Placebos popular with US doctors, despite bioethicists’ qualms
Should doctors always tell the truth?About half of American rheumatologists and internists regularly prescribe placebos for their patients, including active drugs such as sedatives and...
Canadian children of anonymous sperm donors launch class action suit
Knowledge of ancestry is vital to self-identity, they claim Children of sperm donors in British Colombia have launched a class action suit to prevent medical...
Polish govt backs away from castration for sex offenders
Yields to storm of criticismAfter a storm of criticism, the Polish government has retreated on the prime minister’s promise to introduce compulsory chemical castration of...
“Nazi” comparison backfires for critic of UK fertility law
Legislation progressing through ParliamentComparing provisions in the UK’s revised human fertility law to Nazi atrocities seems to have backfired for the Catholic Cardinal of Edinburg,...
Is Peter Singer the future of American bioethics?
Invited as plenary speaker at Harvard conference Want a peek into the future of American bioethics? It could be Peter Singer. The American Society of...
Adult stem cells show promise, says market analyst
Progress in using them in manufacturing process Research in adult and embryonic stem cells is progressing at breakneck speed despite formidable challenges, according to the...
Middle-aged suicides on rise in US
Researchers puzzledMiddle-aged suicides are rising in the United States, according to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy....
Young British rugby player chooses assisted suicide in Zurich
UK controversy could lead to test case British police are investigating how a young rugby player died with the help of Dignitas, the Swiss assisted...
Most organ donors not dead, says controversial article
“Not completely dead but dead enough” Many Australian organ donors are not really dead, claims a Sydney doctors in a controversial article. Writing in the...
Why not try ‘organ conscription’?
Oxford researcher’s proposal And if there is any doubt about whether dead donor rule is in dispute, a staff member of the Uehiro Centre for...
Researcher falsified adult stem cell data, says university
Different standards then, says scientist More murky data and allegations of falsified results from the stem cell world, this time from an alternative to embryonic...
Thai doctors threaten not to treat riot police
No one actually denied treatment The Thai Medical Council is investigating 50 doctors at Bangkok’s leading university hospital after they declared that they would not...