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Bioethics was born as a result of debates about contraception and in vitro fertilization. The challenge was to explain why reproductive...

What, exactly, makes us human? Or inhuman? Those questions animate David Cronenberg’s disturbing new film, Crimes of the Future. The...

Experts estimate that a ban on abortion will lead to 140 deaths/year among pregnant women in the United States. Obstetricians will have...

Nearly 30 years ago, we showed that CPR worked much better on TV than in real life. This was true both on the shows that focused on...

I just had a really weird experience. I was searching for my 2016 essay about Henrietta Lacks. To critique Rebecca Skloot’s book about...

For decades, leading scientists have predicted that soon, very soon, genome sequencing (GS) of all newborn babies will allow diagnosis...

If you knew that your child would be unable to walk, talk, swallow or breathe on their own, how much would you pay for a curative drug? ...

When Martha Gershun donated a kidney, it cost her about $6000 out-of-pocket. The costs were for lost work, travel, and other incidental...

Children are less likely than adults to die of COVID-19. But over 200,000 children in the United States have lost a home caregiver – a...

Are there ever situations in which a painful sham procedure can be done (with analgesia) in order to increase the scientific rigour of...

Americans love their guns. They vote based on that passion. Politicians follow the votes. A recent Pew poll shows a deeply divided...

A stench of corruption hangs over the whole debacle of the trial and sentencing of nurse Redonda Vaught. She was the designated...