Is financial harm the same as medical harm?
Hi there, In a time of increasingly stretched finances, how much should attention should a doctor pay to his patients’ financial resources? Health care is...
One-third of women conceive naturally after IVF
Couple has naturally-conceived twins soon after their IVF twins. British couple Stuart and Julie Dalgetty were shocked to discover that Julie was having twins at...
Controversy surrounds public university’s agreement with Catholic-run hospital
A new teaching agreement between the University of Texas and a Catholic-run hospital has sparked outcry amongst American civil liberties groups. A new teaching agreement...
Wet nursing is a cow of a job, say bioethicists
Now that gay marriage has become legal in France, there may be commercial opportunities for commercial wet nurses. Now that gay marriage has become legal...
Illegal sex-selective abortions widespread in Indian surrogacy industry
Indian health officials are gravely concerned about illegal sex-selective abortions in the country's surrogacy industry. According to officials in charge of monitoring sex-selection which was...
UK law blurs in posthumous sperm retrieval case
In the UK earlier this month a widow in her early 40s, referred to as Ms H, obtained a court order to get surgeons to...
Dutch prince dies after 18 months in coma
Eighteen months after a skiing accident put him in a state of minimal consciousness, Prince Friso, of the Netherlands, has died at 44. Eighteen months...
“We have a moral imperative to research moral enhancement”: Savulescu
At a TEDx conference in Barcelona last month, Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu shared his views on using medicine and technology for “moral enhancement”. At a...
Near death experiences: spiritual or neurological?
Scientists are moving closer to a naturalistic account of near-death experiences. Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that heightened brain activity can take...