Belgian transplant surgeons use lungs from euthanased patients
Using organs from euthanased patients seem to have become a well established procedure in Belgium, only nine years after it was legalized. A press release...
At 58, Russian woman uses surrogates to have 4 kids
A 58-year-old Moscow woman has become the grandmother of 4 children after using her deceased son’s sperm and two surrogate mothers. A 58-year-old Moscow woman...
UK minister allows prisoner access to artificial insemination
If family life is a human right, shouldn’t prisoners be able to father children from behind bars? This is the question being debated in the...
Danish company stops supplying Nembutal for US executions
A Danish company which manufactures a lethal drug used to execute American prisoners has announced that it will stop supplying it to prisons. Lundbeck’s epilepsy...
Millions lack access to palliative care, says Human Rights Watch
Tens of millions of people worldwide are denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain, Human Rights Watch said in a report released earlier this...
Preparing for the ageing tsunami
Hi there, I wonder if we are really prepared for the immense ethical challenges of an ageing population. The number of people over 60 in...
Suicide hero Kevorkian dies at 83
At the age of 83, after helping at least 130 people to commit suicide, medical pathologist Jack Kevorkian, has passed away in a hospital bed...
Abuse in UK hospitals sparks outrage
Britons must be wondering whether their country is really prepared to care for its elderly as its population begins to age rapidly. Two scandals have...
Licence revoked of doctor who treated “OctoMom”
The IVF doctor who treated OctoMom, the California woman who gave birth to live octuplets in January 2009, has been deregistered. The IVF doctor who...
Chinese teenager sells kidney to buy iPad 2
It sounds like an commercial made by The Onion to sell Apple's iPad 2: “"I wanted to buy an iPad 2, but I didn't have...
Bioethics for your smart phone
If you are a fan of Philosophy Bites, the addictive podcast site featuring intelligent 15-minute interviews with professional philosophers about their work, you should like...
Guatemalans were victims of US syphilis study in 1940s
The horrendous syphilis experiment conducted by American doctors on Guatemalan prisoners and soldiers is finally getting some news coverage. The horrendous syphilis experiment conducted...