More couples crowd-funding IVF
Desperate couples try to defray expensive treatment costs More and more couples are resorting to internet crowd-funding sites to finance their IVF treatments in the...
No Chinese baby boom after new two-child policy
Birth rate stays stubbornly low China's recently introduced universal two-child policy is predicted to have a relatively small effect on population growth, with a likely...
European regulator to release all data from clinical trials
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will now publish all clinical trials data. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is currently implementing a policy of publishing all...
Does IVF actually work for women over 40?
Miriam Zoll says that the technology has not worked for 20 million women Critics of the IVF industry in the US have attacked “misleading” marketing...
Remembering Tanonius Marcellinus, a fun guy to be with
In the 19th Century a statue of Tanonius Marcellinus, consul of Campania (now the region around Naples) was unearthed in the town of Benevento. It...
Dutch will probably legalise assisted dying for people tired of living
New law required The Dutch government plans to create a new end-of-life law for elderly people who are tired of living. Health Minister Edith Schippers...
Could it become too expensive to ask for assisted suicide?
Price of lethal drug soars in Washington state Assisted suicide and euthanasia take patients, doctors and society at large into uncharted territory. But in the...
Gin and bear it
A parable of media hype Are you feeling guilty? You ought to be if you like your gin and tonic. For according to the headlines,...
Ethics ignored in ‘3-person embryo’ technique
A doctor in Kiev says that two babies are on the way after mitochondrial manipulation A fertility doctor in Ukraine is using highly controversial mitochondrial...
The CRISPR cartoon
Great, simple explanation of the technique and the patent battle Thank you, Andy Warner. Follow this link to a brilliant cartoon explanation of the battle...
Abortion debate continues in Poland
The head of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has vowed to continue his fight to ban abortion The head of Poland’s ruling Law...
Desperate times call for … rationing conscience
Ever thought of conscience as a 'resource' to be 'rationed'? Bioethicists often look to the so-called ‘military analogy’ to understand conscientious objection in healthcare. Yet...