Wednesday, January 07, 2009

No Monkeys Allowed?: Limitations on Service Animals

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Those of you familiar with my writings know that interconnectedness of us and all other creatures with which we share the planet is one of m...
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Friday, January 02, 2009

This Looks Familiar...

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Perhaps, sometimes, at the long end of a night spent counting sheep in a futile effort to get to sleep, your mind wanders from sheep to Doll...
Monday, December 29, 2008

The Year in Medicine, from Time

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A Synopsis of The Year in Medicine 2008: From A to Z The financial world blew itself up, the political world turned upside down, but in 2008...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

From Across the Pond, along with Mary Poppins, Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin!

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[Hat tip to Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge blog , for bringing this Amateur Transplants masterpiece to our attention and with al...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

On Ending Periods...

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American Journal of Bioethics' Editor-in-Chief Glenn McGee writes a thoughtful, fascinating. and provocative column on human nature and ...
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On Youth, Beauty, and Lipodiesel.

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An odd configuration of stories, all with bioethical implications: Youth: COULD artificially raising levels of a key enzyme hold back the e...
Friday, December 26, 2008

Week in Review

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Whatever it is you may celebrate at this time of year, we at the Women’s Bioethics Project wish you a happy and healthy holiday! Here is our...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Top Ten Neuroscience Trends in 2009

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[Cross posted from Brainwaves.corante.com] Here are ten emerging areas of neuroscience that will impact the future of treatments for brain ...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Water Fluoridation in Burlington

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Greetings bioethics bloggers and thank you Linda for the invitation to post here. I have been a casual reader for some time now, but this ...

LIfe Imitating Art: Twenty seconds into the future

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I just had flashback to the eighties when I saw this headline: ...
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Dignity of a Person

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The Catholic Church released their Dignitatis Personae on Friday, which is an update of the 1987 Donum Vitae . Dignitatis Personae is the ...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

Engage with Grace about end-of-life wishes

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It's the holiday season, and many of us will be spending time with family and friends. At some point between the wassail bowl and the m...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

For Just a Dollar a Day...

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Could you feed yourself for a dollar a day? That's the question two social justice teachers in California asked themselves in September...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

On our nonprimate relatives...

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For those interested in animal personhood, there are two must-see Wired Science links: here and and here . It seems that canine cognitive ...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

NYTimes: The Evidence Gap. The Pain May Be Real, but the Scan is Deceiving

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Gina Kolata has an interesting piece in the NYTimes right now, looking at the gap in evidence between use of scanning technology like MRIs ...
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Sunday, December 07, 2008

Five Misconceptions About Health

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Here's a brief summary of an article Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel wrote for the Washington Post (reprinted in the Minneapolis S...
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10 Gift ideas for your favorite academic in bioethics.

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1. Motivational (or de-motivational, if you want to apply the precautionary principle) poster , to keep your priorities straight. 2. Motivat...
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Montana Ruling Legalizes Assisted Suicide

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Late Friday night, a Montana judge ruled that physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill is legal. According to Judge Dorothy McCart...
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Saturday, December 06, 2008

The Week in Review

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Embryo adoption reopens controversy . Back to the question of when does human life begin, and so what are our responsibilities toward all t...
Friday, December 05, 2008

The TOP 10 Medical/Bioethical Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen

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By Emily Stephens When I got the challenge to write a “Top Ten 2008’s Best…(something)” list, the film major in me cartwheeled, back flipped...