Are you ready for a zombie apocalypse?
It’s hard for government agencies to get people to take disasters seriously – before the disaster, that is. Lives could be saved if people had...
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Good intentions in the world’s organ market
Investigative journalist Scott Carney has just published The Red Market, a book about the international trade in human body parts --trade in human body parts...
UK psychiatrist struck off for “appalling behaviour”
Taking advantage of vulnerable anorexic The glamorous part of bioethics deals with life-and-death issues. But sometimes it’s good to be reminded that simple professional integrity...
Spain continues to lead world in organ donation
Teamwork and dedication are the secret For the 18th year in a row, Spain leads the world in the number of deceased organ donors per...
Do they want population control in Massachusetts?
Woman sterilised without consent It sounds like something from Indira Gandhi's ill-fated population control campaign in the 1970s: a woman enters hospital to deliver her...
Ariel Sharon enters fifth year of coma
Still unresponsive The world's most famous coma victim, former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, lingers on, according to an article in Arutz Sheva. Mr Sharon...
Media got it wrong about Belgian coma recovery man
Newsweek special investigation Late last year burst into the news an apparently comatose Belgian man who had languished 23 years in undiagnosed consciousness. But many...
Americans using surrogacy to create made-to-order babies
Lack of consistency in US surrogacy legislation leads to legal complications Different regulatory approaches to surrogacy in the US can result in legal tangles, according...
Ireland under pressure to create IVF law
Supreme Court rules that an embryo is not "unborn" Pressure is mounting on Irish politicians to make legislation for assisted reproduction. Although a 2005 government...
Message from editor: new comments system
Please participate! We are currently sprucing up the BioEdge website. One of the first innovations is a better system for your comments. We have incorporated...
UK assisted suicide guidelines under attack
Public consultation ends next week Fears that Britain might introduce a euthanasia law have been mounting since September when the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir...