January 6, 2025

Artificial intelligence ‘beginning to make decisions about who is brought into the world’

(The Sydney Morning Herald) – Artificial intelligence is being used in Australian fertility clinics to help choose which embryos should be transferred into patients, with the potential to be dehumanising for parents and babies, researchers say. Allowing machine learning to … Read More



 
 

January 6, 2025

EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health

(ProPublica) – The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems. A long-awaited report from the Environmental Protection Agency … Read More



 
 

December 24, 2024

IVF pioneer used sperm from ‘lots’ of medical staff – and kept no records of the babies they fathered

(Daily Mail) – A retired NHS scientist has sensationally revealed that IVF pioneer Patrick Steptoe, whose work led to the world’s first test tube baby, used sperm from ‘lots’ of medical staff without keeping records of the children they fathered. … Read More



 
 

December 23, 2024

Faith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived

(NBC News) – Health care sharing ministries advertise reimbursements for members’ medical bills. But they are largely unregulated, and most have restrictions on maternity coverage. One service ministries commonly restrict is maternity care, for which many require a waiting period … Read More



 
 

December 11, 2024

Britain Indefinitely Bans Puberty Blockers for Children With Gender Dysphoria

(Medpage Today) – Independent experts found unacceptable safety risk The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication. The decision, which … Read More



 
 

December 11, 2024

Designer Babies Are Teenagers Now—and Some of Them Need Therapy Because of It

(Wired) – “People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture.” For years now, aspiring parents have been designing their children. Screening embryos for disease-causing genes during IVF, selecting their future baby’s sex, … Read More