Alabama imposes ‘fat tax’ on employees
More than 30% of state is obese The US state of Alabama, the second fattest in the nation, is to impose a $25 a month...
Miracle newborn revives after declaration of death
Five hours in hospital fridge Just after an American team of transplant surgeons started a debate over heart transplants from terminally-ill, but not brain-dead, newborns,...
Face transplants could become routine, say doctors
Some doctors still sceptical Face transplants could become routine, according to a survey of doctors who have successfully performed three of the revolutionary procedures. Writing...
Lancet calls for post-abortion counselling
Psychological problems should not be “trivialised” The leading international medical journal The Lancet has become a supporter of providing post-abortion psychological care. In response to...
Blood from embryonic stem cells
Advanced Cell Technology in headlines again A company specialising in embryonic stem cell research has reported in the leading journal Blood that it can create...
Chemical castration made option for paedophiles
Canadian project could be model for UK Much of bioethical discourse is concerned with enhancement. How about dis-enhancement, or shedding, rather than adding to physical...
British man grew marijuana to pay for IVF
But excuse not good enough for judge This item in the Northhampton (UK) Post and Chronicle caught our eye: “A businessman who ran a cannabis...
Debate over controversial new heart donor rule for children
When is a child really dead? Heart surgeons at Denver Children’s Hospital have found a way to increase the supply of hearts for children who...
The stem cell curse: more faked papers, unethical research
Austrian researchers under fire for trials with adult stem cells Is it their novelty? Is it their potential profitability? Or is it a Wagnerian doom...
And another scandal in Bulgaria
The entire board of Sofia's university hospital has been sackedAnd, in Bulgaria, even more stem cell Götterdämmerung. The entire board of Sofia's university hospital has...
Nordic sperm imports banned in US
Distressed women can’t access Viking spermSome American women are unhappy because the US Food and Drug Administration has banned the importation of foreign sperm to...
Pro-choice and pro-euthanasia groups list their enemies
Comprehensive list of "Medical Right" villains now available Nowhere is bioethics more politicised than in the United States. A pro-abortion group, the Religious Coalition for...