Searching for a new word for suicide
“Suicide” evokes nooses, bridges, bullets and 20-storey buildings, a depressing panorama for assisted-suicide activists. How about "dignicide"? A group of right-to-die activists is searching for...
Bioethicists push “3-parent embryos” in US
Some American bioethicists immediately took to the media to promote the technique. After “three-parent embryos” were legalised in Britain last week, some American bioethicists immediately...
How will conscientious objectors fare in Canada?
It's shaping up as a major issue among doctors in Canada after last week’s Supreme Court ruling which legalised it. Conscientious objection to “physician-assisted dying”...
Canada legalises assisted suicide
Assisted suicide in Canada has been described as “an idea whose time has come”. It’s a reality now after Friday’s unanimous Supreme Court decision. What...
UK surgeons call for regulation of cosmetic “cowboys”
The Royal College of Surgeons is sick and tired of horror stories and unqualified doctors. Sick and tired of horror stories of botched cosmetic surgery...
US public and scientists see world through different glasses
A Pew report finds significant differences in views on 13 science-related issues Despite similar views about the overall place of science in America, the general...
Palliative care and PAD — The Benelux experience
A group of researchers have produced an empirical study of the effect of physician assisted death on palliative care. In debates about end of life...
The vexing question of anti-vaxxers
A major outbreak of measles in California has ignited a huge debate over compulsory vaccination in the US. A major outbreak of measles in California...
Canada’s supreme court strikes down ban on assisted suicide
Prohibiting assisted suicide is unconstitutional and a violation of the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.The Supreme Court of Canada In a landmark decision the...
Privacy 1: security flaws
US healthcare provider Anthem Inc. has come under fire for failing to protect confidential health data US healthcare provider Anthem Inc. has come under fire...
Privacy 2: big data and privacy rights
A government review has found that the existing privacy framework in the UK needs major revision. A Nuffield Council review of the British Government’s ‘care.data’...
3-parent IVF approved by British Parliament
Bill passes by a vote of 382 to 128. How did scientists win the PR battle? After years of debate, the British House of Commons...