Dementia and euthanasia
I wish there were a handy word for the serendipitous coincidence of complementary news stories. The lead story this week is a minor flare-up over...
Experts comment on sperm donor with 150 offspring
The New York Times recently revealed that one American sperm donor had 150 offspring. This became a major story which prompted much comment. Ten experts...
A kind of death
Pat Robertson, the colourful American televangelist with a gift for making headline opinions, has ventured into a controversial dimension of end-of-life care. In his...
Euthanasia becoming integral part of Dutch medicine
Dutch doctors have a professional obligation to refer patients who request euthanasia to a compliant colleague if they object, says the national doctors association, the...
44 assisted suicides in UK since CPS guidelines published
More than 40 people have committed suicide since new guidelines for prosecuting people who helped them were issued by the Crown Prosecution Service. More than...
Mississippi voters can decide on personhood of the unborn: ruling
Voters in Mississippi will have the chance to decide on the personhood of the unborn in November. Voters in Mississippi will have the chance to...
Family doctor helped “up to 30” to end their lives at clinic
A former GP from the UK admitted last week to helping as many as 30 people to end their lives at Dignitas suicide clinic in...
Researchers grow vertebrae, colon stem cells
Researchers at UC Davis have used stem cells from adult bone marrow to encourage the growth of bone tissue necessary for spinal fusion following the...
Mothers may be forbidden from knowing sex of unborn baby in Europe: ruling
Hospitals could be forbidden from telling expectant mothers the sex of their unborn babies, following a ruling in Europe. Hospitals could be forbidden from telling...
20-year-old surrogate mother abandoned
When Cathleen Hachey, 20, offered to be a surrogate for a British couple, she could never have foreseen that they would abandon her by text...
Can it happen again?
The word bioethics seldom crops up in Google News searches, but this week it was in flashing lights. The US Presidential Commission for the...
Disabled patients could “mind-meld” with robots
A new, noninvasive method for recording patterns of brain activity could give “locked-in” patients – the ability to interact with others and even give the...