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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Brain organoids finding, a step to treat hereditary diseases The neuroscience project to study the human brain has a unique status in biomedical research. Two great projects are encouraging these initiatives, the “BRAIN Initiative” in the United States, and the Human Brain Project in [...]
“The legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide could be the beginning of a “slippery slope” that facilitates euthanasia practices, not only in terminal patients.” In countries where euthanasia and assisted suicide have been legalized certain — usually stringent —, conditions [...]
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Brain organoids finding, a step to treat hereditary diseases The neuroscience project to study the human brain has a unique status in biomedical research. Two great projects are encouraging these initiatives, the “BRAIN Initiative” in the United States, and the Human Brain Project in [...]
“Can the request of someone who wants to block their organic development to remain in a prepubertal — immature — state indefinitely, undergoing untested treatments, with risks and irreversible side effects in many cases, with the sole intention of satisfying [...]
