http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Belgian legislators opened a debate Wednesday on whether to amend a decade-old law on euthanasia to cover minors, being told by experts that it was already taking place in practice without any set guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-belgium-debates-euthanasia-minors.html Health Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:30:02 EST news280584967 Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday gave its green light to testing embryos after in vitro fertilisation in certain cases after a passionate ethical debate in the country on the issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-germany-genetic-embryos.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:39:25 EST news278937551 Australia's world-first plan for plain cigarette packaging inched closer Thursday when the legislation passed through the upper house of parliament. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-plain-packet-cigarettes-closer-australia.html Health Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:16:10 EST news240135365 Australia's world-first plan for plain packaging on cigarettes has been delayed, giving tobacco firms extra time to prepare, the government said Wednesday, with the first sales now due in December 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-plain-packet-cigarettes-australia.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:35:24 EST news239430917