Thousands of gametes and frozen embryos from donations be destroyed from March 31 as provided for in a decree of August 16, 2023 taken in application of the bioethics law of 2021? The prospect provokes the mobilization of associations and health professionals, and embarrassments the health authorities concerned – Ministry of Health and Biomedicine Agency … Read more
Imagine a supermarket, one evening in February 2025. Customers roam the shelves, cameras increased by an artificial intelligence system (AI) scrutinize their comings and goings, while the security staff casts a casual look at the screens. Suddenly, the video surveillance equipment detects a suspicious gesture: a customer has just slipped a steak under blister in … Read more
Degraded access conditions, shortage of resources, territorial inequalities: “urgency and seriousness” of the psychiatric crisis in France require a « plan » dedicated, rapid and extensive, underlines the National Ethics Committee in an opinion made public on Monday. This opinion, entitled “Ethical issues relating to the psychiatric crisis: an alert”insists on the urgency of a … Read more
“My husband, Xavier, died in 2015, at the age of 39. I was 38 and our boys were 6 and 9. Ten years after the announcement of his two incurable brain tumors, his death was an explosion, like an internal implosion, a dull noise of which my ears still almost retain the sensation. cottony. » … Read more
Although surrogacy has been banned since 2016 in Cambodia, the lucrative business of “baby factories” continues to thrive in this poor country in Southeast Asia. As proof, the recent dismantling of a network which led to the arrest of 24 foreign women – twenty Filipinas and four Vietnamese – recruited to serve as surrogate mothers … Read more
Félix, Amélie Clergeau’s son, was six years old when a school psychologist diagnosed him with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The child was impulsive, acting before thinking. “ Hyperactivitywas really obvious, as was the lack of listening. It’s often thought that ADHD children have a hearing problem, but that’s because they’re focused on something. They … Read more
Only a month and a half left to stock up on donations. The countdown to end-of-year collections has begun for international NGOs, overloaded due to the increase in conflicts or natural disasters. They handle a very sensitive material, and their communication campaign must leave nothing to chance. What should we show or say about hunger, … Read more
The Australian Prime Minister announced on Thursday November 7 that he wanted to ban access to social networks for those under 16 years old. The companies that manage the platforms will be responsible for ensuring that users are of the required age to access their services, under penalty of fines. “It’s (a measure) for moms … Read more
The text on the end of life will be examined in the National Assembly from January 27, announced Tuesday, November 5, the government and the president of the lower house, Yaël Braun-Pivet. “At the conference of presidents, I obtained from the government a commitment to include the text on the end of life on the … Read more
How can we get families of people who have died after cardiac arrest or who have been declared brain dead to give informed consent to the removal of organs from their loved one? Although it is not prohibited by any religion, the act is strictly taboo, which consists of taking from the body of a … Read more