We can improve the lives of people living with dementia, beginning with using better narratives to talk about the condition. The post What We Talk About When We Talk About Dementia appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
“Don’t take Tylenol,” President Trump told pregnant women last week. Despite his claims, there is no evidence that Tylenol taken during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual... The post Better Safe than Sorry? Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Ethics appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
As the federal public health apparatus has been drawn into overt politics, states have begun, by necessity, asserting greater authority over immunization policy. The post When Science Splinters: Vaccine Federalism and the Erosion of National Standards appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
One of the Trump administration's latest targets is children's mental health services. Recently, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Health and Human| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
In my family, we know why avoiding infectious disease is important, but my father’s home state of Florida has taken a different approach: Florida’s Surgeon General wants to remove vaccine mandates for children and adults.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Bioethics has been a key beneficiary, even an exemplary product of the post-World War II international order, which is now undergoing an accelerated dissolution. The post Putin, Xi, and Me: Bioethics in the New World Order appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Maggie is a 25-year-old woman with a mutation in a gene that is essential for clearing toxic products of protein breakdown—chiefly ammonia. The condition is called ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency.... The post Choosing What to Believe in the Face of Illness appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
There are crucial questions about what causes autism and how to prevent and address it.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
If there is one thing that characterizes good history, it is transparency. Even if one objects to the intense focus on acknowledging diversity, equity, and inclusion over the past several years, erasing what you may not agree with is not the answer. The post Let’s Not Erase the History of Medical Ethics appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
His refusal did not appear to reflect a deeply held opposition to treatment but rather discomfort and distrust in the healthcare system. The post He Said, “I Want to Live.” But He Refused Care appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
“Humans grow and evolve using science and technology,” Hiroshi Ishiguro remarked. “That is what makes us human. I believe it is the responsibility of people today to create and design our own future.” When asked about the role of his android robots he has replied, “Companions.”| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means," Inigo Montoya to Vizzini in The Princess Bride Imagine this scenario: You are| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
The news that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. cancelled the July 10 meeting of the United States Preventive Services Task| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Recent reports reveal that the U.S. government is systematically collecting DNA from migrant children, some as young as 4 years old, and storing it| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company, announced that it has achieved a scientific first -- bringing back an extinct animal: the dire wolf. Crucial questions emerge about scientific hubris, playing God with cool new technological toys, and more.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
My brother-in-law Mark died a couple of weeks ago. He had struggled with schizophrenia for over 45 years, so at age 64 1/2, he had exceeded the average| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Patients who are members of marginalized groups—women, Black people, trans people, elderly people, disabled people—are often dismissed, minimized, or altogether ignored by health care professionals. Over time, this can lead to gaslighting in which patients question their thoughts, feelings, symptoms, even themselves.| The Hastings Center
Today’s wars kill far more civilians than soldiers. Bioethics must address war not just as an individual tragedy but as a public health disaster.| The Hastings Center
Was this experiment ethically problematic? Or was it a useful study involving common practices on Twitter?| The Hastings Center
The National Research Act was a landmark in research ethics oversight. But it needs to be updated for modern times, including research with biospecimens, AI, and xenotransplantation.| The Hastings Center
Hugh Culber is talking to his abuela, asking why her mofongo always came out better than his even though he is using her recipe. She replies that it never| The Hastings Center
Dualists rejoice! That much-maligned ontology got a new lease on life recently with vividly contrasting cases involving Scarlett Johannsen’s voice and Elon Musk’s brain.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
The more time passes, the more Nixon looks like a strange, unlikely political ally.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Some people advocate giving Alzheimer's disease drugs to people with normal cognitive function who have elevated amyloid levels in their brains. This is not only wrong, but dangerous.| The Hastings Center
Despite its intended use as a treatment of last resort, some patients can remain on ECMO for weeks or months. And some are awake, alert, and capable of medical decision-making. RD was one such patient.| The Hastings Center
