by Bandy X. Lee Is Donald Trump capable of protecting the interests of the United States? Is he capable of keeping the country safe without placing it in further danger? Is he capable of discharging the duties of his office? These are not comfortable questions to ask, but they are the most fundamental, and a growing number of mental health professionals and non-professionals are asking them. …
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by Olya Kudina and Lori Bruce Online social spaces maintain an increasing presence in our lives. Yearly, people upload around 1.2 trillion photos on social media and share personal stories and milestones through their social networks. It is fair to say that online communications are here to stay. The #10YearChallenge is a recent manifestation of photo-sharing across social networks. The challenge purportedly started as an initiative to post two photos of the same person with ten years’ difference between the images.…
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#Bioethics News: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals last Monday asking it to justify its decision to charge $375,000 annually for a medication that for years has been available to patients for free. Read more here - https://t.co/hius07VGrP
#Bioethics News: The average person would spend 76 working days reading all of the digital privacy policies they agree to in the span of a year... If no one reads the terms and conditions, how can they continue to be the legal backbone of the internet? https://t.co/E2dEPbrmBx
#Bioethics News: A decision by #FamilyTreeDNA, a prominent consumer DNA-testing company, to share data with federal law enforcement means investigators have access to genetic information linked to hundreds of millions of people https://t.co/ohnSsWcbdL
#Bioethics News: “FDA-approved” does not mean “clinically useful.” #23andMe relies on simpler technology than tests at your doctor’s office. As a result, the company’s tests can't tell you much about your actual risk of developing the diseases in question https://t.co/u0zn6d9nwq
#Bioethics News: Chinese Bioethicists Respond to the Case of He Jiankui - the scientist who created the world’s first gene-edited babies. See more at @hastingscenter here - https://t.co/xv8xDQ3rQK
