Is infertility a disease?
A condition with many causes, not all of them health-related In a very interesting brief discussion in BioNews, Hane Maung, of Lancaster University, asks whether...
‘My shock at discovering I was a donor child’
'Suddenly my whole existence felt like a lie'Two readers got in touch with the BBC after it broadcast a story on the positive side of...
No, most people aren’t in severe pain when they die
An excruciating death is extremely rare. Many people fear death partly because of the perception they might suffer increasing pain and other awful symptoms the...
Bioethics and ‘inappropriate behaviour’
There has been so much “inappropriate behaviour” in the press over the past two months, ever since movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was exposed as a...
Bioethics on Capitol Hill: a $5 million surrogacy?
A bad hair day for pro-life politicians in Congress One of the quirkier stories bobbing in the flood of “inappropriate behaviour” in media HQs, Hollywood...
Hormonal contraception boosts risk for breast cancer in Danish study
20% higher among women who are currently using or have recently used them Women who use hormonal contraception face a small but significant increase in...
Euthanasia is only for doctors, say Dutch prosecutors
After nearly 10 years, a tragic case may be drawing to a closeAlbert Heringa at his trial in 2015 A 75-year-old Dutch man who helped...
Ethical standards urgently needed for neurotechnology, say researchers and ethicists
Otherwise we might end up as puppies for AI, as Elon Musk has warnedA group of researchers and ethicists delivered a warning in Nature in...
How long should women’s eggs remain frozen for social purposes?
10 years or 55 years? The British Fertility Society has recommended that the time limit on freezing eggs for social reasons be changed from 10...
After 70 years, lessons from the Nuremberg Code
The medical profession must remain ever vigilant Karl Brandt, Hitler's personal doctor, on trial at Nuremberg On August 20, 1947, an international tribunal which investigated...
‘Do not resuscitate’ tattoos. Rohingya and population control
Unlike issues such as euthanasia or stem cell research, the bioethics of tattoos is not highly developed. However, it presents its own challenges and complexities....
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