Have some American homeless become lab rats?
Companies run clinical trials for drugs, even dangerous drugs, cheaper and faster than universities. The web magazine Medium features a searing examination of the US...
Warsaw hospital head sacked for refusing to refer for abortion
The director of a hospital in Warsaw has been dismissed because he refused to refer a woman for an abortion. Dr Bogdan Chazan The...
US hospital settles for US$190 million over violation of patient privacy
A gynaecologist secretly photographed pelvic examinations. The prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has agreed to pay US$190 million in compensation to 7,000 victims of...
Top physician dies after treating Ebola patients
The most senior Sierra Leone doctor helping to fight the Ebola epidemic has died after contracting the virus from patients. The most senior Sierra Leone...
Savulescu on changing the world – literally
In a recent Practical Ethics post, Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu defended the notion of geoengineering, suggesting that it could be the only way to combat...
Bioethicists defend ‘manipulative’ Facebook study
After the flurry of criticism for the now infamous Facebook ‘social contagion’ study, bioethicists are defending its authors. After the flurry of criticism for the...
Woman loses baby in tragic mishap
An Indian woman has lost her baby after doctors accidentally administered an abortifacient. An Indian woman has lost her unborn baby after doctors accidentally administered...
Compassionate use: Putting drug regulations to the test
When should pharmaceutical companies grant compassionate use of experimental treatments? How readily available should the drugs be? A PBS news segment considers these issues. When...
Bioethics and the caliphate
Hi there, Tales of atrocities emerging from the regions captured by the Islamic State, or ISIS, or the Caliphate, are already legion. There have been...
Euthanasia could be option for poor, says Lithuanian health minister
The new health minister is making waves by backing a discussion of euthanasia. The new Lithuanian Health Minister, Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė Euthanasia might be needed for...
Guantanamo nurse refuses to participate in force-feedings
It could be the first case of 'conscientious objection' to the treatment of detainees. A military medical professional at Guantanamo Bay recently refused to force-feed...
The IVF industry must go green
Free fertility treatment should be banned for those making lifestyle reproductive choices to curb climate change. Free fertility treatment should be banned for those making...