The tragedy of Rachel Nyirahabiyambere
Hi there, It’s always best to wait for both sides of a story to emerge. But a New York Times report makes Georgetown University Medical...
Brain-damaged immigrant’s feeding tube removed
A court-appointed guardian has removed feeding tubes from a 58-year-old comatose grandmother in a Maryland nursing home who has no health insurance and whose children...
Louisiana prisoner castrated
Mutilation is a punishment which most Americans associate with Saudi Arabia, where thieves can have their hands lopped off. But this week a 78-year-old Louisiana...
Presidential commission to examine clinical trial ethics
President Obama’s bioethics commission has formed an international research panel to examine protections for human subjects in clinical trials. President Obama’s bioethics commission has formed...
Obama replaces controversial “conscience” regulation for healthcare workers
The Obama administration a fortnight ago rescinded most of a federal regulation designed to protect healthcare workers who refuse to provide care on moral or...
Child brain scans to identify future criminals
The seeds of criminal and antisocial behaviour can be detected in children as young as three by using tests and brain imaging, a leading criminologist...