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BioEdge has closed its doors
After 23 years, BioEdge ceased publication in May 2024. Not that there wasn’t lots to report on and talk about, but our resources proved insufficient to move forward in an increasingly competitive environment. We launched in 2001, smack in the middle of the controversy over…
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How liberal are American bioethicists?
There is growing acknowledgement of the fact that the backgrounds, ideas, and politics of American academics are out of step with the backgrounds, ideas and politics of the American public. “Tenured and tenure-track college professors are drawn from a narrow and idiosyncratic…
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Doctors can be socialized to cooperate in morally despicable evil, says bioethicist
Bioethicist Carl Elliott seems to relish stirring up fellow bioethicists and the medical profession. In his latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, he examines the role of whistleblowers in uncovering medical scandals. He…
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3 sperm donors from same family in Quebec have sired 600 children
Three men in Quebec from the same family have fathered more than 600 children by offering free sperm on the internet. A documentary by Noovo Info, a Quebec news outlet said that they posted ads on Facebook – “an online ‘parallel universe’ of free sperm donation not regulated by…
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American IVF clinics are happily offering sex selection
The United States is one of the few countries where IVF sex selection is legal – and it is a US$500 million market, according to a provocative feature in Slate. One of the leading practitioners, Dr Jeffrey Steinberg, of the Fertility Institutes in Los Angeles, says that its…
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Owner of castration website in UK found guilty of grievous bodily harm
“Enhancement” normally connotes adding powers beyond normal human functioning. However, there are dark kinds of enhancement which remove them. A Norwegian national living in England has just been found guilty of several counts of grievous bodily harm for running a castration…
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Missouri man killed wife because he couldn’t afford her medical bills
A 75-year-old Missouri man has been charged with the murder of his wife after allegedly strangling her in a hospital bed because he could not care for her properly or pay her medical bills. Police say that Ronnie Wiggs visited his wife Ellen earlier this month. She was in…
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World Medical Association calls for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza
The World Medical Association has called for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution was initiated by the British Medical Association. Dr Lujain AlQodmani, the Kuwaiti president of the WMA, declared that: “WMA is demanding a bilateral, negotiated, and sustainable ceasefire…
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Female doctors’ patients may have lower mortality and hospital readmission rates
Patients have lower rates of mortality and hospital readmissions when treated by female physicians, with female patients benefitting more than their male counterparts, new research suggests. The mortality rate for female patients was 8.15% when treated by female physicians vs.…
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Will poor American neighbourhoods be better served if doctors can attend tuition-free medical schools?
In February Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx, in New York City, received a US$1 billion donation –the largest gift ever made to any American medical school. The benefactor, Ruth Gottesman, said that the funds would ensure free tuition in perpetuity to all future…