Health and Science

A news release from Stanford University's School of Medicine highlights the ethical issues involved in revealing genetic information online. Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD, senior research scholar at the school’s Center for Biomedical Ethics:

"Genetic information is unique in that it’s not only relevant for the individuals who receive the information, but also for their family members, their children and even their children’s children."

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Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy, © 2008 Plume Books/Penguin Group Paperback: 217 pp plus 27 pp of resources

If you know anyone with a child who has received a diagnosis of autism, information about this little book, along with the author’s earlier book Louder Than Words, is well worth passing along. It is a recounting of McCarthy’s struggle to help her own son, Evan, recover from autism, both while she was a single parent, and now with the help of Jim Carrey, her life partner.

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“In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.” George Szell

The Library of Congress presents a series and section labeled as Music and the Brain. Lectures, conversations and symposia focus on the recognition of research combining neuroscience and music. Scientists and scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians, psychologists, and other experts joined in creating a two-year series.

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Recently, a conference was held in San Francisco on the subject of happiness: Happiness and Its Causes. We did not attend but thought we could pass along some linking.

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