Hawaii legislature rejects assisted suicide
Bill for physician-assisted suicide quashedA Hawaii legislative panel Monday unanimously voted down a bill that would have legalised physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill, quashing...
Death row prisoners sue FDA for allowing importation of unapproved execution drug
Six death row prisoners sue FDAThe US Food and Drug Administration is being sued by six death row prisoners to try to stop it from...
Wife’s guardian status revoked
Ruling finds Minnesota woman sincere but “deceiving” as to husband’s wishesIn an interesting twist on the issue of end-of-life wishes, a Minnesota judge has stripped...
Disciplinary panel strips disgraced pathologist of licence
Smith pleads no contestA Toronto disciplinary panel has stripped pathologist Dr Charles Smith of his medical licence, ordering him also to appear in person for...
Philippines health chief: I won’t lift ban on organ donation
Health secretary will review, not repeal or lift banFears of a kidney transplant market for rich foreigners in the Philippines have been doused -- at...