Interview: Dissecting the age of ‘do harm’ medicine
A leading voice in American bioethics peers into the future in his new book Wesley J. Smith is one of America's leading commentators on bioethical...
Should psychiatrists tell voters what they think about Trump?
Despite Hilary Clinton’s recent claims that Donald Trump is temperamentally unsuited to be president and her suggestion that he may be unhinged – clinicians have...
When will transgender women deliver babies?
The short answer is: don't hold your breath from Scientific American / Getty Images If we welcome transgender women, are transgender mothers a...
Chinese surgeon is planning a body transplant
Ethicists have serious doubts about the procedure, even in China Another Chinese scientist is stretching medical ethics to the breaking point. According to the New...
One of America’s finest novelists tackles life extension
As Don De Lillo approaches 80, he meditates upon death“We are born without choosing to be. Should we have to die in the same manner?...
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...
Nascent concerns about womb transplants
Bioethicists have sounded a note of caution after a failed womb transplant in the US. Bioethicists have sounded a note of caution about womb transplants...
First US womb transplant fails
The first womb transplant to take place in the US has failed – under dramatic circumstances. The first womb transplant to take place in the...
Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown
An exclusive interview with John Keown, a senior research scholar at Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Bioethics discourse is often divided into two broad...
Interview: David S. Oderberg
A highly critical look at contemporary bioethical discourse by a UK philosopher. David S. Oderberg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK,...
Doctors must withdraw life support from twins – UK judge
A UK High Court has ruled that two severely intellectually disabled Iraqi twins must have their life support switched off, despite objection from their parents....
Ten British women to receive womb transplants
The UK’s Health Research Authority has given the green light for ten British women to receive womb transplants The UK’s Health Research Authority has given...