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09 Jan 14 : 32 | Art Caplan: And now for the dumbest divorce claim of 2009 Sounds like the start of a corny joke: your money or your wife? When I was a trial attorney (in a previous life), I had my fair share of rancorous divorce cases, but this one takes the cake:According to a Newsday article,when Dr. Richard Batista's wife needed a kidney, he gave her one of his (how... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog 8 hours ago |
07 Jan 06 : 51 | No Monkeys Allowed?: Limitations on Service Animals 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 my major themes. So, I was delighted to read Rebecca Skloot's story, Creature Comforts, in the NY Times about all types of service animals and how they help... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
29 Dec 10 : 51 | The Year in Medicine, from Time A Synopsis of The Year in Medicine 2008: From A to ZThe financial world blew itself up, the political world turned upside down, but in 2008 the world of medicine just kept chugging. In good times and bad, science doesn't sleep, and every year brings breakthroughs, setbacks, reasons for worry and... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
27 Dec 13 : 59 | On Ending Periods... American Journal of Bioethics' Editor-in-Chief Glenn McGee writes a thoughtful, fascinating. and provocative column on human nature and the end of periods in the Scientist today:"For decades, fertility research has successfully decoupled sex from reproduction, forever altering women's position and... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
28 Dec 11 : 00 | From Across the Pond, along with Mary Poppins,... [Hat tip to Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge blog, for bringing this Amateur Transplants masterpiece to our attention and with all apologies to all those who know have the Mary Poppins tune stuck in their heads.] And wishing you a very funny New Year! Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
26 Dec 04 : 43 | Week in Review 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 week in review:~ Rat embryonic stem cells created; genetically engineered rats should follow soon, providing new models of human disease.~ AAAS workshop... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
23 Dec 09 : 37 | Top Ten Neuroscience Trends in 2009 [Cross posted from Brainwaves.corante.com] Here are ten emerging areas of neuroscience that will impact the future of treatments for brain and nervous system which were published as a result of the cutting edge research being presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference held in Washington... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
15 Dec 06 : 10 | LIfe Imitating Art: Twenty seconds into the future I just had flashback to the eighties when I saw this headline: Dreams may no longer be secret with Japan computer screen.Does anyone else remember the Max Headroom episode entitled 'Dream Thieves.',... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
15 Dec 03 : 36 | Water Fluoridation in Burlington 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 will be my first contribution. For those who don't know me, my name is Kevin Hurley and you can read more about me here. I moved to Burlington about three... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
13 Dec 13 : 29 | The Dignity of a Person The Catholic Church released their Dignitatis Personae on Friday, which is an update of the 1987 Donum Vitae. Dignitatis Personae is the most up-to-date view of the Catholic Church on assisted reproductive technologies, and it spells out clearly what and why the Vatican approves (or in this case,... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
12 Dec 16 : 37 | Engage with Grace about end-of-life wishes 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 mistletoe, you might find yourself in a conversation about what matters to you and your loved ones. Perfect opening for this: the Engage with Grace project, a... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
12 Dec 00 : 44 | For Just a Dollar a Day... Could you feed yourself for a dollar a day? That's the question two social justice teachers in California asked themselves in September, and they blogged the month long results. This might not be news for a lot of people, since it seems like the couple received some pretty significant press. But I... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
11 Dec 03 : 13 | On our nonprimate relatives... For those interested in animal personhood, there are two must-see Wired Science links: here and and here. It seems that canine cognitive scientists at the Clever Dog Lab have demonstrated that dogs have a well-developed sense of fairness vis a vis unequal rewards for the same behaviour, leading to... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
09 Dec 17 : 24 | NYTimes: The Evidence Gap. The Pain May Be Real, but the Scan is Deceiving Gina Kolata has an interesting piece in the NYTimes right now, looking at the gap in evidence between use of scanning technology like MRIs and CAT scans to track down causes of pain, the discovery of a problem, and whether or not fixing the problem found via scan fixes the actual problem.This hits... Source : Women's Bioethics Blog |
