
Black and white in the healthcare rationing debate
Thanks to Jacob M. Appel The bitter debate over President Obama’s healthcare plan can be baffling. With a finite supply of money, surely the cost...
Malnutrition of Scottish patients is “euthanasia”
Elderly and vulnerable patients undernourished A leading Scottish health campaigner has implored the Scottish Government to urgently address the problem of malnutrition of the elderly...
A window onto Roman bioethics
Discovery of bones at ancient villa in Britain The archeologists of a 2,000-year-old Roman villa in the Thames Valley are puzzled by the discovery...
Down’s syndrome babies depicted as non-persons in major UK newspaper
Blood test still years away Recent media coverage of a blood test for Down’s syndrome suggests that children with the condition are being depicted as...
German court allows genetic diagnosis of IVF embryos
Landmark ruling Embryos produced using IVF can be screened for genetic defects before implantation into the womb, a German high court ruled on Tuesday. Leipzig’s...
Nigerian hospital in corpse disposal blunder
Contractor tries to dump dead babies in woods It’s expensive to treat the dead with dignity. This seems to be the message from a bizarre...
More claims about non-existence of free will in major journals
We act without being aware of true reasons Two recent neuroscience articles in important journals claim to undermine free will and “human exceptionalism”. In the...
Future looks bleak for ageing US adults with intellectual disabilities
Doctors poorly trained to care for them, says JAMA The US is poorly prepared to care for the growing number of aged with intellectual disabilities,...