Should obesity be stigmatized?
Arguing that obesity "may be the most difficult and elusive public health problem the United States has ever encountered" and that anti-obesity efforts have made...
Hurry up and die, Japan’s finance minister tells elderly
The year is barely a month old, but BioEdge is already sure who will win the annual “Foot in Mouth Award”: Japan’s finance minister Taro...
The ultimate surrogate adventure challenge: gestating a Neanderthal
It was the headline which flew ‘round the world: Harvard prof seeks mom for cloned Neanderthal.It was the headline which flew ‘round the world: Harvard...
Men more likely than women to commit scientific fraud
Male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have claimed. And there is no difference...
US doctors back routine screening for “reproductive coercion”
Doctors should routinely screen women and teenagers for “reproductive coercion”, says a committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Doctors should routinely screen...
A surprise bioethics best-seller for 2013?
Here’s a New Year’s prediction. The world’s biggest-selling bioethics book this year will not be written by anyone from the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, Harvard...
Our predictions for 2013
Hi there, First of all, my apologies. Somehow I failed to announce that BioEdge was going on holidays. A few readers thought that their subscription...
Belgian twins euthanased because they “had nothing to live for”
In a case which has attracted world attention, Belgian doctors have announced that a fortnight before Christmas they euthanased 45-year-old deaf twins who were going...
German doctors shaken by corruption allegations
The German Medical Association has investigated nearly 1,000 cases of corrupt doctors over the past few years, according to its president, Frank Ulrich Montgomery. The...
Quebec moves towards euthanasia
Quebec is slowly moving towards legal, or quasi-legal, euthanasia. Quebec is slowly moving towards legal, or quasi-legal, euthanasia. A committee of legal experts has delivered...
Will Armstrong’s confession change cycling?
The canary is dead. Now, what about the coal mine? After Lance Armstrong’s confession to Oprah Winfrey in a 90-minute television that he won all...
India cracks down on surrogacy
Is India finally cracking down on surrogacy for foreigners? The blogosphere is abuzz with news of stiff new regulations.Is India finally cracking down on surrogacy...