66-year-old IVF mum dies, leaving 2 babies
Spanish woman succumbs to cancer 3 years after giving birth A woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest mother...
British conductor and wife die at Dignitas
Brings tally to 117 Two more British deaths at the Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas. This time, however the couple was well known -- conductor Sir...
Quebec doctors to back euthanasia
Confusion over exact proposals Euthanasia is back on the agenda again in Canada this autumn, with a private member’s bill before the Québec parliament and...
Peter Singer calls for health care rationing in US
Pushes QALY Utilitarian bioethicist Peter Singer turned his hand to solving America’s health care crisis in last week’s New York Times Magazine. He suggests that...
Men still relevant, say bioethicists
All but impossible for women to create sperm cells Last week British scientists announced that they had created sperm cells from embryonic stem cells for...
Japan lifts ban on organ donation by children
Momentous change for Buddhist culture Japan has relaxed strict regulations and has lifted a ban on organ donations from children. Up to now, organs for...
UK Parliament to debate assisted suicide again
BMA votes against itThe annual conference of the British Medical Association has narrowly voted against legal protection for relatives who travel abroad to help people...
A new liver for Apple’s boss
Did he jump the queue? Steve Jobs, the heart of Apple, is back at work after a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital. The Methodist...
Our brains are not us
Neuro-reductionism under attack "The mind is what the brain does," according to Steven Pinker, Harvard's celebrity neuropsychologist. We "are in fact no more than the...
Girls! Sell your eggs and enjoy the night life of Chennai!
Innovations in medical tourism No doubt about it. The fertility tourism industry is quick-footed and innovative. Taking advantage of India's role as a surrogacy hub,...
New test for 15,000 genetic diseases in embryos
A quick, simple and cheap method A one-step test for about 15,000 genetics diseases could be available within a year. Doctors will be able to create...
Solving a healthcare crisis. Excuse me, what’s healthcare?
45,000 die each month in DRCTo put our healthcare and bioethics debate in perspective, consider the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a report in...