Saudi court sentences man to be paralysed as retribution for assault
Can Saudi Arabia find a doctor willing to participate in a punishment which involves paralyzing a convicted criminal?Even by the rigorous standards of Saudi Arabian...
Powdered eggs added to IVF complications
An Israeli company is working on a technique which freeze dries women's eggs so that they can be taken home and preserved indefinitely in a...
Three-parent children in UK possible after HFEA report
The UK is moving closer to three-parent children after the fertility regulator informed the government that the public would back a controversial embryo treatment.The UK...
Brazilian intensive care specialist investigated over deaths of 300 patients
A Brazilian doctor is being investigated for the murders of more than 300 intensive care patients. A Brazilian doctor is being investigated for the murders...
Liverpool Care Pathway slammed in BMJ
The highly controversial Liverpool Care Pathway has been slammed in the British Medical Journal. In a scathing letter, psychiatrist Eugene Breen has criticised the protocol...
Danish sperm donor privacy controversy
The government health agency in Denmark is reconsidering its policy on the anonymity of sperm donors after failing to prevent the transmission of disease through...
Pennsylvania tightens abortion laws after exposure of horror clinic
Strict new abortion clinic laws are now in effect in Pensylvania, following the 2010 exposure of Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s infamous Women’s Medical Society abortion clinic....
Australian Senate condemns organ trafficking in China
Lobbying by Falun Gong, a quasi-religious movement banned in China, has scored a public relations coup in Australia. Lobbying by Falun Gong, a quasi-religious movement...
Suicide the leading cause of death for young Indian women
Is this related to sex-selective abortion? Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst young women in India, a recent study has found. The study,...
North Dakota bans abortion after heartbeat is detected
Sure to lead to a Supreme Court challenge. Earlier this week North Dakota passed three radical abortion restriction laws, sparking a firestorm in the US...
A beautiful way to die. In Belgium, that is.
Euthanasia is being promoted in Belgium as a “beautiful” and positive way to die. Euthanasia is being promoted in Belgium as a “beautiful” and positive...
Bioethics from the developing world
A bioethicist from Sikkim, in India, Subrata Chattopadhyay, and two US colleagues make a good point in a recent issue of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry....