News Articles


We have compiled these recent news articles to use as topics to spark lively, thoughtful, and informed ethical discussion among your students. Please note that some of these sites require registration, but registration is free and only needs to be completed once.

If you come across a news article that would be helpful to include on this page, please email the link to middleton@phen.ab.ca.


Cloning, Stem Cells, Genetic Modification


Korea First to Clone Dog

Dolly Scientist Wins Human Cloning Research Licence

Cat Lovers Lining Up for No-Sneeze Kitties

Scientists to Make 'Stuart Little' Mouse With Brain of a Human

 

Euthanasia


Death With Dignity Advocate Commits Suicide

Pope Says Euthanasia Distorts Medical Ethics

 

Fertility and Childbirth


Half US Fertility Clinics Allow Parents to Pick Gender

The Pregnancy Police Are Watching You

UK Newspaper Hosting Contest For Free Fertility Treatment

 

Food and Nutrition


The ethics of eating

Should Government Regulate What We Eat?

 

Global Issues


Defining the Ethics of Exit in Iraq

Sri Lanka Accuses NHS of Luring Away its Medical Staff After Tsunami

 

Issues Involving Youth


'TeenScreening' for High School Suicides Overwhelmingly Rejected

Teens Turn to Internet for Prescription Drugs

Kingston Students Suspended Until Immunized

Teen Wins Court Battle to Stop Chemo

AB parents forcing children into detox thanks to new act

Defusing the War Over the "Promiscuity" Vaccine

 

Marketing


Marketers Targeting the Chronically Ill

Marketers Try High-Tech Tool to Push Brain's 'Buy Button'

Drug Ads Pay Off for Pharmaceuticals: Study

Direct Drug Ads Cause Healthy People to Turn to Pills

Doctor, About That Medicine I Saw Advertised…

CBC Marketplace: Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

 

Miscellaneous


In Medicine, Acceptable Risk Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Sense of Justice Discovered in the Brain

Mosquito Fogging Critics to Launch Human Rights Complaint

Public Morally Obliged to Take Part in Scientific Research

Vancouver Clinic Offers Free Heroin in North American First

Doctors Pressured to Compromise Good Health Care for Athletes

'Degrassi' Abortion Episode Sparks Fan Outcry in U.S.

 

Pandemics


Can doctors ever abandon their post?

 

Resource Allocation


Is Autism Treatment a Human Right?

US Medicare to Cover Cardiac Device in Exchange for Health Info

 

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