May 20, 2020
(Fortune) – Breast implants have long been a punch line, mocked as frivolous markers of female vanity. But that dismissive attitude overlooks a business with a serious and sometimes deadly impact on the health of its overwhelmingly female customer base. … Read More
April 1, 2020
The New Bioethics (vol. 25, no. 4, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Why Human Enhancement is Necessary for Successful Human Deep-space Missions” by Konrad Szocik and Martin Braddock Should Long-Term Follow-up Post-Mitochondrial Replacement be Left up … Read More
March 30, 2020
(Newsweek) – Scientists have taken cells from a 114-year-old and reprogrammed them to be stem cells, effectively resetting the age to zero. The experiment could open the door to new fields of research relating to the aging process, researchers say. … Read More
March 24, 2020
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 29, no. 1, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “In Memoriam. Dan Callahan: Writing a Life in Bioethics” by Joseph J. Fins “Xenia: Refugees, Displaced Persons and Reciprocity” by John Harris … Read More
March 2, 2020
(IOL) – Cape Town – In the not-too-distant future, babies will be made through science instead of sex and we will live in an age of genetically modified humans. According to American technology futurist and Hacking Darwin author Jamie Metzl, … Read More
February 14, 2020
(Vox) – In fact, drugs we ingest today for more prosaic purposes, like serotonin boosters used as antidepressants, are already shaping our relationships through their effects on our brains and bodies. You probably know about the risk of a dampened … Read More
February 14, 2020
(The Washington Post) – The use of Adderall, a drug often prescribed by doctors to treat patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or other substances that help people focus like Vyvanse and Ritalin, have long been associated with students … Read More
January 16, 2020
(The Atlantic) – The authors of the new book Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships really, really want readers to know they have not written a book promoting love potions—drugs that will hypnotize, brainwash, or otherwise ensnare people into … Read More
December 16, 2019
Dialog (vol. 57, no. 4, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Going against the Grain” by Shauna Hannan “Creative Surrender: How We Grow at the End of Life” by Jennifer Rake?Marona “Radical Life Extension, Cybernetic Immortality, and … Read More
December 16, 2019
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 44, no. 2, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “In Defense of Madness: The Problem of Disability” by Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed “Mapping Moral Injury: Comparing Discourses of Moral Harm” by … Read More
