Another pregnant man, this time in Spain
Interrupts sex change treatment to have child Another thrilling chapter in the annals of artificial reproductive technology is being written in Spain. A 25-year-old transsexual...
Stem cells may help hearing loss
British researchers on track to create inner ear cells Stem cells may help deaf people hear again, according to early stage research by British scientists...
Dignitas to expand suicide service from the ill to the well
Remarkable BBC interview In the first broadcast interview he has given in five years, the Swiss founder of the controversial assisted suicide service Dignitas has...
Hospital employees fired for peeking at OctoMom’s records
Bellflower Hospital in Los Angeles Curiosity is an addiction, it seems. Despite warnings and refresher courses in patient privacy laws, nearly two dozen employees of...
Peter Singer likes human beings
In interview with Forbes, bioethicist explains hopes for future. The world’s best-known bioethicist, Peter Singer, of Princeton University, has confirmed that human beings are amongst...
The story behind Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14
Hunter-gatherers cared for their young. There is a wonderful Australian poem by A.D. Hope about a thousand-year-old bone found in 1901 in Norway which had...
Sweden debates fitness to be a doctor
Should a convicted murderer be admitted to medical school?Should a criminal record bar someone from becoming a doctor? Swedes are debating this after learning that...
Courts overrule parents in fight to keep baby alive
Infant had severe brain damage and respiratory failureA fight in the courts over whether to keep treating a seriously ill baby boy has ended with...
Protect suicide tourists, says senior government figure in UK
Patricia Hewitt call for protection for suicide tourists Senior Labour MP and former UK Health Minister Patricia Hewitt has backed legislation to protect suicide tourists...
Euthanasia: the battle of the press releases
Few UK doctors hasten deathSame statistics, same report, two different headlines: "Third of GPs back euthanasia" and "Majority of UK Doctors Opposed to Euthanasia". While...
Scientists researching blood supplies from abortions, claims newspaper
Necessary to maintain supplies, says National Health ServiceUK researchers are trying to produce unlimited blood supplies derived from stem cells from aborted foetuses and left-over...
Medical journal fights to defend reputation
JAMA attacks whistleblowerDetachment and objectivity are the hallmarks of the model scientist. Alas! how difficult they are to achieve -- as a spat involving one...