I discovered this very interesting poll on Medscape today: What is interesting is that 17% of physicians who answered this survey think it is ethical to refuse to see a child whose parents have chosen not to vaccinate (this has remained stable at around 17% for the past 500 or so votes). I find this [...]

The doctor who prescribed morphine for her lover who later died of an overdose has been named as Dr. Heather MacDonald. Sadly, I know this lady slightly as I have worked at the practice she worked (the name of the practice has been suppressed, but is easily found on the internet – such are the [...]

Although he is just seeking publicity for a series of old, failed experiments, controversial fertility Doctor Panayiotis Zavos has once again claimed that he will soon be able to clone a human being. He attempted this in 2003, implanting four women with cloned embryos. None of the women became pregnant. Critics say that his process is extremely unlikely [...]

I read with utter horror that psychologists and medical doctors were involved in the interrogation of captured terrorism suspect Abu Zubaida. Regardless of whether you consider the questioning of Zubaida to be torture or simply interrogation technique, there is no way it can be seen as anything but coercive. And medical people have no place in [...]

I find it hard to fathom why a woman with six children would require fertility treatment. Yet that is what was given to the woman who gave birth to octuplets this week. She has six children, including two-year-old twins.  I can’t tell you how appalled I am by the dubious ethics of this situation. Although [...]