Provocative new study questions the science of gender
Where is the evidence for sexual orientation and gender identity?A report on gender and sexuality released by the journal The New Atlantis has met with...
Costa Rica railroaded
Costa Rica is a small Central American republic of about 4.5 million people which is remarkably stable, compared to other countries in the region. It...
More donating their bodies to science
Rising cost of burials could be responsible Funeral homes are earning more through cremation of bodies donated to science More and more people are...
Bioethicist alleges “publication bias” at NEJM
Leading medical journal refuses to back down from controversial articleMICHAEL DWYER/ASSOCIATED PRESS For a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of how a major medical journal can...
The pain of Indian surrogate mothers
Three women tel the BBC of the sorrow of separation from the BBC It’s only anecdotal evidence, but a BBC story from the Indian...
Save the date: November 2 is World Right to Die Day
A crowded calendarA Mexican celebration of the Día de Muertos The World Federation of Right to Die Societies has designated November 2 as World Right to...
Documentary chronicles history of Dutch euthanasia law
The major protagonists in the campaign for legalisation explain their views The Fight to Die from Nan Rosens on Vimeo. A new documentary, The Fight...
All beauty must die
The death of Ivo Pitanguy in Rio this week was the intersection of bioethics and the Olympics. The world’s best-known cosmetic surgeon and a celebrity...
Gold medallist paralympian from Belgium seeks euthanasia
Marieke Vervoort has become an ambassador for the right-to-die movement The end-of-life wishes of a gold medallist at the Paralympics have again raised the question...
Have embryonic stem cells hit the wall?
MIT Technology Review expresses some scepticism “Will Embryonic Stem Cells Ever Cure Anything?” is a sceptical headline which you would expect to read in a...
Is unbearable pain still a reason for euthanasia?
If not, what reasons will be advanced next? “Growing old isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative,” used to be a joke. But for...
Medical paternalism lives on in China
The case of the accidental haemorrhoid operation. Mr Wang recovering from his operation. From China Daily If you were searching for evidence that medical...