August 8, 2013
Still almost three-quarters of American predict that by 2050, “artificial arms and legs will perform better than natural ones.” A substantial majority also believe that by that point we’ll have cures for most forms of cancer. And fully 25 percent … Read More
July 29, 2013
What should we think when a scientist claims to have found a cell in the human body with miraculous powers that no one before has ever seen and almost no one else can even find trying to follow his directions … Read More
June 13, 2013
It is mostly secular voices who have expressed their thoughts and concerns on nanotechnology until now, but there is a lot of evidence that public views on it will be shaped by religious beliefs. For example, a 2009 survey found … Read More
June 5, 2013
The Catholic Church in America has been fined for dismissing a pregnant unmarried teacher who had used IVF. The case is seen as a barometer on the degree to which religious organisations in the United States can regulate employees’ lives. … Read More
May 8, 2013
People with advanced cancer tend to get more aggressive care at the end of life and spend more time in the intensive care unit if they receive spiritual support from their religious communities, according to a new study. (Reuters)
May 1, 2013
A major survey of religious opinion shows that large majorities of believers are in favour of legalising assisted dying. The poll, carried out by YouGov for the Westminster Faith Debates and involving nearly 4,500 people, reveals that only among Muslims … Read More
April 15, 2013
Clerics here greeted stem-cell researchers in an unusual conference at which the Catholic Church sought to show what the cardinal who organized the meeting called the “necessary union between science and faith.” Hundreds of scientists, including 2012 Nobel laureate John … Read More
April 15, 2013
Many of us have friends and relatives who have born children via IVF. But the process as described by the couples who have been through the complicated and expensive procedures, can be more than a little dismaying. (Forbes)
April 10, 2013
The Vatican on Thursday will organize a conference to promote adult stem cell research as an alternative to research using destroyed human embryos, which is considered by the Roman Catholic Church as deeply unethical and less effective. (AFP)
March 25, 2013
And now, with the release of The Healing Cell: How the Greatest Revolution in Medical History Is Changing Your Life, the Catholic Church has given its stamp of approval on adult stem cell research by discussing the many ways these … Read More
March 14, 2013
From the Vatican to Buenos Aires, Catholics worldwide rejoiced when Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became the new pope. (CNN)
February 11, 2013
The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the latest White House proposal on health insurance coverage of contraceptives, saying it did not offer enough safeguards for religious hospitals, colleges and charities that objected to providing such coverage for their … Read More
November 1, 2012
Bioethics (Vol. 26 Issue 9) is now available online and in print.  Articles include questions about religion, enhancment.  A large portion of the issue is dedicated to a debate over homeopathy. Human Enhancement And Sexual Dimorphism By Rob Sparrow ‘They … Read More
November 1, 2012
Journal of Medical Ethics (Vol. 38 Issue 11, November 1, 2012) is now available in print and online. Articles include: Evaluating a patient’s request for life-prolonging treatment: an ethical framework by Eva C Winkler, Wolfgang Hiddemann, Georg Marckmann (full text … Read More
August 28, 2012
Ireland awaits a September report on its abortion laws by a European Court of Human Rights panel of experts at a time of rising political tensions over the issue and a backdrop of steep declines in the popularity of religion. … Read More
August 23, 2012
Technology and Human Flourishing 2012 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture October 25-27, 2012 Baylor University Institute for Faith and Learning http://www.baylor.edu/ifl/index.php?id=88447
August 21, 2012
Arthur Caplan, the head of the division of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, recalls a case of a man who had beaten his six-month-old child to death. It was a horror the mother simply could not accept. (ABC … Read More
August 21, 2012
Symposium on Judaism, Medicine, and the Formation of Clinicians September 10, 2012 Swift Hall, The University of Chicago To register for the conference, visit: https://pmr.uchicago.edu/events/judaism-and-medicine-symposium
July 25, 2012
A group of Orthodox rabbis warned Wednesday that the ancient Jewish practice of infant male circumcision could face further restrictions in Europe after some hospitals in Austria and Switzerland suspended the procedure by citing a German court ruling that it … Read More
July 9, 2012
In Williamsburg, a bustling Brooklyn enclave across the East River from Manhattan, a sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews dresses in garb common to 18th- and 19th-century Europe and adheres to even more-ancient religious traditions. Yet they are wrestling with the most … Read More
February 3, 2012
The Obama administration’s decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception. (Washington Post)
December 1, 2011
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Volume 8, Issue 4) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Considering the “Born-Alive†Rule and Possession of Sperm Following Death” by Bernadette Richards, Bill Madden & Tina Cockburn. “Religion and Bioethics: Can We Talk?” … Read More
November 14, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday spoke out in favour of adult stem cell research and called for any ensuing treatments to benefit all who need the care regardless of their financial means. (AFP)
November 10, 2011
An international conference opens in Rome Wednesday devoted to medical applications of adult stem cells. (USA Today)
August 11, 2011
In Pakistan, family planning is an uncomfortable topic fraught with religious overtones. But in one of Asia’s fastest-growing populations, a story of women giving birth challenges stereotypes, including what Islam has to say about women’s health and family planning. (NPR)
