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Monday, January 29, 2007

Some articles we're looking at today

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The weekend and this morning is just chock full of interesting bioethics news tidbits, so we thought we give you a sampling of these: World...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

If not the FDA, who?

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Brought to our attention by R. Alta Charo: January 24, 2007 FDA: Embryo Broker Not Our Problem By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:46 p.m. ET...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

The Agony and the Ecstasy -- Part Three

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We posted about the use of MDMA (a/k/a Ecstasy) a few times before , but it is worth mentioning again, as it being considered as a prescript...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

How 'bout that spiffy new ASBH logo?

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You might have noticed the splendiferous new logo of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Cool, huh? Sure, it replaces the ear...
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Monday, January 22, 2007

Altruism and the Brain

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"Are you a giver? Brain scan tells the truth." Or so the headline of a recent MSNBC.com article on altruism and the brain declares...

"The Heart Truth"

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I recently received an email asking us to help promote National Wear Red Day (February 2, 2007) which is part of the National Heart, Lung a...

The Ethics of Convenience

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We are in the midst of Bears mania here in Chicago and while most of the excitement is focused on the actual football team, this story has b...
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Direct to Consumer Advertising Showdown

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Drug advertising aimed at consumers, a fast-growing category that reached $4.5 billion last year, will face hard scrutiny in the new Congres...

One Nation, with liberty and justice, perhaps healthcare coverage, for all

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From the Washington Post this morning: Universal Health Coverage Attracts New Support: Onetime Foes Become Unlikely Advocates, Citing R...

Teenage pregnancy myth dismissed

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From the BBC: The perception that teenage girls with unwanted pregnancies have been less careful about contraception than older women has b...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

The Anniversary of Roe vs Wade and Abortion Under Attack

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In light of upcoming anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, I thought it was fitting that I had the pleasure and opportunity of interviewing Krista J...
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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Virginia considers requiring girls to get HPV vaccine

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A bill has been introduced in Virginia that would require girls to receive their first vaccination against HPV prior to their entry into mid...
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Friday, January 19, 2007

Jobs of the Future (that will require ethics training?)

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An interesting article in the Globe and Mail asks how these jobs would look on your business card: Bioaesthetic coach Experience designer ...
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Change in prenatal Down syndrome screening recommendations

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently issued new guidelines regarding prenatal screening. The new recomme...
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

The Call for Genetic Privacy

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 — President Bush on Wednesday urged Congress to pass long-stalled legislation to safeguard genetic privacy, a measure ex...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Bioethics and Women: Across the Life Span

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It's a snow day in Seattle (three whole inches!) so all my meetings were cancelled. This unexpected gift of time gave me the opportuni...
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If I Only Had a Brain

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Reproductive technologies seem to be getting all the press these days: from designer/deformer babies, made-to-order embryos, to womb transfe...

First U.S. Uterus Transplant Planned -- Is the Risk Justified?

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From the Washington Post: Uterus Transplant may enable Pregnancy -- A New York hospital is taking steps to offer the nation's first ut...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007

A Taste of US Family Life, A Tale of International Heartache

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We've been talking about Chinese adoptions lately, and the new guidelines China has put in place. Today, the New York Times has a heart...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

And I thought the MegaMillions Lottery was bad enough ...

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An interesting article appeared on the BBC website yesterday (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6243705.stm). An association of British plas...
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