Desperate Californians seek stem cell treatment overseas
Some American physicians are using so-called embryonic stem cells to treat patients without proper scientific trials. A feature in the Sacramento Bee alleges that two...
So you want to be a parent? UK to revise IVF rules
The UK's fertility clinic regulator has launched a public consultation on what qualities are needed to become an IVF parent. The current guidelines require clinics...
Abortion doctor reveals her frustration over lack of support
An anonymous abortion provider has given an fascinating insight into her own misgivings about her job. Writing in Boston Magazine, the doctor says she does...
Lawyers cater for homosexual dads
Some US law firms are specialising in arranging surrogate mothers for homosexuals who want to be fathers. A feature in the Washington Post profiles Creative...
US writer warns of irrelevance for bioethics
American bioethics will become irrelevant unless it returns to its origins in human rights law, says Boston University Professor George Annas in a new book....
IN BRIEF: Kentucky; cloned pet; sperm donors; IVF error
A state medical panel has dismissed a claim that the governor of Kentucky, who is also a medical doctor, should be deregistered for ordering an...
Healthy patients deserve euthanasia, too, say Dutch doctors
Doctors should be allowed to kill patients who are "suffering through living", the Royal Dutch Medical Association has recommended after a three-year inquiry. It could...
US army doctors offer rationale for participation in torture
In the wake of allegations that Army health care professionals may have colluded in the ill-treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq and Afghanistan,...
Some doctors “offensive” towards Down syndrome infants
Most doctors treat the birth of a Down syndrome baby as bad news when communicating a diagnosis to mothers, according to research from Harvard Medical...
Lobotomised Kennedy sister dies at 86
The oldest of the surviving siblings of US President John F. Kennedy, Rosemary, has died at the age of 86 in an institution in Wisconsin....
Brain harvesting procedures were ethical, says US institute
One of the best-known psychiatrists in the US has been embroiled in an informed consent controversy over harvesting brains from cadavers. Dr E. Fuller Torrey,...
Costa Rica’s unique ban on IVF under threat
American pro-abortion activists have launched a campaign to force the small Central American nation of Costa Rica to reverse its ban on IVF. Costa Rica...