Friday, August 31, 2007

What happens when the virtual and real worlds collide?

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Will Combining Second Life and Google Earth result in a world wide simulation? From MIT's Technology Review: "A thunderhead towers...
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Associated Press Examines Reaction of People Allegedly Forced To Undergo Abortions, Sterilizations in China

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The Associated Press on Tuesday examined the increasing number of "ordinary citizens" who are "speaking out" about the C...
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Ob-Gyns warn against 'designer vaginas'

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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday is expected to release a warning against vaginal rejuvenation , a procedu...

Quote of the Day - Aug 31, 2007

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Another quick and drive-by post: "Some people use cynicism to evade moral responsibility. If you can convince yourself that everyone be...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Duke's New Dean of Medicine

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And in a quick and dirty drive by post, I just wanted to point out that Duke has named Nancy C. Andrews, M.D., Ph.D. the new Dean of Medicin...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Estrogen and Hydrogen Sulfite on the Battlefield

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It hard to imagine anything of good consequence emerging from a war, but life-saving techniques and technologies are one of those good thing...

A disparity of priorities

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Bioethics Blog brings up the possibility of a future "obesity vaccine." I can't help but feel a burning cynicism as I predict ...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Shutting the Door on Open-Access Journals?

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An interest group called "PRISM" is attacking the growing trend of making research papers freely available to the public through ...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Obesity in the News, part two (or 'Can Fat Be Fit?')

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In light of Kelly's earlier pos t about the media's obsession with obesity being more epidemic than obesity itself, I thought it was...

Is Your Brain Hooked on Chocolate?

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From Scientific American: "Neuroimaging reveals a shared basis for chocoholia and drug addiction... Mounting evidence shows that compul...

Better Bonding Through Viagra?

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(a follow-up to the earlier post on oxytocin ) Reuters reports that erectile-dysfunction drugs may increase oxytocin levels in men, promotin...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

When a child won't eat

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NYT reports on treatments for children with "feeding disorders". Excerpt: There are only nine programs in the country designed to ...

Sex Determination Tests in India Fueling Rise in Sex-Selective Abortions

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The widespread use of tests to determine the sex of a fetus in India are fueling an increase in sex-selective abortion, government officials...
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USPTO Accepts Challenge on Legality of Animal Patent

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[Cross-posted from AAVS.org website] Advocacy Groups Applaud Move that Could Open Debate on Patenting Animals The United States Patent and T...
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Monday, August 20, 2007

Update on the Abigail Alliance case

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Several newspapers recently featured opinion pieces addressing a decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columb...

Better Mothering Through Oxytocin?

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Oxytocin may attain more visibility in both hormonal and behavioral therapy in the near future, following a recently released essay discussi...
Friday, August 17, 2007

Cancellation of a Clinical Trial: Has An Injustice Been Done to Women?

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The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined the reasoning behind the National Cancer Institute 's decision in June to cancel a five-yea...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat

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A friend and colleague passed this on to me, from the New England Journal of Medicine, written by David M. Dosa, MD, MPH and I thought it wa...

All The World's A Stage , Holograph , er, Simulation

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The search for a unifying theory of the universe has led to a plethora of fascinating concepts -- string theory , The Holographic Universe, ...

Medical vs Surgical Abortions: No Greater Physical Risk for Future Pregnancies

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According to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday, researchers found no evidence that a previous medical ab...