Is it ethical to destroy the capacity for pleasure?
Chinese neurosurgeons are treating opiate addiction by destroying a region of the brain which feels pleasure. Chinese neurosurgeons are treating opiate addiction by destroying a...
French to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia
The French government has announced that it will introduce legislation allowing assisted suicide and some forms of euthanasia. The French government has announced that it...
Belgium debates euthanasia for minors and demented
Belgium could allow euthanasia for people under 18 if new proposals by the Socialist Party are approved.Belgium could allow euthanasia for people under 18 if...
French psychiatrist sentenced after patient murders family member
One swallow does not make a summer. How about two? After six Italian seismologists and a public servant were found guilty of manslaughter in October...
Humans to be cloned within 50 years, scientist predicts
This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine co-laureate, English scientist Sir John Gurdon, has predicted that within 50 years it will be possible to clone babies....
Compassionate end-of-life nursing care in Neolithic Vietnam
Hi there, A friend and subscriber told me recently that he found BioEdge depressing. Perhaps the effort to scan newspapers and blogs has inured me to the...
Even science can be flawed
Hi there, Today’s lead sketches the results of an inquiry into academic misconduct in the Netherlands. A social psychologist, Diederik Stapel, has fessed up to...
Massive fraud by Dutch psychologist shows weak side of scientific method
The credibility of the field of social psychology is at risk, a Dutch panel has found after reviewing massive misconduct by a researcher The credibility...
Australians debate commercial surrogacy
Should Australia legalize commercial surrogacy? Australia should legalize commercial surrogacy to stop the exploitation of women overseas and to ensure that agreements are properly regulated...
Singer endorses anti-ageing campaign
Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer has hopped onto the anti-ageing bandwagon. Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer has hopped onto the anti-ageing bandwagon. Writing in Project Syndicate, he...
Kabul’s cosmetic surgery boom
Afghanistan has some of the worst health statistics in the world but it also has a growing cosmetic surgery sector Afghanistan has some of the...
“Diabolical” Cold War experiments in US class-action suit
At 81, retired Colonel James S. Ketchum is still mulling over the morality of chemical warfare tests he carried out on US soliders during the...