October 14, 2014
Clinical Pediatrics (Volume 53, No. 13, November 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Sexual media exposure, sexual behavior, and sexual violence victimization in adolescence” by Michele L. Ybarra, Victor C. Strasburger, and Kimberley J. Mitchell “Parental perception of … Read More
October 9, 2014
(Fox News) – Americans are living longer than ever before, according to a new government report filled mostly with good news. U.S. life expectancy inched up again and death rates fell. Rates also dropped or held steady for nearly all … Read More
September 23, 2014
(The Atlantic) – An African-American woman is almost five times likelier to have an abortion than a white woman, and a Latina more than twice as likely, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate of abortion … Read More
September 19, 2014
(The Economist) – GOFUNDME bills itself as a crowdfunding site where visitors can discover “Amazing Stories from Incredible People”. A swift scroll through the projects does yield some impressive stories—a special-needs teacher who got hit by a car trying to … Read More
September 17, 2014
(Nature) – Is race biologically real? A clutch of books published this year argue the question. All miss the point. Michael Yudell’s Race Unmasked and Robert Sussman’s The Myth of Race can be read as inadvertent retorts to former New … Read More
September 12, 2014
(North Coast Journal) – Last June, Golden Gate Bridge directors voted to fund 20-foot-wide “suicide nets” on each side of the bridge, at a cost of $76 million. Over 1,600 people have jumped to their deaths since the bridge was … Read More
September 11, 2014
(Cornell) – A patient’s race and ethnicity dramatically influence their preferences about the care they receive at the end of their lives, which in turn significantly affect the likelihood they will complete a do-not-resuscitate order (DNR), say a team of … Read More
August 25, 2014
(Journal of Women’s Health) – No prior study has empirically characterized the association between health risks and reading popular fiction depicting violence against women. Fifty Shades—a blockbuster fiction series—depicts pervasive violence against women, perpetuating a broader social narrative that normalizes … Read More
August 20, 2014
(The Telegraph) – Obvious Child is being described as an ‘abortion comedy’. It tells the story of 20-something Donna, who works in a bookshop and does stand-up comedy in her spare time. When she falls pregnant after a one-night stand … Read More
July 18, 2014
(New York Times) – Dr. Joep Lange, a leading AIDS researcher, is presumed dead in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was apparently shot down over Ukraine, according to a statement issued on Friday by the University of … Read More
July 17, 2014
(Wired) – Whether you find it exhilarating or terrifying (or both), progress in robotics and related fields like AI is raising new ethical quandaries and challenging legal codes that were created for a world in which a sharp line separates … Read More
July 16, 2014
(Slate) – I was about two-thirds of the way through my medium popcorn when the Stanley Tucci character in Transformers: Age of Extinction shouted defensively at one of the autobots, “I know you take the bioethical issues very seriously!” It … Read More
July 15, 2014
(Washington Post) – Last month, NBC found itself the target of criticism after reports surfaced that the network had declined a digital ad for the independent movie “Obvious Child,” which concerns a young woman’s decision to have an abortion, because … Read More
July 8, 2014
(ABC News) – One of the most dramatic scenes so far from the second season of ABC’s New York Med had nothing to do with gunshot wounds or heart transplants. It came when emergency room nurse Katie Duke was fired … Read More
June 20, 2014
(The Times Higher Education) – Was birth control a feminist issue? For anyone who reads this book, the conclusion will be a resounding yes. But social movements are complex. The birth control campaign included socialists, neo-Malthusians and eugenicists, many of … Read More
June 17, 2014
(World Magazine) – Abortion should not be confused with women’s healthcare, philanthropist Melinda Gates wrote on June 2 in a blog post applauded by pro-lifers around the world. Gates, a long-time supporter of international women’s health, wrote the comments following … Read More
June 13, 2014
(Time) – A paraplegic man in a state of the art brain-controlled body suit will make the first kick of the World Cup on Thursday in front of 1 billion people. Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian neuroscientist at Duke University, led … Read More
June 12, 2014
(Billboard) – A judge ruled Monday that Casey Kasem should be fed, hydrated and medicated while a court-appointed attorney evaluates the health of the ailing radio personality after his daughter moved to implement end-of-life measures. Kasem, who has dementia, was … Read More
June 9, 2014
(Stuff) – A couple with long-term links to euthanasia group Exit International have been found dead together in their home in the Wellington suburb of Eastbourne. The bodies of Eneka and Reinier Odinot, aged 89 and 90, were found by … Read More
June 4, 2014
(BBC) – With figures showing that many people around the world die painfully due to scarce access to morphine, the World Health Organization is calling for improvements to end of life care. But even when pain medication is available, the … Read More
June 2, 2014
(The Atlantic) – When I was a young geriatrician practicing in Baltimore, I operated under the light provided by my medical training, which prepared me to prevent or treat the health concerns affecting my patients. My training was invaluable, and … Read More
May 15, 2014
(ABC News) – A Brooklyn-based photographer is turning the lens on herself to transform a rare skin disorder into art. Ariana Page Russell has dermatographia, a condition that causes her skin to swell into puffy red welts with the slightest … Read More
May 12, 2014
(The Atlantic) – Hawking, along with MIT physics professor Max Tegmark, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, and Berkeley computer science professor Stuart Russell ran a terrifying op-ed a couple weeks ago in The Huffington Post under the staid headline “Transcending Complacency … Read More
May 5, 2014
(USA Today) – How people approach death and near-death experiences can vary widely among cultures. Belief systems affect whether a patient asks to die at home or in the hospital, whether an individual will make decisions about final care alone … Read More
April 25, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – A pair of bioethics experts have added “playwright” to their resumes in an effort to aid the genomics community in grappling with an onslaught of ethical issues as genomic science transitions to bedside healthcare, a decade after … Read More
