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Father’s age a factor in autism and schizophrenia
Or so new research in Nature and reported in the NY Times suggests. (The Nature discussion is very interesting, btw.) The report seems to me to have political dimensions that can pull us in very...
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Fat police refuted?
Our posts on accepting women’s bodies of all shapes and sizes will sometimes inspire the fat police to appear to denounce any acceptance of being overweight. So I’m very happy to say that the idea that...
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Pills to help poor children in poor schools
Suppose the problem really is in the environment, but you can medicate your child to help them cope. A lot of people may medicate themselves to help them through a bad situation. Facing an MRI in a...
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Do women need federal protection for their health care?
Now here’s some good material for the next presidential debate: In fact, Colorlines has a lot of columns about women in this issue; it’s well worth a good look.
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Sandra Jensen: Why she kicks ass
In a black and white photo, a woman stands outside by a table, microphone in hand. She has shoulder length straight hair and glasses. She is wearing a dress and sandals. She is smiling. I found this...
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Feminist bioethics blog
Check out this really interesting new blog from the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics.
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Men apply standard ethical questions to synthetic biology
A recent book on bioethics has all men contributor; it is edited by two men and the blurbs are all by men. See: Synthetic Biology and Morality: Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature (Basic...
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Beware the DNR order
This post is for those of us involved in caring for ourselves or others. (If you don’t give a sh*t about anyone, don’t read on.) It comes from a blog post by a highly credentialed physician and...
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CFP: feminist bioethics
FAB AFFINITY GROUP: Call for Papers In an ongoing effort to stimulate scholarship and encourage the growth of the field of feminist bioethics, the FAB Affinity Group would like to invite submissions...
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Brain scans reveal: babies can feel pain
One would have thought that it is completely obvious that babies can feel pain. Of course, it can be argued that there’s a gap between behavioural evidence and pain states. Still, isn’t that worry...
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