Canadian man charged over internet suicides
If anyone doubts the power of the internet to change lives, they should speak with Ontario Police. They recently charged a Toronto man, Kenneth Law,...
Fight over abortion continues in Texas
Texas has been a battleground over abortion for years and the shooting hasn’t stopped since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in Dobbs...
NEJM was complicit with American slavery, say historians
The New England Journal of Medicine is the oldest continuously published general medical journal in the world (since 1812) and arguably the most prestigious. However,...
FDA approves at-home insemination kit
In another development in the commercialisation of assisted reproduction, an American company has received FDA approved for an artificial insemination kit. The product, called the...
UK scientists call for embryo bank to increase material for research
Donations of “spare” IVF human embryos to scientific research in the UK have nosedived over the past 15 years, according to The Guardian. The latest...
Incentivising family consent for organ donation
Doctors and economists are always searching for ways to make more organs available for transplant. With a market in organs off the table in most...