Loneliness has become established as a structural and public health problem that hits adolescents particularly hard, a group where the incidence already exceeds that of people over 60. This article analyzes how exacerbated individualism and the weakening of the family [...]
This Friday, 21st March, is “World Down Syndrome Day”, an annual celebration introduced by the United Nations in 2012. The date 21/03 is highly symbolic, referring to the three copies of chromosome 21 related to Down syndrome. Its objective is to [...]
It is well known that Down syndrome (DS) is caused by alterations in chromosome 21, trisomy in the vast majority of cases. At the phenotypic level, it has multiple anatomical, physiological and neurofunctional manifestations, including intellectual disability. Due to its polygenic [...]
Application of euthanasia in patients with depression, the sinister face of an unacceptable practice
In line with the news that we learned in 2022 about the death by euthanasia of the young Belgian girl Shanti DeConte, who survived the attacks at the Brussels airport but fell into depression, we make our bioethical reflection on [...]
According to BusinessInsider, Seattle school boards have blamed some social networks like Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat for manipulating and abusing the vulnerable brains of young people, «hooking tens of millions of students across the country into positive feedback loops [...]
No matter how severe their disability is, people with intellectual disabilities have the same status as people who do not have intellectual disabilities and who need support to live a full life. Therefore, the recognition of the person with intellectual [...]
According to a study published in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, the drug Lamivudine could palliate some symptoms of people with Down syndrome such as hyperactivity, poor memory, attention problems or speech difficulties. The study, carried out by [...]
Good news for people affected by this chronic disease. A new avenue to find autism therapeutic treatment Not long ago, a treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was unthinkable, but recently great advances have been made in this regard. Perhaps [...]
Updated 9/14/2021 The term ageism was coined in the English language in 1969, and is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as “unfair treatment of people who are becoming old or who are old”. From a bioethical point of view, this definition is an excellent interpretation of ageism – it is [...]
Before addressing the continuous increase of loneliness in Britain and its medical and ethical effects, we give specialists’ opinions of what is happening in the United State in the COVID-19 era (read HERE). In this respect, an article published in [...]
Recent “WHO guidance” on suicide incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide (June 17, 2021) states that each year, more people die as a result of suicide than from HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide. It is also said that [...]
“Scientists warn tackles, not just concussions, are to blame.” In previous articles, we have talked about the prohibition of different rugby and soccer federations in North America and the United Kingdom (read HERE), to play with the head. The main [...]
