Showjumper wins right to sue over ‘wrongful conception’
A 20-year-old woman in the UK who aspires to be a paralympian has won the right to sue for millions in damages because her mother’s...
Are doctors betraying their Oath for profit?
An Australian rheumatologist and an orthopaedic surgeon have penned a scathing condemnation of modern medicine as “not fit for purpose” and a danger to human...
Top American hospitals are integrating flaky treatments into their patient services
“Wellness” is not just a buzz word; it is a gigantic global industry worth US$4.5 trillion (not billion, trillion). Despite the reputation of some segments...
Defenders of male circumcision have double standards, says bioethicist
Attacking male circumcision is an incendiary issue, largely because Jewish and Muslim communities have practiced it for millennia.
Sexual abuse by WHO staff in DRC Ebola epidemic shattered community trust
Fighting Ebola in the DRC / Médecins Sans Frontières Trust is emerging as an ethical pillar for medicine. Not that it was overlooked in the past,...
Should aesthetic surgeons give patients an ‘alienized’ look?
Could it lead to mental illness? A normal face (left) and a digitally manipulated visage (right) showing the “alienized look” DR. STEVEN HARRIS/HARRIS CLINIC Cosmetic surgeons...
Online conference to discuss alleged organ harvesting in China
Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting claim that it affects Falun Gong members Critics of alleged organ harvesting are maintaining their relentless campaign against the Chinese...
Czech Republic to compensate Roma women for forced sterilizations
The illegal procedures happened before and after Communism Prague The Czech Republic will compensate Roma (Gypsy) women who were forcibly sterilised both before and after...
Is wokeness invading American medical schools?
Is the notion of sex just socially constructed? In a case reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2019, a transgender man (a...
Seattle biotech bypasses regulators to test controversial dementia treatment
CEO wants to jump-start a promising gene therapy Elizabeth Parris A Seattle biotech company has bypassed US regulators and sent six volunteers with dementia to...
Does the world need another international treaty to deal with future pandemics?
23 leaders say that the world needs to be prepared Even as nations struggle to cope with Covid-19 catastrophes, 23 world leaders have called for...
US needs a vaccine mandate, says Ezekiel Emanuel
Otherwise it might not be able to achieve herd immunity Vaccine mandates are extremely controversial but bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, a veteran of the Obama Administration...