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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Jumping Rope with Abe Lincoln and a Groundhog

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We've all seen the commercials and print ads for Rozerem, and you must admit how clever you think they are. Also, we've probably all...
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Surrogates from India, the WBP and the Huffington Post

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Our founding director, Kathryn Hinsch is quoted on the Beth Kohl's Huffington Post blog , voicing her concern over the exploitation of w...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

"Tell Me What You Don't Like About Yourself"

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This catch phrase, is the opening line to the controversial TV drama " Nip/Tuck ” that sums up the plastic surgery clinic’s attitude to...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Racial disparity among breast cancer patients

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A blue ribbon panel in Chicago released a report yesterday outlining recommendations to help decrease health disparities, after it was found...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Stem Cell and MS: What's at Stake?

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Embryonic stem cell transplants show promise for multiple sclerosis patients. Some reports even suggest that the procedure can halt the dise...

Not a 'Good News' Day

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This morning's news has two disturbing items: First, from the Washington Post: Researchers have had to shut a South African AIDS vaccine...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Says She Does Not Believe Roe v. Wade Will Be Overturned

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sunday during a speech at Ahavath Achim synagogue in Atlanta said that she does not believe th...

Sex and Marriage with Robots?

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One of my students sent me a link to this article on a grad student doing a thesis on "Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partner...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Today's Site of the Day: Boomers put Old on Hold

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From the Washington Post, the provocative Replaceable You: As the tail end of the enormous 78 million-member baby boom generation enters m...

Neuroethics galore at ASBH

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Just back from the ASBH meeting in Washington, D.C., it was a fantastic meeting and neuroethics played a very prominent role in the panel pr...
Friday, October 19, 2007

Misogyny Beyond Movies?

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While the allegations of Warner Brothers studio President of Production Jeff Robinov stating that “We are no longer doing movies with women ...

An Aspirin a Day May Not Keep the Doctor Away

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A new study out of the University of British Columbia’s cardiovascular center is causing a bit of controversy. Seems they analyzed aspirin...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Women's Health Care Unsatisfactory Nationwide, National Women's Law Center Report Card Says

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Women's health care in the U.S. is unsatisfactory overall, according to a report card on the state of women's health released Wednes...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

More than Pens and Pizza

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Reduced salaries, perceived diminished social status due to the entry of minorities, foreign trained doctors, and women into the field, lack...

Legal Rights for Embryos?

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Attorney and reproductive rights expert Jessica Arons has written a compelling analysis of a bizarre piece of legislation granting individu...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Whose Organs are They Anyway...?

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The shortage of available and viable organs for transplant both in the U.S., and across the globe, is at a critical mass stage. We're a...
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Deinstitutionalisation, Institution, Psychiatric

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Last night, at about 0-dark-30 hours, on a PBS station, I observed a show documenting the life of a mentally retarded 18 to 19 year old. App...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Abortions Decline With Access to Contraception

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[Cross-posted from the American Journal of Bioethics blog... ] In what my friend Mickey would call "whattya know, water is wet" n...
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Is that a pistol, or are you just happy to be seen?

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A new airport scanner provokes controversy due to explicit viewing of passengers. CNN Article. AP Article (via Google). I have concerns abou...
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Returning to Ashley

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There are two stories of note that follow on the Ashley growth attenuation surgery case. The lead physician, Dr. Daniel Gunther, died of car...
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