tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57112153338663592612012-01-28T20:04:25.609-05:00I'm very proud of my University of Vermont students -- they love challenges and bring an exceptionally environmentally conscious viewpoint and practicality to the ongoing discussions in bioethics. Here's a virtual 'fireside' chat for my University of Vermont students.Linda MacDonald Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-59875991551699579372007-09-06T16:14:00.000-04:002007-09-06T16:16:19.430-04:00

[Cross-posted from blog.bioethics.net]:After what it calls "a series of detailed deliberative sessions", Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority gave the go ahead Wednesday for the creation of embryos that would contain both human and animal cells. Such research is banned in Canada and President Bush has called for it to be forbidden in the US*. Here's more from HEFA's statement:

Linda MacDonald Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-60147508426319136452007-05-09T18:12:00.000-04:002007-05-09T18:14:14.340-04:00

When I first heard about male pregnancy I didn’t even think it was true. The first thought I had was of Arnold Schwarzenegger or bizarre, far-fetched predications about how strange the world will be by in, say, 2275. After researching on the internet and reading articles on various websites, I discovered that it’s not only possible, it’s happening right now. I have tried to keep an open mind

Hannahnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-16850826432621690222007-05-09T17:06:00.000-04:002007-05-09T17:08:10.060-04:00

-Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. Another similiar word for it would be assistant suicid. Assistant suicide is when someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life with the intention that they will be used for this purpose. When it is a doctor who helps another

ethics12noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-21710792851874131702007-05-09T15:57:00.000-04:002007-05-09T16:03:52.046-04:00

The topic of male pregnancy is such a hard concept to grasp for both genders. Then there’s the issue of how to define the term, male pregnancy; does that mean you have to be born 100% male for it to be considered a male pregnancy or a woman who went under incision to become a man? Although a bisexual transman was originally a woman and still has the physiology of a woman after the surgery, would

Diemnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-66475449318304310832007-05-08T16:17:00.000-04:002007-05-08T16:19:38.302-04:00

This month, February 2007, the governor of Texas, Rick Perry, passed down and executive gubernatorial order that eleven and twelve year old girls in the state of Texas must receive a vaccination for the human papilloma virus, also known as HPV. HPV is a virus that is transmitted through sexual activity. Studies have also shown that HPV can cause cervical cancer in women. There are different

andrew pandolphnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-30287993472010884712007-05-08T16:13:00.000-04:002007-05-08T16:20:37.358-04:00

Immunization is requiring in the United State for every school and job, especially jobs in the medical field. It is required for every child to get vaccine shots since they were little to prevent nasty disease like Hepatitis, Polio, and Pneumonococcal infection, etc. But is vaccination needed for children to get into school or is it really the parents’ choice? I think it is the parents

Giangnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-88025106936885705122007-05-08T12:50:00.000-04:002007-05-08T13:17:50.355-04:00

Xenotransplantation is the transportation of cells, tissues, or organs from one species to the other. This procedure could save lives...but is surrounded with controversy. We haven't seen a lot of this happening, for example heart transplants from a pig to a human. The medical community has to be cautious when putting other peoples lives at risk, especially if they are going to rely on an animal

Ross Orrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-35342926189242482732007-05-08T12:49:00.000-04:002007-05-08T12:52:16.909-04:00

Imagine seeing the world from half your height. Your whole life you have played lacrosse, whined about the gym, swam in the cold Atlantic waves in summer. And then one day you wake up from a long but routine back surgery to find that you can no longer move your legs. As you recover from the grogginess of anesthesia, the doctors kindly explain that by having this posture-correcting surgery, you

libby714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-28047643006140863122007-05-07T16:36:00.001-04:002007-05-07T16:38:23.927-04:00

I am very interested in organ donation. When we talked about in class it peaked my interest, if you will. However, it is difficult for me to understand why anyone would be against this. (Peoples families, loved ones, etc.) In the situation that people have displayed their consent towards it, organ donation and 'surgery' to insert the organ is awesome. Especially in the case when it can save

Kyrie Jay Weissnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-35251021584093376162007-05-07T11:32:00.000-04:002007-05-07T11:35:43.197-04:00

