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Steve Fouch2018-12-13 15:19:302024-01-22 09:39:59A good day to bury bad news? New CANH guidance released by BMA
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Steve Fouch2018-12-13 15:19:302024-01-22 09:39:59A good day to bury bad news? New CANH guidance released by BMA
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Philippa Taylor2018-12-04 16:33:332024-01-22 09:39:58Is British aid money being spent on funding illegal abortions?
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Guest2018-11-22 18:29:572024-01-22 09:39:58Marie Stopes guilty of carrying out illegal abortions…again
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Dr Rick Thomas2018-10-23 17:00:042024-01-22 09:39:57Diana Johnson’s Bill could return women to the perils of ‘back street’ abortion days
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Dr Rick Thomas2018-10-17 07:59:082024-01-22 09:39:55The Prime Minister’s transgender proposals dangerously oversimplify a complex mental health issue
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Philippa Taylor2018-10-08 15:24:562024-01-22 09:39:55The ‘unmet need’ for contraception and abortion in the developing world
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Steve Fouch2018-09-14 10:26:042024-01-22 09:39:54Christian doctors unite worldwide to challenge WMA on conscience rights
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Guest2018-09-11 11:33:202024-01-22 09:39:53Journey into darkness – Transplants, markets and trafficking
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Philippa Taylor2018-08-30 10:24:442024-01-22 09:39:53Sex education and the myth of neutrality
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Philippa Taylor2018-08-28 11:48:172024-01-22 09:39:52Abortion pills: simple and safe or dangerous and damaging?
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Dr Peter Saunders2018-08-14 11:51:482024-01-22 09:39:51New draft guidance from the BMA will enable doctors to dehydrate and sedate to death large numbers of non-dying patients with dementia, stroke or brain damage
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Dr Peter Saunders2018-08-13 17:42:272024-01-22 09:39:50Severely brain-damaged patients are commonly misdiagnosed, often aware and may well recover, says authoritative new report
BMA rejects attempt to push it neutral on assisted suicide by 2 to 1 majority
Yesterday the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) of the British Medical Association (BMA) in Belfast voted against going neutral on assisted suicide by a two to one majority (see detail here). Delegates rejected motion 80, ‘that this meeting believes that the BMA should adopt a neutral stance on assisted dying’, by 198 to 115 (63% to 37%). The […]
The BMA should reject this latest attempt to push it neutral on assisted suicide and euthanasia
On 21 June, the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) of the British Medical Association (BMA) will consider two motions on assisted suicide. The BMA is the UK’s professional association and registered trade union for doctors and currently has 170,000 members. It has been opposed to the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia for every year of its history with the exception of […]
Healthcare apps: helpful or harmful?
From finding a carpark to counting our calories, apps now cover virtually every area of our lives, including in healthcare. A 2011 General Medical Council survey showed 30% of doctors use a smartphone for medical apps. This will have increased significantly in the last five years. In addition, health apps, ranging from health and fitness […]
Helping women when they need it most
In early May, statistics from a global study on abortion revealed shocking statistics showing that one in four or 25 percent of pregnancies worldwide were aborted. Statistics showed there was a drop in the numbers of women seeking abortions in developed regions such as Europe. However, the high global statistics – jumping from around 50 […]
Good news on three-parent embryos… or maybe not
According to media reports, it is now safe to produce three-parent embryos! We are well on the way to providing new treatments for women who have inheritable mitochondrial disorders! We just need the HFEA to issue the first licence to a clinic and soon healthy children will be born, free of disease. Ok, perhaps that […]
New three-parent embryo research leaves many questions unanswered
A new IVF-based technique ‘is likely to lead to normal pregnancies and reduce the risk that babies born will have mitochondrial disease’, according to researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Disease at Newcastle University. Published on Wednesday 8 June 2016 in the journal Nature, scientists report the first in-depth analysis of human embryos […]
Brexit and bioethics
On 23 June 2016, Britons will make the most important political decision of a generation: we will determine whether Britain exits or remains in the European Union (EU). The debate about the pros and cons of ‘Brexit’ and ‘Bremain’ will undoubtedly continue until polling day. It’s good for Christians to engage with political matters because […]
Going to church is good for your health
Nurses generally live healthy lives. But a new study shows that going to church could dramatically improve your health. The Harvard study followed almost 75,000 nurses over 20 years, interviewing them every two years on key indicators such as socioeconomic status, physical activity, social integration, smoking and mental health. There was a dose dependent response […]
Ethical objections to embryo research can trigger genuine progress
An admission from scientists in the latest issue of the journal Nature, that production of three-parent embryos may not accomplish the stated goals, reminds me of a promise made by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2008, one that most people have long forgotten. In fact, I suspect that many MPs and a good number of scientists […]
Discovering silence and solitude
It is surprisingly difficult for us to handle silence. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) the brilliant French mathematician and philosopher famously wrote, “All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, they cannot stay quietly in their own room.” I find that amazingly profound. It is even more true today in our frenetic fast paced technology driven world than […]
Let’s invest more in relationships
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. The Mental Health Foundation are focusing this year on the need for relationships to help improve mental health. They tell us that we urgently need a greater focus on the quality of our relationships, to prevent and help alleviate mental health breakdown. We need to understand just how […]
How to grow in resilience // podcast
‘That which does not kill us, makes us stronger’, so said the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It’s a great quote, but I have to say that it is not necessarily automatic! As I have got older I have found my need for resilience has grown greater. And I am convinced that experience is not unique […]