Ireland’s fiery abortion case ends in verdict of “medical misadventure”
The outcome of the official coroner’s inquest was that Ms Halappanavar died in University Hospital Galway as a result of “medical misadventure”. “Ireland's law and...
Why not buy and sell embryos, ask scholars in NEJM
Why can’t embryos be bought and sold like any other commodity? Making this unsettling proposal is less surprising than where it was made – in...
Head to head over physician-assisted suicide
Somerville versus Biller-Andorno in a NEJM podcastMargaret Somerville, of McGill University, and Nikola Biller-Andorno, of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics of the University of Zurich,...
Tales from the Organ Trade
"If I can't find a donor in this country I have to decide whether I'm willing to take on my soul the ethical burden of...
Force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay condemned
The US military came under fire this week for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.The US military came under fire this week for...
One in 5 elderly Americans prescribed dangerous medications
A study of more than 6 million American seniors has found that 21% received a prescription for at least one potentially harmful "high-risk medication” A...
The Gosnell trial
Hi there, Complaining about the media is like complaining about the weather: just shut up and get on with it. However, sometimes the relative coverage...
IVF pioneer Robert Edwards RIP
Like Margaret Thatcher, who was born in the same year, and whom he outlived by two days, Robert G. Edwards was controversial figure whose place...
Another IVF pioneer predicts revival of eugenics
Lord Robert Winston, IVF pioneer, is stumping about the British countryside doing what he does best, acting the gadfly.Lord Robert Winston, IVF pioneer, is stumping...
Doctors failed to disclose risks in study of baby blindness, says US agency
Scientists at a number of top American universities failed to inform parents of the grave risks of enrolling in a clinical trial on blindness in...
Leading cancer centre in Washington state sets up assisted suicide program
The leading cancer centre in Washington state has published in the New England Journal of Medicine a blueprint of how to implement a dying-with-dignity program,...
Nitschke to run for Senate in Australia
Internationally renowned euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke intends to stand for a seat in the Federal Senate in a national election scheduled for September 14....