Female pregnancy is a very natural thing. Male pregnancy on the other hand is not something that should normally happen. "Male pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by the male of any species inside their bodies," a definition from wikipedia. A man can only become pregnant by having an ectopic pregnancy. An embryo and placenta are implanted into the abdominal cavity just

Kelly Vnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-84460957186190181142007-05-04T20:18:00.000-04:002007-05-04T20:21:21.715-04:00

I am always interested in knowing the difference between spirituality and religion. Many questions can be raised concerning this topic: How much are religion and spirituality linked together? Can we really draw the exact and neat differences between both? Why do some of us feel more spiritual or religious than others? Why we believe and what we believe? Obviously these questions can’t have

Sarah Akikinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-67274133710082362002007-05-03T12:39:00.000-04:002007-05-03T12:41:30.380-04:00

I was born with my mother’s wide nose, my father’s small eyes, and my grandmother’s thin lips. It’s my face, thought, and it makes me look like me. I also have my grandfather’s skin. You can tell by looking at me that I burn easily and, will never have a flawless complexion. Although I know that people know this about me by looking at me, I accept myself the way I am, and it is my hope that

Ann Corrigannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-78868951637371964442007-05-02T18:24:00.000-04:002007-05-02T18:29:23.349-04:00

Euthanasia A great fear that exists in many people is that they are going to die a horrible and painful death. However, if the need were to arise there is an alternate treatment, euthanasia. The definition of euthanasia stems from the Greek words eu meaning good and thanatos meaning death. If the definition of

Colby Hillnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-11863225332845487962007-05-01T20:19:00.000-04:002007-05-01T20:28:31.491-04:00

Recently in Vermont there has been quite the ethical debate over physician assisted suicide. That is, a practice in which the physician provides a patient with a lethal dose of medication, upon the patient's request, which the patient intends to use to end his or her own life. Well, in my opinion, I believe there is a better way to leave this earth when one is chronically ill. Currently, if

Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-81733187671239339082007-05-01T20:14:00.000-04:002007-05-01T20:15:16.185-04:00

The Human Papilloma Virus, better known as HPV, is a common sexually transmitted disease. It has been estimated that approximately 70 percent of woman will be infected with one form of HPV in their life. Other than the usual visual outbreaks of HPV (which include warts or “papilomas”), this virus is also the cause of 90 percent of cervical cancers. Cervical cancer is second most common cancer

Georgenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-43856918160114724252007-05-01T14:51:00.000-04:002007-05-01T15:04:57.323-04:00

Male Pregnancy There are many speculations about male pregnancy, yet to this date none of them have been proven true. However, there is one website that actually claims that they have produced a pregnant male. His name is Mr. Lee Mingwei, he and his group of producers are very talented artists. The pregnancy is thought possible because female organs and hormones were placed within the

cbracenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-15301864813873844692007-05-01T14:06:00.001-04:002007-05-01T14:16:26.780-04:00

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/11/30/off_the_job_smoker_sues_over_firing/?page=2 In November of last year The Scotts Co. was involved in a controversial firing of one of its employees based on the fact that he was a smoker. Scott Rodrigues’ employment with the company was terminated after they found extremely high levels of nicotine in his urine during a drug test. The

Ashley Seamansnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-85185370099120468212007-05-01T14:06:00.000-04:002007-05-01T14:08:38.016-04:00

Recently I had the opportunity to watch “Skin Deep,” a program that was aired on the Discovery Channel in 1999. The show was about Michael Morris, a three year old boy with Down syndrome. Michael’s parents decided to have him undergo facial reconstruction in order to “normalize” the appearance of his face. The program captured the family before, during, and after the surgery.

