Many online journals are ready to publish bad research in exchange for a credit card number. That’s the conclusion of an elaborate sting carried out by Science, a leading mainline journal. The result should trouble doctors, patients, policymakers and anyone who has a stake in the integrity of science (and who doesn’t?).
Month: October 2013
Re-homing Adopted Children Damages Us All
By Kathy Brodsky,L.C.S.W.
The recent Huffington Post article on “Re-Homing” detailed the stories of several American families, who, after adopting children from overseas, found they could not parent them. Instead of …
Ethics Worry Over Genetic Engineering of Designer Babies
A U.S. company that has patented a method of creating “designer” babies has been slammed by Australian genetics experts as “dodgy”.
When It Comes to 1 Million Frozen Embryos, What is Ethical?
After having twins, Ford and his wife struggled to decide what to do with the two frozen embryos they still had “on ice.”
Next From Science’s Aladdin’s Lamp? Reversible Menopause
The 27 women who went through the study all had their menopause before they were 30. Researchers, having fragmented their ovaries, managed to switch off the trigger that made the eggs dormant. The first baby to result from the treatment was born in Japan this week.
Report from the Gay Women’s Gathering in Miami Beach
By Ken Mosesian
It was a dark and stormy night. No, really, it was a dark and stormy night! The Gay Women’s Gathering in Miami Beach was still about half an hour from beginning, and already many of the women were arriving at the Miami …
Report from the Gay Women’s Gathering in Miami Beach
By Ken Mosesian
It was a dark and stormy night. No, really, it was a dark and stormy night! The Gay Women’s Gathering in Miami Beach was still about half an hour from beginning, and already many of the women were arriving at the Miami …
Colorado Anti-Choice Activists Submit Enough Signatures to Put ‘Fetal Homicide’ Measure on 2014 Ballot
Activists led by Personhood USA submitted 139,650 signatures Monday to Colorado’s Secretary of State, over 50,000 signatures more than required to put their “fetal homicide” amendment on the 2014 election ballot.
Glowing Sperm Go Head to Head in Fight to Be the Daddy
Females of promiscuous species – like the fly pictured here and many others, including our own – often mate with more than one male. As a result, the ejaculate of different males mix in the reproductive tract and the sperm cells compete to fertilise the female
Hormone Therapy Not for Disease Prevention: Study
Hormone therapy may help some women manage hot flashes during menopause. But it should not be used to prevent conditions like heart disease and dementia, a new study confirms.