Harvard calls for retraction of dozens of studies by stem cell researcher
Officials say 31 studies should be retracted. A world-renown cardiac researcher and former Harvard Medical School professor has been accused of fabricating or falsifying the...
Major American medical group drops opposition to euthanasia
The Academy of Family Physicians has adopted a position of "engaged neutrality". One of America’s largest medical associations has dropped its long standing opposition to...
Social prescribing and the bioethics of loneliness
UK GPs will be encouraged to refer patients to social activities. This week the British government unveiled an ambitious plan to combat the country’s “loneliness...
Should we be doing more to prepare for the next pandemic?
Many are concerned that we are not adequately prepared. This year marks 100 years since the 1918 outbreak of the Spanish flu, an influenza pandemic...
Controversy surrounds Canadian Medical Association’s withdrawal from world body
Was it really over a few copied sentences? As we have already reported, the Canadian Medical Association resigned suddenly and dramatically from the World Medical...