Second trial with embryonic stem cells
To cure blindnessThe US government has approved a second clinical trial of a treatment using human embryonic stem cells to cure a rare disease that...
Elderly man allegedly shot sick wife to death in ‘‘mercy killing’’ at nursing home
Man suspected of killing wife of almost 70 yearsRoy Charles Laird, 88, was arrested this week after allegedly shooting his 86-year-old wife, Clara Laird, in...
Mistakes kill 15,000 aged patients per month: study
US statistics highlight avoidable problemsErrors and unavoidable problems kill 15,000 aged US hospital patients each month, US government investigators reported last week. Over 13% of...
Giving birth to a new phobia
UK woman speaks outNew medical conditions are springing up everywhere - and one of the newest is “tocophobia”, that is, the fear of giving birth....
UK Govt apologises over removal of organs
Nuclear power plant workers organs removed without consent between 1955 and 1992 The UK government has apologised to families of nuclear power plant workers...
US “artificial life” report to take middle ground
Preview of recommendations The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will soon finish a report on “synthetic life” commissioned by President Obama earlier...
Down syndrome screening is genocide, says New Zealand group
Threat to sue the government A group is threatening to take New Zealand government to a human rights tribunal over its antenatal screening program for...
A chronically ill bioethicist tackles euthanasia
For Melbourne bioethicist Nicholas Tonti-Filippini euthanasia is more than academic. He is in chronic pain with a terminal illness. Earlier this week he published an...
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Texas psychologist faces licence loss for designing torture regime
Techniques included sexual humiliation and waterboarding. A Texas psychologist could lose his licence for helping the Bush Administration design torture programs for terror suspects imprisoned...
Mercy killing is still murder, says British court
Tragic case of Francis Inglis A British woman found guilty of murdering her brain-damaged son has lost her appeal after the court ruled that mercy...
72 not out, and feeling broody
Romanian woman considers a second child A Romanian woman who was pipped as the world’s oldest mother by a 70-year-old Indian woman is considering giving...