Parents fight hospital to keep their infant alive
The British parents of a seriously ill infant girl have won the right to challenge a hospital's plans not to resuscitate her if she requires...
Growing problem of elder abuse
Someone slipped into a Philadelphia nursing home last week and cut the feeding tubes of six unconscious patients aged between about 40 and 80. Fortunately...
Could the First Amendment protect cloning?
The First Amendment to the American constitution guarantees free speech -- and therefore the right to perform cloning research, an author has argued in the...
Scientists struggle to justify animal research
The scientific community is ill-prepared for an increasingly bitter debate over animal research, according to a Newsday (US) feature. Over the past 40 years, the...
Doctors to be shielded from big pharma’s influence
US doctors who receive drug company funding will be limited in what they can teach their colleagues in continuing education courses. The Accreditation Council for...
Ukrainian stem cell miracles don’t come cheaply
A stunning expose by the Boston Globe has revealed that at least nine clinics around the world are offering to cure patients suffering from disease...
Bush says cloning is an affront to “human dignity”
In an address to the United Nations , US President George Bush condemned human cloning -- both reproductive and therapeutic -- as part of his...
IN BRIEF: Algeria; puffer fish; sex selection
Algerians are paying criminal gangs up to US$30,000 for Iraqi kidneys, according to an Algerian daily, La Nouvelle R?publique. However, the local kidney patients support...
Bell rings on umpteenth round in Terri Schiavo case
A Florida law passed to prevent a brain-damaged woman from having her food and water withdrawn to bring about her death has been deemed unconstitutional...
First baby born from frozen ovarian tissue
A Belgian team has raised hopes that women who have treatment for cancer and women who want to delay motherhood until after menopause can still...
New animal research stats needed, says UK govt adviser
An adviser on animal research for the British government has called for clearer statistics on animal experiments which can be understood by the public. Professor...
Euthanasia deaths in UK could reach 18,000 each year
A British expert on euthanasia has called for the legalisation of euthanasia after estimating that 18,000 people are secretly killed each year by doctors. Dr...