BMJ  2008;336:1094 (17 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.39580.461690.4E

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Number of Dutch euthanasia cases rises by 10%: The number of cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide reported by doctors in the Netherlands in 2007 rose by 10% from the previous year to 2120. Most involved patients with cancer treated at home. Three cases were judged to have failed the legal requirements. Despite this increase the number of cases was still slightly lower than that reported in 2000.

Germany intends to ban cosmetic surgery in young people: Germany’s government is preparing a law that will ban surgery done for cosmetic reasons in young people unless there are also medical reasons. Currently around 100 000 such operations are carried out each year in Germany in patients aged under 18. Plastic surgeons say that the most common operation is correction of ear deformities.

Breast feeding improves academic performance: A Canadian led study of about 14 000 children in 31 hospitals and clinics . . . [Full text of this article]


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