President Trump is in ‘excellent health’
But people are still questioning his mental fitnessLike voters everywhere, Americans like healthy leaders. So the reassuring news that their President is "excellent health" was...
Rebuilding the tarnished image of utilitarianism
Oxford’s Uehiro Centre wants to show its saintly side How utilitarian are you? Leading bioethicists at Oxford University, including Julian Savulescu, have published a nine-question...
Quebec nurses back euthanasia for the demented to the hilt: survey
Even for themselves and their loved onesAn overwhelming majority of registered nurses working in Quebec nursing homes support euthanasia for dementia patients who have left...
Some Canadians unhappy with restrictions of euthanasia legislation
Faith-based facilities are also stymieing the intent of the legislation. Canada legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide less than two years ago, but already there are...
British fertility doctors back government-funded egg freezing for ‘transfolk’
Infertility is a diseaseWomen who have sex change surgery to become men should still be able to have babies, according to the British Fertility Society....
Chinese black-market surrogacy is booming
Village women cash inFueled by high demand and high rewards, black-market surrogacy is booming in China, The Times (London) reports. Its source is The Paper,...
The ‘greatest pandemic in history’ did its deadly work 100 years ago
The ten myths about a flu which killed missions in and after World War IInfluenza victims near Fort Riley, Kansas in 1918. AP Photo/National Museum of Health...
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Italy passes controversial end-of-life bill
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking becomes legal in Italy After 30 years and 3000 attempts to propose amendments, an end-of-life bill was passed by the...
A transplant surgeon’s autograph book
Not the best of ideas to brand a patient’s liver with your initials A renowned British transplant surgeon has pleaded guilty to assault after he...
Utility or happiness? A case study from Detroit
Is a cataract operation on a dying man worth the candle? Here’s an interesting case which illustrated the difference between health care in the US...
Adverse IVF incidents rise in UK: report
The first ‘state of the sector’ report since the HFEA was formed 27 years agoThe UK’s fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, has...