Does transgender medicine for kids need more bioethical scrutiny?
Experts complain that data is lacking Interest in transgender medicine is growing rapidly – “at an incredible rate”, according to Karen Parker, director of the...
Emotional support animals: a waste of time?
Experts are sceptical of the health benefits of ESAs. It is not uncommon to come across an emotional support animal (ESA) in the US –...
The fake news about female libido
How a public relations campaign made the FDA approve a bad drug“Fake news” is not the exclusive preserve of Macedonian teenagers exploiting the anxieties of...
Lying is a slippery slope, says new study in Nature Neuroscience
Telling small lies may encourage us to tell bigger lies in future. Telling small lies desensitises our brains to the associated negative emotions and may...
A speed hump on the road to evidence-based bioethics
An evolutionary argument for bad science There have been calls to base bioethics more firmly on empirical analysis “to promote more balanced, and evidence-based, bioethics”....
Untested stem cell treatments in Australia
Australia has seen a sharp rise in the use of unproven stem cell treatments. Australia has seen a sharp rise in the use of unproven...
Sale of complementary medicines unethical: Australian doctors
Criticism is mounting in Australia about the sale of low-evidence complementary medicines in pharmacies. Criticism is mounting in Australia about the sale of low-evidence complementary...
Evidence-based medicine comes under attack
UK critics claim that it is not transparent and tainted by commercial interests. In the eyes of doctors and the public, evidence-based medicine is the...