BioEdge

The BMJ's new series of head-to-head debates has proved highly newsworthy. In the latest, two Australian psychiatrists clash over whether depression is over-diagnosed. , of...

Doctors in the US are taking another look at medically-managed childbirth, as the number of births scheduled for convenience rises. Fewer than 10% of women...

An infamous American case of doctors experimenting on orphans without their consent is close to settlement. The state of Iowa has agreed to pay US$925,000...

American cosmetic surgeons are turning their field of medicine into a big-ticket consumer item by helping patients finance their operations with easy credit. According to...

State governments and private donors will probably remain the biggest supporters of human embryonic stem cell research, even if President Bush's successor reverses his restrictions...

The kind of light commonly used in IVF clinics could damage the development of human and other animal embryos in research, according to a study...

Even if you haven't played geeky simulation games like Second Life, Sim City or World of Warcraft, you have probably heard of them: how widespread...

Human embryonic stem cells could "revolutionise" drug discovery and testing, according to an article in the latest issue of the journal Nature Reviews Drug Discovery....

The livelihood of Britain's most successful IVF doctor is at risk after he was found guilty of treating patients without a correct licence. , a...

A campaign to encourage parents to tell donor-conceived children about their origins has prompted a lively discussion in the opinion pages of one of Australia's...

Punjabi newspapers in Canada are advertising ultrasound clinics which appear to be promoting sex selective abortion, says the head of an immigrant society. "You are...

Drug addicts will be given shopping vouchers if they agree to be treated and stay clean, unveiled by the UK's National Institute for Health and...