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Organ donation

How many organ donors in Quebec?

Quebec organ donor statistics have been published during awareness week: Approximately 3 million inhabitants of Quebec have chosen to donate their organs and have signed up to the Quebec Organ

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14 May 2018
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End of life

Vincent Lambert: the court asks for a new medical expertise

In proceedings instigated by Vincent Lambert’s parents’ lawyers, the administrative court of Châlons-en-Champagne “considered it necessary, in order to rule on the merits of their application, to have recourse to

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14 May 2018
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End of life

Alfie Evans is still alive, his parents hope to transfer him to Rome

Last night, doctors at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool turned off life support for [1] Alfie [2] Evans, a two-year old boy who was in a semi-vegetative condition.

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14 May 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Pennsylvania House of Representatives passes bill banning abortion of foetuses carrying trisomy 21

In Pennsylvania last Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to prohibit abortions when the only reason is that the foetus may be or is a carrier of trisomy

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9 May 2018
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Embryo research and alternatives

Researchers develop a new process for differentiating iPS stem cells

It is estimated that 80% of adults in the United States will suffer from back and neck pain once or twice in their lifetime. This is usually caused by the

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9 May 2018
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End of life

70 specialists denounce “euthanasia in disguise” and call for Vincent Lambert to be transferred to a specialist unit

Seventy doctors and specialists treating brain-injury patients in a persistent vegetative state or minimally conscious state have published an opinion piece in Le Figaro in which they condemn the “living

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9 May 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Contraceptive implants given to English girls aged 12 and under

The NHS[1] is distributing the contraceptive implant in schools “like Smarties”. In 2015/2016 and 2016/2017, 10,593 girls under 16 years old (with an NHS number) were given a contraceptive implant including

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9 May 2018
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Organ donation

Second face transplant – acute risk of rejection

Jérôme Hamon is the first man to undergo a second face transplant[1]. His body rejected the first transplant after five years. The partially necrosed face had to be removed and

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9 May 2018
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    • Transhumanism
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