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When memory is lost, but not affection
Recently, Jacinto Bátiz, director of the Institute for Better Care of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santurce (Vizcaya) and head of the SEMG Bioethics Group, has published an article that alludes to the importance of the family-caregiver of those with [...]
The WHO states that there are more than two sexes
The World Health Organization (WHO) intends to update its manual "Gender mainstreaming for health managers: a practical approach" stating "that sex is not limited to male or female". From the WHO they explain that they are modernizing their manual, published in 2011 [...]
Oocyte freezing has doubled in Spain in the last decade
In recent years, and due to their precarious employment or sentimental stability, a growing number of women have decided to postpone their motherhood until they find a stable job or relationship. In order to become mothers at advanced ages, many of them [...]
The European Parliament calls for the inclusion of abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
A non-binding resolution on abortion as a fundamental right was adopted with 324 votes in favor, 155 against and 38 abstentions. The Chamber affirms that “everyone has the right to a safe and legal abortion”, and shows its support and solidarity with [...]
The molecule responsible for classifying memories as positive or negative in the brain is discovered
Researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, have identified a brain molecule responsible for associating positive or negative emotions with a memory. The finding, published in Nature, could be used to treat anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress. “We’ve basically gotten a [...]
The Dutch government intends to apply euthanasia to children under the age of 12
In the Netherlands, Health Minister Ernst Kuipers wants to approve the administration of euthanasia to children aged between 1 and 12 who suffer from a terminal illness, through a legal reform. He has announced that he intends to extend the Groningen Protocol, [...]
The aftermath of the United States Supreme Court ruling limiting abortion
After the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States, which establishes that abortion is not a constitutional right, there have been numerous reactions aimed both at limiting access to abortion and at favoring it, depending on the state in [...]
Doctors warn of health risks of chemical abortion
According to a study by the Association of Accredited Clinics for the Interruption of Pregnancy (ACAI), 85% of women who abort prefer to have a surgical abortion in abortion clinics and the remaining 15% opt for pharmacological abortions by taking abortion pills. [...]
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in the United States
The ruling in the case Roe v. Wade of 1973 issued by the Supreme Court of the USA, considered abortion as a protected right without any legislation, and implied the imposition of abortion on request and without alleging cause in all states. [...]
Montana will record biological sex on birth certificates, not “gender”
Gender ideology and its authoritarian politics continue to provoke a social debate and the reaction of some US states, which are decisively positioning themselves to stop the path marked out by the defenders of this ideology. Among them, it is worth mentioning [...]
Doctor wants to transplant a uterus in a man so he can carry a baby
Getting a man pregnant is the goal of Indian doctor Narendra Kaushik, a surgeon who runs a gender reassignment clinic in New Delhi, who will try to transplant a uterus into a male who has transitioned to the female gender and now [...]
3,000 babies are born in the US thanks to the reversal of chemical abortion with mifepristone
On June 9, 2021, we published a news in our website related to the reversal of chemical abortion with mifepristone. This practice, carried out in the United Kingdom by cardiologist Dermot Kearney and obstetrician Eileen Reilly, has been the subject of a [...]
The new telephone for suicide prevention has answered a thousand calls on its first day
The 024, the new telephone that the Spanish Ministry of Health has launched to serve people with suicidal ideation or close to them, has registered around a thousand calls on its first day of operation, last Tuesday, May 10. The calls lasted [...]
Vermont approves suicide by videoconference
Vermont just passed a law legalizing remote prescription of assisted suicide drugs. The new rule also removes the previous requirement that the doctor has examined the patient. In this way, the doctor will never have to meet the patient in person. Human [...]
Izpisúa regenerates damaged liver in mice through cell reprogramming
The well-known Spanish researcher Juan Carlos Izpisúa has led a research, recently published in Cell Reports, in which scientists have managed to regenerate liver tissue in mice by reprogramming liver cells to earlier stages of development. Mammals have limited regenerative capacity, while [...]
Ethical reflection 20 years after the approval of euthanasia in Belgium
Since 2002, when euthanasia was approved in Belgium, 24,000 people have died using this method, which represents 2% of those who die each year. In that country, certain requirements must be met for a person to request euthanasia: The law contemplates physical [...]
First complete human genome sequence published
On March 31, the complete sequence of the human genome was published for the first time in the journal Science. This work was carried out by nearly 100 researchers from the international Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium, belonging to the National Human Genome Research [...]
When the level of consciousness is compromised: Ethical implications for the care of unresponsive patients
A recent article, published in the prestigious scientific journal BMC Medical Ethics, analyzes the important issue of assessing the level of consciousness in patients suffering from disorders at this level, which represents an urgent challenge for their attention, monitoring and care. Its [...]
In vivo partial reprogramming alters age-associated molecular changes during physiological aging in mice
A research team led by the Spaniard Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte has published a paper in the journal Nature Aging in which they claim to have achieved cell and tissue rejuvenation in mice, using the technique already described by Shinya Yamanaka more [...]
Experts warn against unethical genetic embryo testing
Genetic embryo diagnosis tests called polygenic risk score (PRS) analysis, would serve to predict the risk of disease in embryos produced by in vitro fertilization According to Nature “A polygenic score (PGS) or polygenic risk score (PRS) is an estimate of an [...]
