Coping with post-election stress disorder
We’ve often blamed the pharmaceutical industry for medicalising the normal ups and downs of life. But journalists are not above disease-mongering. I’ve just noticed a...
Bariatric surgery for teenagers?
It's the only thing that seems to work for some patients American doctors are debating whether to offer bariatric surgery for severely obese young people....
Terrorism and triage
Should wounded terrorists be treated according to the conventions of medical triage? Imagine that you are a doctor responding to an emergency in Israel. A...
Trump under fire from scientists
But some fire back in support of the new President This week hundreds of scientists rallied in Boston’s Copley Square to protest against the anti-science...
Should Quebec’s Alzheimer’s patients be eligible for euthanasia?
A murder case sparks a debate Quebec is about to embark upon a debate on the involuntary euthanasia of demented elderly after a 55-year-old man...
Peter Singer interviewed about, well, everything
Excerpts from a great interview in the Journal of Practical Ethics The Journal of Practical Ethics recently posed 20 hardball questions to Peter Singer about...
The gene-editing debate just got more complicated
Elite US universities are fighting over a patent for CRISPR-Cas9 technology. As the debate over gene-editing intensifies, elite US universities are now fighting over a...
Australian surrogacy booms after SEA crackdown
Surrogacy in Australia is experiencing a quiet boom. Surrogacy in Australia is experiencing a quiet boom, after yet another South-East Asian nation cracked down on...
Anorexic and bulimic woman dies after court orders end to force-feeding
A 30-year-old anorexic and bulimic woman has died after a court denied a request that she be force-fed. A 30-year-old anorexic and bulimic woman has...