Friday, September 30, 2005

Bill Bennett 's immodest proposal

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Remember Bill Bennett? Paragon of virtue (editor, in fact, of the Book of Virtues )? Former Secretary of Education? Former Drug Czar? High-s...
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Women’s Voices need to be in the Bioethics News

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On the FAB listserv yesterday, Joan Callahan drew our attention to the fact that in USA Today’s story introducing the mainstream public to...
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Generation Rx

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Three things came into my e-mail box this morning related to pharma. I teach ethics at a Pharmacy College and I somehow get on pharma news l...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

More obstetric horror stories in Africa

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Today's NYT carries a story about a heroic Dutch surgeon, Dr. Kees Waaldijk, who is working to help women in Africa recover from obste...
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Connecticut says insurers don't have to pay for infertility treatments in women older than 40

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This AP report describes a new law in Connecticut that, while requiring insurance companies to cover the costs of infertility treatment, al...

Ethical Violations

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Most public discourse around medical ethics centers on debates and dilemmas such as stem cell research and the infamous Terry Schiavo case...
Monday, September 26, 2005

Center for American Progress to address bioethical issues

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The DC-based Center for American Progress (CAP) kicks off its program to develop a “progressive bioethics agenda” by hosting a panel discuss...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

"Facing the Future" and other bad puns

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Recent announcements that two US medical centers are moving forward to attempt the first face transplant has led to headlines full of puns ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Well, women aren't so different from livestock, right?

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You think I'm joking, dontcha? No such luck. The good news is, apparently the FDA is already rethinking--make that "denying," ...

They might not work better, but they sure do make money!

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Today's NYT reports that newer drugs for schizophrenia are no better (ok, maybe a teeny weeny bit better) than older, cheaper drugs. Wel...
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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Miracle mitochondria or designer babies?

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The United Kingdom’s genetics watchdog agency, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has granted permission to a team of ...

Words, War and Emotions...

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In early September, 2005, the United Nations co-sponsored a conference entitled “Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal”...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Human Brain Still Evolving

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Studies in a recent edition of Science by Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago and colleagues claim that the human brain is still evolv...
Friday, September 09, 2005

UK will allow research on three-way embryos

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The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has already approved research that would involve human cloning for non-repr...
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Deja vu in Kansas

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In an effort to prosecute two clinics that provide abortions, Kansas attorney general Phil Kline has subpoenaed the medical records of 90 wo...

Rapex: The new chastity belt?

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Rapex is an anti-rape device that is like a female condom made of latex but with shafts of sharp barbs. If a woman is wearing it and is vag...
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Poverty, Principlism in Bioethics, and Katrina

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Most of us in the field of bioethics are familiar with the four principles oft used in bioethics: Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and...
Thursday, September 08, 2005

Blinding Me with Bad Science

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The folks who look out for bad science have a story in the Guardian online on how science usually makes the news. In popular media, scienc...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005

EPA research on pesticides: To Test or not to Test?

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No dilemma in bioethics is a simple one. The issue of pesticide research readily demonstrates that even characterizing a debate as “tw...
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Monday, September 05, 2005

Bioethics and Katrina

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A well known bioethicist and supporter of the WBP, Jonathan Moreno writes a provocative essay entitled " In the Wake of Katrina: Has ...
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