Prescribe morning-after pills to young teenagers, say US pediatric group
On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) called on pediatricians in the US to provide advice to all adolescent patients about emergency contraception, and...
Bahrain sentences protest docs to prison
A court in Bahrain has sentenced 23 medical professionals to 3 months in prison each or payment of a fine for involvement in the pro-democracy...
Terry Pratchett assisted suicide documentary wins International Emmy
The controversial assisted suicide TV documentary “Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die”, presented by UK novelist and Alzheimer’s sufferer named in the title, has been awarded...
Ethics debate over “cheap” embryos
Dr Ernest Zeringue, a California-based fertility specialist, has found a way to overcome the most common obstacle between prospective IVF parents and their offspring --...
Peter Singer on his days off
Peter Singer has been hailed as "one of the world's top 100 influential people" and one of "the most influential philosophers alive" and reviled as...
CIA vaccine tactic may have hindered war on polio
Did the assassination of Osama bin Laden have an unintended victim: the global campaign to eliminate polio? Did the assassination of Osama bin Laden have...
Alternative stem cell source: amniotic fluid
Stem cells from amniotic fluid can be converted into a more versatile state which is similar to human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), scientists said last...
A community’s take on genetic tests
Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn are wrestling with the question of genetic testing -- and what should and should not be revealed to people who use...
First stem-cell fraud case enters courts
Stem cell tourism may be on its last legs. Stem cell tourism may be on its last legs. Six Los Angeles residents are suing South...
US appeals court makes it legal to pay donors for their bone marrow tissue
A US appeals court has put the price of bone marrow at about US$3,000 in a ruling that now makes it legal to purchase bone...
Prenatal genetic screening “may be inaccurate”
New genetic tests to screen unborn babies will not be 100% accurate and might worry parents into believing their child will be born with a...
22-year-old man who died from dehydration called police for a drink of water
A 22-year-old who died from dehydration while in hospital needed a drink of water so badly that he called the police from his bed for...