Australians spending A$1 billion on cosmetic surgery
Bad news for patients with body dysmorphia disorder Australia’s spending on cosmetic procedures topped A$1 billion in 2020 for the first time, according to the...
Arkansas Senate passes expanded medical conscience law
Opposed by LGBTQ+ lobby The Arkansas Senate has passed Senate Bill 289, the "Medical Ethics and Diversity Act" which enlarges the scope for conscientious objection...
A new vision for bioethics
I openly confess that I am not au fait with Michel Foucault and Kimberlé Crenshaw, but the latest bioethics weather report suggests that they are...
Bioethicists call for active advocacy to combat institutional racism
The whole discipline needs to be shaken up For a discipline which was only born about 50 years, bioethics has reimagined itself time and time...
NEJM backs transgender turn in US govt policy
A medical historian argues that transgenderism should be normalised On the evening of his inauguration President Joe Biden made it his business to send strong...
Spreading genes far and wide
There’s a very dark side to sperm donation A feature in the New York Times this week shows a very dark side of contemporary sperm...
Australian parliament to vote on 3-parent babies
For the first time since the same-sex marriage debate, Australian politicians are to have a conscience vote – this time on the controversial issue of...
Euthanasia round-up
News from Germany, Portugal and Australia Germany: Legislation was tabled in the German parliament last week which would permit assisted suicide for terminally ill adults...
Should politicians be held to account for mishandling the pandemic?
At the very least, Covid-19 might be classified as ‘social murder’ argues BMJ editor Politicians around the world must be held to account for mishandling...
Ultrasound used to jump-start brains of patients with severe brain injuries
Low-intensity focused ultrasound excites neurons in the thalamus In 2016, a team led by UCLA's Martin Monti reported that a 25-year-old man recovering from a...
Tunisia is a Mecca for African IVF
Doctor argues that it is Islamic Tunisia seems an unlikely place for IVF clinics, but according to a feature in Jeune Afrique, it has become...
Belgian euthanasia is broken
A movement for the legalisation of euthanasia seems to be accelerating at the same time that countries with experience of it may be having buyer’s regret....