Vatican reaffirms critique of surrogacy and transgenderism in new document
Earlier this week the Vatican published a 16,000-word document reaffirming Catholic condemnations of a wide range of moral issues, from war to surrogacy and human...
DNA analysis shows that prehistoric people treated disabled children with respect
In ancient cultures some children were born with Down syndrome and other genetic disorders. But our prehistoric forebears treated them with great respect. This is...
NEJM was complicit with American slavery, say historians
The New England Journal of Medicine is the oldest continuously published general medical journal in the world (since 1812) and arguably the most prestigious. However,...
Harvard Medical School crimson over body parts scandal
Harvard Medical School is renowned throughout the world as a centre of excellence in clinical medicine and medical research. Sixteen Nobel Prize laureates are associated...
Gentle giant’s skeleton removed from museum
Earlier this month the Royal College of Surgeons, in London, announced that it will remove from the display cases of the Hunterian Museum the skeleton...