- 'Introducing' pregnancy video goes viral
- Parents receive $3 million for 'wrongful birth' of Down Syndrome daughter
- Swiss voters approve 'sex boxes' for prostitutes
- UK Court: Euthanasia Case Can Proceed
- Cardinal Dolan: Church Was Told Gay 'Marriage' Wouldn't Pass
- Gut cells transformed into insulin factories `could help to treat type I diabetes'
- Contraceptive pill Yasmin continues to stir debate
| 'Introducing' pregnancy video goes viral
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 11:07 AM PDT A 90-second video of a young couple's pregnancy journey, documented using time lapse photography, has gone viral on Youtube, generating nearly a million views in 4 days. |
| Parents receive $3 million for 'wrongful birth' of Down Syndrome daughter
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PDT A couple was awarded almost $3 million in a "wrongful birth" lawsuit after their daughter was born with Down syndrome. |
| Swiss voters approve 'sex boxes' for prostitutes
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 07:00 AM PDT A proposal to construct what have locally been referred to as "sex boxes" for prostitutes got the green light from voters in Zurich. The plan would see the creation of special parking spaces with walls between them where sex workers can ply their trade away from suburban areas in Switzerland's biggest city. |
| UK Court: Euthanasia Case Can Proceed
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 06:20 AM PDT A British judge ruled Monday that the case of a severely disabled man who wants to end his "intolerable" life should be allowed to proceed. |
| Cardinal Dolan: Church Was Told Gay 'Marriage' Wouldn't Pass
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:47 AM PDT Cardinal Dolan revealed for the first time that the Catholic Church was caught flat-footed on last year's gay 'marriage' vote in New York — insisting it was "burned" by Senate Republicans who claimed it didn't have a prayer. " |
| Gut cells transformed into insulin factories `could help to treat type I diabetes'
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 03:40 AM PDT A new study conducted by scientists suggests a new approach that could give patients the ability to make their own insulin-producing cells without a stem cell transplant. |
| Contraceptive pill Yasmin continues to stir debate
Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:58 AM PDT Following concerns that contraceptive pills containing the synthetic hormone drospirenone carry an increased risk of blood clots, panel members of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met in December to vote on whether the benefits outweighed the risks of the hormonal contraceptive 'Yasmin.' |
