Dementia could become a fiscal nightmare, says WHO
The World Health Organization says that dementia could be an even greater challenge than HIV/AIDS in the 21st century. A report released this week by...
Cosmetic surgery at its best
"Saving Face" is a documentary about the tragic cases of Pakistani who have been disfigured by acid attacks. It follows London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr....
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the movies…
Another film about sperm donors? Yup, 'fraid so. Somehow Hollywood seems to be tapping into a fertile (sorry) source of stories here. Think about it:...
How voluntary is “voluntary”?
Can patients be pressured into agreeing to "voluntary" euthanasia? An Australian academic says Yes. Respect for autonomy is one of the most convincing arguments for...
China to stop harvesting convict organs
China officials plan to end organ harvesting from death-row inmates, in a move to reform an organ donation system which has for many years relied...
Victoria may reform sperm donor law
That Hollywood star of 50s, Ava Gardner, is remembered mostly for qualities other than a sharp wit – except in Sydney, where they gleefully...
Neuroscience comes under fire from British philosopher
Roger Scruton puts a blowtorch to neuroscience. The siren song of science can be hard to resist. Quantifying, graphing and imaging fields of knowledge which...
Father-to-son sperm donation
A married couple in the Netherlands tried over and over to conceive, but in their early 30s they discovered that the husband produced no sperm....
First figures on assisted suicide published
Assisted suicide cases in Switzerland have grown steadily over the past decade to almost 300 in 2009, its Federal Statistics Office reported this week. Assisted...
Sperm donors should all be identified, says Victorian committee
The Australian state of Victoria, the first in the world to pass a law on assisted reproduction, may pass retrospective legislation to give all donor-conceived...
Vatican cancels high-level stem cell conference
It is no secret that the Vatican and most researchers on human embryonic stem cells do not see eye to eye on much more than...
Donation after cardiac death: controversies with a controversy
There are few areas in bioethics which require more philosophical subtlety than determining when death happens in organ donation. But an NPR feature this week...