Who cares about third world mothers?

Robert Walley | 16 December 2008 | comment 1

The hidden scandal of unsafe childbirth and the hope that a new professional initiative is bringing to mothers.

Same-sex attraction in adolescents

10 November 2008

Encouraging adolescents with same-sex attractions to identify as gay has no scientific or ethical justification.

“Coming out” puts adolescents at risk

Dale O'Leary | 10 November 2008 | comment 11

Encouraging adolescents with same-sex attractions to identify as gay has no scientific or ethical justification.

‘Darwin? That’s just the party line’

Wayne Eyre | 02 November 2008 | comment 35

Many scientists don't believe that science is the only religion in town.

Advances in stem cell research

Derek Miedema | 28 October 2008 | comment 2

Is choosing between good science and good ethics a thing of the past?

China loses face - and babies

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 September 2008 | comment 4

By covering up a baby-milk scandal, China and a New Zealand partner lose what they hoped to save.

Not spilling the beans is a healthy choice

Mark Seery | 10 June 2008 | comment 5

It’s your trauma and you can keep it to yourself if you want to, no harm done, says a psychologist.

Overweight and over-hyped

Michael Cook | 29 February 2008 | comment 4

Panicking over the obesity epidemic won't help anyone.

A realistic strategy for fighting African AIDS

Matthew Hanley | 29 February 2008 | comment 39

Discussion of the African AIDS crisis is riddled with ideology. The evidence shows that utilitarian HIV prevention guidelines are failing. 

Mind and soul

Aaron Kheriaty | 29 November 2007 | comment 13

Psychiatry has typically shunned religion, but a unique forum at one university has them talking to each other - for the sake of the patient.

Protecting the pill

Carolyn Moynihan | 16 November 2007 | comment 18

Why does the medical establishment keep playing down the risks of oral contraceptives?

Playing catch-up with scientific change

Stephen Buckle | 16 August 2007 | comment 3

One of the great cliches of modern journalism is that technology is racing far ahead of morals. A very convenient excuse, says a philosopher.

Can’t you give her a needle?

Frank Brennan | 15 June 2007 | comment 12

A palliative care physician remembers an unexpected request from the husband of a dying patient.

Focus on gender politics: Is changing gender as simple as changing clothes?

Theron Bowers | 07 June 2007 | comment 54

Newsweek recently painted a sympathetic portrait of women imprisoned in men's bodies. Such people need a psychiatrist, not a surgeon.

Death for sale is a step into the dark

Michael Cook | 09 May 2007 | comment 16

Suicide and the internet make a potent brew, as the work of one of the world's most prominent euthanasia campaigners shows.

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