Victorian euthanasia bill one step closer to passing
The Victorian upper house continues to debate the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill. Victoria’s euthanasia bill has passed a major hurdle, with the upper house voting...
Is there any difference between euthanasia and palliated starvation?
VSED is ethically indistinguishable from assisted suicide, ethicists say. While euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently illegal in most countries, the practice of voluntarily stopping...
Are you lonely tonight?
Songs about loneliness are legion and range from the soppy and sentimental, like Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely” to the irony of the Beatles’ “Eleanor...
Stem cell superstar crashes and burns
Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was once one of the world’s most feted doctors Macchiarini at a 2008 press conference Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was once...
The Eleanor Rigbys of the world are health timebombs
Defining the problem is easier than finding a solution“Our crowded, lengthy commutes are making us more lonely than ever”. “Eating alone is BAD for your...
Vic euthanasia bill hangs in balance as World Medical Association intervenes
The international medical community is closely watching the debate in Victoria. The debate over euthanasia in the Victorian Upper House will be “mean” and “protracted”,...
Ectogenesis: the end of the abortion debate?
Will ectogenesis allow us to overcome pro-choice/pro-life divisions?Ectogenesis, or the gestation of fetus in an environment ex utero, was once an idea confined to the...
ShanidarCare
Stories like this have surfaced in BioEdge before, but I have always found them quite touching. We report below that researchers have found that a...
Groundbreaking surgery may prevent worst effects of spina bifida
Researchers may have found a way to effectively treat spina bifida during pregnancy. A team of American surgeons have pioneered a groundbreaking surgical technique that...
Belgium: euthanasia doctors split over psychiatric illness
One psychiatrist is doing far more cases than her colleaguesPsychiatrist Dr. Lieve Thienpont, right, speaks with a patient who received approval for euthanasia about a...
ShanidarCare: Neanderthals cared for their own
50,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers cared lovingly for their disabledKurdistan is a dangerous place today, but 50,000 years ago, Neanderthal hunter-gatherers had to keep a weather...
If you want to be a surrogate, make sure you have a lawyer
An American woman almost loses her own childAnother chapter in The Reproductive Revolution, this time (as so many other times) from California via a report...