Celebrity custody wrangle exposes vague IVF law
A child-custody battle between actor Jason Patric and ex-girlfriend Danielle Schrieber has highlighted significant deficiencies in Californian IVF law. A child-custody battle between actor Jason...
Moral bioehancement debate intensifies
Bioenhancement has been receiving increased attention since the 2013 publication of Julian Savulescu and Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement by Julian...
Lord Winston warns of eugenics in IVF
Lord Robert Winston, British IVF pioneer, has given a controversial speech warning of the revival of eugenics in the IVF industry. Lord Robert Winston, British...
The ethics of memory alteration
What if we could erase our own memories? This scenario has largely remained within the realm of science fiction (consider films like Total Recall and...
Conscientious objectors barred from qualification in UK
The UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynacologists has barred doctors and nurses from qualifications if they refuse to prescribe or administer contraceptives to patients....
“Bring it on”: Victorian doctor publicly admits to distributing nembutal
Urologist and Dying with Dignity Victoria vice-president Dr. Robert Syme has publicly admitted to giving nembutal to man dying from cancer. Urologist and Dying with...
Concern in UK over new medical experimentation bill
Experts are seriously alarmed at a new clinical experimentation bill due to go before the UK parliament. The bill is intended to protect doctors from...
Stem-cell apologies multiply with admission from Nobel Prize winner
Nobel prize winner Shinya Yamanaka has apologized for failing to archive lab data, after allegations that he doctored a photo in a 2000 paper. Nobel...
To freeze perchance to live
An introduction to cryonics and attendant bioethical issues. Cryonics is the branch of cryogenics that concerns the freezing and preservation of deceased human beings in...
British woman ‘weary of modern life’ euthanased in Switzerland
A retired British art teacher has had herself euthanased in Switzerland, citing weariness of the modern world as her reason for suicide. A retired British...
The Lancet sounds alarm over care of the elderly
The elderly care crisis is set to worsen, according to an alarming editorial published in The Lancet this month. The Lancet has published an alarming...
Action needed on US doctors’ involvement in torture
Human rights activist Leonard Rubenstein has called for the release of a report on CIA torture which sheds light on doctors' participation. Human rights activist Leonard...