IVF: The US$24 billion industry selling hope
In vitro fertilization is a booming business, says The Economist in a special report on the IVF business. The global market is expected to reach...
AI is an existential threat – just not the way you think
The rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been accompanied by a sharp increase in anxiety about AI. For the past few months,...
Quebec becomes world leader in euthanasia
Quebec has shot straight to the top of the league table for euthanasia. According to projections published in the Daily Mail, more than 7% of...
The Pill increases risk of depression amongst young women by 130%
According to a recent study in the journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, women using birth control pills may have as much as 130% increased risk...
UK surgeons go ‘neutral’ on assisted dying
In a significant public relations victory for the assisted dying lobby in the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has...
Georgia to ban international surrogacy
The government of Georgia is planning to ban commercial surrogacy for foreign couples after 2023. A draft law would permit only altruistic surrogacy. Prime Minister...
Jury to decide fate of UK nurse accused of baby murders
More than eight months of evidence in the trial of Lucy Letby, an English nurse accused of murdering five new-born babies and attempting to murder...
Harvard Medical School crimson over body parts scandal
Harvard Medical School is renowned throughout the world as a centre of excellence in clinical medicine and medical research. Sixteen Nobel Prize laureates are associated...
Why are scientists boasting of creating ‘synthetic human embryos’?
A scientist working in Cambridge and California has just announced that she and her colleagues have made a ‘synthetic human embryo’. They took a human...
Is it true that 99% of women believe that their abortion was the right decision?
How do women see their past abortions? The received wisdom is that abortion equals unwanted pregnancy: most women want their abortion and are satisfied with...
UK to block trans puberty blockers
England’s National Health Service (NHS) has announced significant restrictions on the use of puberty-suppressing drugs for children seeking gender-related treatments. It says that there is...
Running a cost-benefit ruler over 3-parent babies
The benefits for children born after mitochondrial donation – better known as three-parent babies – are easily demonstrated: no potentially lethal mitochondrial disease. Their parents...