Ally Reillynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-83845604373111100932007-04-30T23:04:00.000-04:002007-04-30T23:08:00.788-04:00

During an in class presentation, a representative from Fletcher Allen talked about spirituality in health care. Or rather, it was the lack of spirituality in health care. Statistics presented during this class lecture said that while the overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God, only about 2/3 of their physicians do. This presents a staggering disparity in the beliefs of the people

lkissocknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-21786728258943710812007-04-30T17:12:00.000-04:002007-04-30T17:14:48.209-04:00

Drugs are a Dime a Dozen…by Amy LaCroix We’ve all seen them, one TV advertisement after another for newly available drugs for every “syndrome” and “disorder” imaginable, ranging from ‘Restless Leg Syndrome’ to ‘Idiopathic Short Stature Disorder’. Nowadays, flipping on the television is becoming less and less about the entertainment and more of a review of what hot new medications we

Amy LaCroixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-24992273132649514382007-04-30T14:51:00.000-04:002007-04-30T14:55:16.457-04:00

Its official, obesity is genetic. The gene, known as FTO, was recently discovered by scientists at Oxford University after several years of research.In an article published on ScienceDaily.com titled “Eat to Live: Obesity’s officially genetic,” the research leading to the discovery of FTO is revealed. Scientists compared 2,000 genomes of people with type 2 diabetes to 3,000 genomes of health

Second Grade Newsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-37166848014253992362007-03-20T13:53:00.000-04:002007-03-20T13:56:00.514-04:00

Stem Cell Implantation Equals Delivering Essentially Acquired Treatment to Promote Healing Not DEATH By: Ashley Gagne “You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person I’ll guarantee you’ll win,” (Patch Adams). In the health care system it seems as if people are more focused on not stepping over the boundaries then they are on treating their patients, and by doing

Ashley Lynnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-9726370514293608952007-03-20T13:05:00.000-04:002007-03-20T13:08:09.341-04:00

“But Moooooom I hate shots and I don’t plan on having sex- I’m only thirteen. What kind of person do you think I am!” My daughter, Isabella, was screaming and protesting, obviously insulted. Ah, to be that young and naïve again I thought to myself as I pointed toward the door and told her we were going whether she wanted to or not. It’s never easy talking to your young children about sex and all

edilillonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-4986166890421595282007-02-28T13:10:00.000-05:002007-02-28T13:12:39.450-05:00

Reading through Life Choices: A Hastings Center Introduction to Bioethics, I came across a mention of patients being compensated for donating organs or other body tissue; an organ market if you like. Part of the reasoning behind this seemed to be companies were making money off of removed tissue from patients. These patients were then filing lawsuits claiming that part of the profit should go to

JGallinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-69298008810818781512007-02-28T10:18:00.000-05:002007-03-07T22:04:56.966-05:00

In the winter of 2004, I was working for a local ski area, teaching young kids how to ski. It was one of the best jobs I had ever had. I worked with a special organization, the Bromley Outing Club, who specialized in coaching ski racing, snowboard racing, and freestyle skiing. A small branch of this organization that not many people know about is their adaptive sports program. This allowed

Amanda Amedennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-45121711075898152972007-02-25T23:52:00.000-05:002007-02-25T23:57:59.771-05:00

Cervical cancer is the world's second leading cancer in women. For the first time women and girls have the chance to prevent a cancer. The establishment of the new STD vaccine for cervical cancer, known as Gardasil, has led to at least 18 states debating whether to give the vaccine to young school girls age 11 or 12 before they enter in to the sixth grade. So far only Texas has added Gardasil as

sweba zangwionoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-19700676459710783202007-02-20T14:06:00.000-05:002007-02-20T14:08:35.113-05:00

I recently watched a three part series, 2057, that was on the Discovery Channel. The series makes an educated projection on what life will most likely be like for in 50 years. The predictions are based on current technological developments that for the most part need only to be refined and expanded slightly. Part one of the series titled The Body focuses on potential medical developments in the

Rob Orrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-20978774968737494722007-02-15T18:17:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:29:01.175-05:00

When I was in ninth grade a classmate said to me, "I hate you, you're so skinny". She may not have intended to be mean, but I heard, "I hate you because you are skinny and thus we can't be friends". That experience taught me that people are judgmental and that I needed to be careful about what I said around people who weighed more than me. I don't understand why society dictates that thin is

ewhitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711215333866359261.post-84695043385844541102007-02-14T10:40:00.000-05:002007-02-14T10:44:45.222-05:00

A new answer for infertile women may be soon on its way as the first womb transplant inthe United States may take place later this year. The idea of a womb transplant isnothing new; research has been conducted for several years, including successful labexperiments on mice born from transplanted wombs. Saudi Arabia in the year 2000 made an attempt at a womb transplant, but complications arose.

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