Dobbed in: a Victorian doctor censured over Facebook post
Dobbed in: a Victorian doctor pinged for his views on abortion Doctors: beware of Facebook. A doctor in the Australian state of Victoria, where abortion...
EU petition could derail human embryo research
An international coalition of pro-life groups has garnered 1.5 million signatures on a petition to ban destructive embryo research in the European Union. A controversial...
Do doctors need to create social media conduct codes?
Recalibrating privacy in a wired world An increasing area of concern for bioethicists is doctor's use of social media. Every month more medical boards are...
How Doctors without Borders exposed chemical weapons in Syria
Doctors in Syria face ethical dilemmas. When Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the US had evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria, he...
Neuroscience gets passionate about emotional animals
Do animals feel emotions? A lively debate in contemporary neuroscience is whether animals feel emotions. In a recent New York Times article influential neuroscientist Gregory...
Neuroscience in crisis
The majority – perhaps the vast majority – of neuroscience findings are as spurious as brain waves in a dead fish The burgeoning field of...
5 million IVF births since 1978
Statistics gathered from around the world IVF advocates were pleased to hear the new statistic that over 5 million children have been born through IVF....
Testosterone use rising dramatically without evidence of safety and efficacy
Spiralling demand for testosterone over the past decade has result in a world market estimated at US$2 billion.Name a drug which is produced for $10...
Peter Singer a star of new free on-line courses
Interesting in studying with Peter Singer? For free! Interesting in studying with Peter Singer? The world's most famous, or notorious, bioethicist, depending on your point...
FIGHTING EXPLOITATION 1: New industry guidelines for Indian surrogates
The newly formed Indian Society for Third-Party Assisted Reproduction is drafting moral and ethical guidelines for the surrogacy industry. India’s reputation as a source of...
FIGHTING EXPLOITATION 2: Indian clinical trial consents to be videotaped
The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the central government to ensure that the informed consent of any patients in clinical trial be videotaped. The clinical...
Your doctor and your Facebook page
Hi there, Earlier this year, a 33-year-old obstetrician in New York was fed up with one of her patients. She vented to her 470 friends...