In this moving commencement address, Lucila Hanane Takjerad reminds us how dependent we are on small acts of generosity and kindness Erectile dysfunction is said to be a solemn disorder which becomes even worse by the course of time if … Continue reading
As the second largest Ebola outbreak rages on in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization warns that large-scale outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola may be the new normal. The Democratic Republic of Congo has seen over … Continue reading
Merette Khalil, an Egyptian doula, has spoken out regarding an epidemic of obstetric violence in Egypt’s maternal health system. Khalil cites existing scientific literature which describes obstetric violence as ranging “from the denial of the comfort of a companion of … Continue reading
Big changes to the World Health Organization’s global manual of diagnoses will no longer classify transgender health issues as mental and behavioral disorders. The new version instead discusses issues of “gender incongruence” in a chapter on sexual health. Photo courtesy … Continue reading
James Sheridan Wood 1931-2019 Died peacefully in hospice May 22, 2019 after a long struggle by his family to get him end-of-life care in the U.S. health care system. I wish I could write about the spiritual and emotional meaningfulness … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog entry comes to us from Heather Stewart, M.A. Stewart is a Ph.D. candidate at Western University and is a member of the Time to Attach Research Team. Here, she speaks about the feminist bioethics issue of … Continue reading
After using computer modeling to predict how many cases could occur, Italian researchers from the Bruno Kessler Foundation and Bocconi University believe that voluntary vaccination programs will not be sufficient to contain outbreaks in the years to come. Concerns were … Continue reading
A recent large scale analysis of worldwide population data suggests sex-selective abortions have led to at least 23 million fewer girls being born, mainly in China and India. Sons are valued over daughters in many societies, for both social and … Continue reading
Sally Cheshire, the chairwoman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), a UK fertility watchdog group, has warned that private IVF clinics are using “selective success rates” to target older women. While the chances of successfully conceiving with IVF … Continue reading
A baby boy has been born in Greece as the result of an experimental form of in-vitro fertilization that uses an egg from the mother, sperm from the father, and another egg from a donor woman. The mitochondria–the small compartments … Continue reading
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Human Rights Watch suggests Venezuela is in the midst of a major health emergency. While the crisis began two years after the economic crisis in 2010, it … Continue reading
It’s not only in Afghanistan or the Middle East that dress codes are used to reinforce traditional gender roles and the subjugation of women and girls. This recent article in the Washington Post reports on the successful suit of three … Continue reading
