Devoted mothers in English “mercy killings”
Internet comes in handy Assisted suicide is never long out of the headlines in England, it seems. This week they featured two devoted mothers who...
UK IVF doctors reject age cap for patients
No right and wrong answers, say specialists Senior fertility specialists in the UK have rejected calls for an age cap on IVF eligibility. After 59-year-old...
Couple endures 25 years of IVF before baby arrives
UK couple uses donor sperm and eggs In a demonstration of how much some couples are willing to suffer to have an IVF child, a...
Australian IVF group now second-largest in world
Three local centres merge In a vote of confidence in the growing fertility market, three of Australia's major IVF groups have merged to create the...
Ontario health privacy compromised by memory stick loss
Privacy commissioner orders shake-up Ontario's privacy commissioner has ordered computer security to be strengthened after a nurse lost a USB memory stick containing information about...
Adult stem cells restore sight
Treatment aims at total cure, not just symptom relief A new adult stem cell treatment developed in the UK has restored sight to several patients...
Is enthusiasm waning for embryonic stem cell research?
Telling signs in the media From the public's point of view, the shine seems to be wearing off embryonic stem cell research as the months...
IVF babies risk major diseases in later life
IVF associated with unhealthy epigentic changes Epigenetic changes in the DNA of IVF babies could make them more prone to diseases like diabetes and obesity...
Is Korea rejecting legal abortion?
Government running ads against abortion. For perhaps the first time, South Korea is debating abortion, to the great discomfiture of its gynaecologists. Unlike the US...
Is Korea rejecting legal abortion?
Government running ads against abortion. For perhaps the first time, South Korea is debating abortion, to the great discomfiture of its gynaecologists. Unlike the US...
OctoMom’s doctor may lose licence
California Medical Board alleges that he acted "beyond reasonable judgement" The fertility doctor who treated Octomom, the California woman who gave birth to octuplets last...
British surrogate to give birth to her eighth child
Not the record holder If any should know what surrogacy is all about, it is 45-year-old Jill Hawkins, a British woman who is pregnant with...
