Drinking and doctoring “rife” in UK, says BBC
The BBC has claimed that intoxication is "rife" amongst British doctors. The British Medical Association estimates that one in 15 doctors abuses drugs or alcohol....
When is a veto really a veto?
A study of the words which American President George Bush uses to browbeat Congress shows that his language becomes most categorical when he is dealing...
America, land of fruits and nuts?
A government-funded study has found that more than half of Americans will develop a mental illness at some time in their lives. This startling statistic...
Forget about therapies, says stem cell researcher
The cost of "therapeutic" cloning will be too high to cure patients, says Alan Trounson, one of the world's leading stem cell researchers. But cloning...
Drug companies targeting doctors with prescription records
US drug companies are tailoring their marketing to individual doctors with lists detailing their prescribing habits, according to Slate magazine. The lists are created by...
Israel to permit sex selection
The Israeli Health Ministry has come under fire for authorising social sex selection. Requests will only be granted, according to ministry guidelines, when "there is...
Are Snowflake embryos donated or adopted?
With the support of the Bush administration, Christian groups in the US are cooperating with IVF clinics to arrange for frozen embryos to be given...
Czech Gypsies demand apology for forced sterilisations
The Czech ombudsman is examining the stories of more than 60 Roma (Gypsy) women who complain that doctors sterilised them against their will. Large families...
Romanian police catch an organ donor
A 30-year-old thief in jail has become the first Romanian charged with organ trafficking, even though he was a donor, not a buyer. Robert Mihaly...
Euthanasia not needed for newborns, say doctors
The New England Journal of Medicine has published several letters from doctors indignant with a justification of infant euthanasia recently published by two Dutch colleagues....
Bush vows to veto stem cell bill
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill by a vote of 238 to 194 which would allow federal funding for research on IVF...
Words become weapons in stem cell debate
The current US debate over stem cells has reignited complaints from both sides that their opponents are manipulating words for political gain. House of Representatives...