A recent article by Madeline Ostrander in the New Yorker describes research that examines “what poverty does to the young brain.” One major focus of her article is a recent study that found a link between socioeconomic factors and brain … Continue reading
Recently, Truthout published an article by Jeff Ritterman, M.D., about the impact of misdirected nutritional advice on our nation’s health. According to Ritterman, U.S. dietary guidelines formulated in the late 70’s that directed Americans to limit intake of fats, and … Continue reading
Peter Singer at Salon on factory farming. There is no feminist dimension to the piece, but it does nicely tie together the bioethical themes of food and climate to be featured in upcoming issues of IJFAB. There You must make sure … Continue reading
Branded as “The Little Pink Pill” and “Female Viagra,” flibanserin, Sprout Pharmaceuticals’ only drug, was recently resubmitted to the Food and Drug Administration for approval for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), a questionable condition promoted by pharmaceutical companies to sell … Continue reading
…and the results are truly quite wonderful. You can learn more about Professor Dreger (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University) at her Aside from improving sex drive in men, it is also recommended for those who can’t or do not … Continue reading
The LSE half-day discussing Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century and the implications of rising inequality for politics and policy closed with a focus on local social policy dimensions and global politics. This is the last of four blog posts … Continue reading
What does the Occupy Wall Street slogan of the 99% and the 1% have to do with bioethics? I have just worked through edits with Kate Caras, our senior managing editor at IJFAB, of my review essay, “Piketty and the … Continue reading
In celebration of the 20th year of its Bioethics Programme, UNESCO has published an edited anthology, Global Bioethics: What For? It is freely available in its entirely online and features short essays by IJFAB advisory board member and one-time guest-contributor Daniel Callahan as … Continue reading
One analysis claimed that in 2013 nine out of the top ten drug makers spent more on marketing than they did on research. Drug companies are a bit like high-school boyfriends: they’re much more concerned with getting inside you And the popular … Continue reading
In a recent New York Times op-ed, Saad Omer, an associate professor of global health, epidemiology, and pediatrics at Emory University, suggested several reasonable measures to “nudge” vaccines skeptics into vaccinating their children. “We should borrow a concept from behavioral … Continue reading
Guest post by Melinda Hall (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stetson University) In “Human Engineering and Climate Change,” bioethicists S. Matthew Liao, Anders Sandberg, and Rebecca Roache argue that anthropogenic climate change is one of the biggest problems humans face as we move … Continue reading
The reader is forgiven for some small disappointment in learning that I am not going to definitively answer the question in the title of this piece. The scope of a blog entry simply can’t handle it. However, I will consider … Continue reading