News, The former nurse manager at Liverpool Hospital in Australia has given a statement to police saying that she was told not to leave a critically ill patient alone with the doctor amid fears that he would sedate her unnecessarily. Police are currently investigating the death of Audrey Hamil...

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News, Dr Panos Zavos, who claimed last month to have transferred a cloned embryo into a woman, has revealed that the attempt has been unsuccessful. Dr Zavos said that he would continue attempting to create cloned human embryos for implantation. [RTE News, 4 February ] A group of Kenyan doctors...

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News, Dr Panos Zavos, who claimed last month to have transferred a cloned embryo into a woman, has revealed that the attempt has been unsuccessful. Dr Zavos said that he would continue attempting to create cloned human embryos for implantation. [RTE News, 4 February] A group of Kenyan doctors have...

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News, 10 members of the Peruvian congress have written to the administrator of USAID to express concerns over the organisation's sponsorship of a conference to promote legalised abortion. Steve Mosher of the Population Research Institute stated: "The funding of this conference and of organisations...

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News, 10 members of the Peruvian congress have written to the administrator of USAID to express concerns over the organisation's sponsorship of a conference to promote legalised abortion. Steve Mosher of the Population Research Institute stated: "The funding of this conference and of organisat...

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News, A man has been convicted of manslaughter after killing and eating a man with his consent. Armin Meiwes defence had argued that he should be convicted of 'killing on request', a form of euthanasia carrying a shorter sentence as his victim had asked to be killed. [Reuters, 30 January ] The...

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News, A man has been convicted of manslaughter after killing and eating a man with his consent. Armin Meiwes defence had argued that he should be convicted of 'killing on request', a form of euthanasia carrying a shorter sentence as his victim had asked to be killed. [Reuters, 30 January] The Germ...

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News, Women who have a poor diet before giving birth could shorten the lifespan of their child, BBC reports. The suggestion came after Cambridge researchers found that mice who were fed low-protein diets gave birth to animals that died prematurely. Professor Jeremy Pearson of the British Heart Fou...

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News, Women who have a poor diet before giving birth could shorten the lifespan of their child, BBC reports. The suggestion came after Cambridge researchers found that mice who were fed low-protein diets gave birth to animals that died prematurely. Professor Jeremy Pearson of the British Heart...

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News, Researchers from Penn State University have found that mice cultured in a laboratory have a poorer memory and increased levels of anxiety than mice conceived naturally. It is too early to determine whether the same risks apply to human IVF embryos but it has been suggested that the time ...

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News, Researchers from Penn State University have found that mice cultured in a laboratory have a poorer memory and increased levels of anxiety than mice conceived naturally. It is too early to determine whether the same risks apply to human IVF embryos but it has been suggested that the time betw...

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News, A member of the British Medical Association's ethics committee has provoked outrage by claiming that infanticide is justifiable in some cases, such as disability. Professor John Harris was speaking at a debate last week on sex selection when he stated: "I don't think infanticide is always un...

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News, A member of the British Medical Association's ethics committee has provoked outrage by claiming that infanticide is justifiable in some cases, such as disability. Professor John Harris was speaking at a debate last week on sex selection when he stated: "I don't think infanticide is alway...

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News, Dutch researchers have found that single IVF babies are twice as likely to be born premature and to have low birth weight as babies who are conceived naturally. There was also limited evidence to suggest a three-fold increase in the risk of premature birth prior to 32 weeks gestation. On...

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News, Dutch researchers have found that single IVF babies are twice as likely to be born premature and to have low birth weight as babies who are conceived naturally. There was also limited evidence to suggest a three-fold increase in the risk of premature birth prior to 32 weeks gestation. One re...

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News, Three UK MPs are investigating the possible link between abortion and breast cancer, BBC reports. One of the MPs, Claire Curtis-Thomas, said that women deserve the facts about abortion risks and cited 28 studies that suggested an increased risk of breast cancer following an abortion. However...

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News, Three UK MPs are investigating the possible link between abortion and breast cancer, BBC reports. One of the MPs, Claire Curtis-Thomas, said that women deserve the facts about abortion risks and cited 28 studies that suggested an increased risk of breast cancer following an abortion. How...

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News, The International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) has issued a statement ahead of the Council of Europe's discussion on the Marty Report on Euthanasia. The Marty Report aims to introduce laws exempting physicians from prosecution if they participate in assisted suicid...

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News, The International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) has issued a statement ahead of the Council of Europe's discussion on the Marty Report on Euthanasia. The Marty Report aims to introduce laws exempting physicians from prosecution if they participate in assisted suicide. T...

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News, The Scottish health minister has been criticised for ruling out making the morning after pill available in schools before the group he set up published its report. Malcolm Chisholm set up the group in a bid to cut Scotland's high rate of teenage pregnancy and STI. It has recommended quicker ...

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