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Human challenge studies: what we’ve learned from

One main difficulty in human challenge studies is how quickly the challenge agent (for example, a virus such as SARS-CoV-2) mutates. … See more

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Group formed to combat ‘woke’ discrimination in medical schools

WEBA group of doctors called “Do No Harm” is waging a campaign against “woke medicine’ in the United States. In an article in The Free Press, its founder, Dr Stanley …

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California could liberalise conditions for assisted suicide

WEBCalifornia’s End of Life Option Act, which regulates assisted suicide, passed in 2015 and became operative on June 9, 2016.. Like legislation in other states, …

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Cosmetic surgery boosts some people’s mental health – but for …

WEBDemand for cosmetic procedures is higher than ever.From breast augmentations to “tweakments” such as lip fillers and Botox, more and more people …

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Assisted suicide makes good economic sense, argue Scottish …

WEBA new study in the journal Clinical Ethics claims that permitting assisted dying would substantially benefit both those seeking assisted suicide and the public.. …

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Denmark changes course on gender medicine for teens

WEBDenmark is joining a cluster of northern European countries which have retreated from liberal guidelines on gender-affirmative medicine. Minister of Health …

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US Surgeon-General says that America has a loneliness epidemic

WEBMay 9, 2023. In addition to smoking, type 2 diabetes, obesity, opioids, and alcoholism, the US Surgeon-General, Dr Vivek Murthy, has identified another epidemic of lifestyle …

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How scientists mould public opinion on controversial bioethical …

WEBOne of the puzzling features of bioethics debates is how quickly the public changes its mind about controversial issues. This is particularly evident in discussions about heritable …

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Massachusetts begins to issue 3-parent birth certificates

WEBAugust 24, 2021. Massachusetts, a bellwether state for social change, has issued its first three-parent birth certificate. Joyce Kauffman, a family law attorney, explained to the …

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The CRISPR babies: the story unfolds

WEBIn 2018, Dr He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first genetically engineered babies, Lulu and Nana. They had their genomes edited with CRISPR to …

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Canada may legalise euthanasia for people with mental illness

WEBCanada may legalise euthanasia for people with mental illness. Michael Cook. June 21, 2022. Canada is on track to expand eligibility for euthanasia to people …

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The deficiencies and dangers of ‘radical individualism’

WEBThe deficiencies and dangers of ‘radical individualism’. Humans are not just isolated minds; they have bodies and need relationships. O. Carter Snead, What it …

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Bioethics and natural law: an interview with John Keown

WEBMarch 8, 2016. An exclusive interview with John Keown, a senior research scholar at Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Bioethics discourse is often divided …

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The opioid crisis isn’t just the Sacklers’ fault

WEBYou may have heard of the Sackler family and the role that they and their privately held company, Purdue Pharma, played in the opioid crisis.One TV series …

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Canada delays euthanasia for people with mental illness

WEBMichael Cook. February 1, 2024. For a second year in a row, Canada’s federal government is going to delay opening euthanasia to people whose only condition is a mental illness. …

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Policy shift in Finland for gender dysphoria treatment

WEBThe international activist group SEGM, the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, has published a review of a radical shift in the standards of care for …

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Bioethics writer warns of ‘public health imperialism’

WEBAfter three innocent children were gunned down in three months in the American state of New Mexico, the Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced a 30 …

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Belgian euthanasia figures continue to rise

WEBBelgian euthanasia figures continue to rise. Nearly 2,700 people were euthanised in Belgium in 2021, according to the official figures from the euthanasia …

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