Mental Health

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There are several ethical issues associated with infertility and its treatment.

There are several ethical issues associated with infertility and its treatment.

This article discusses them.

EXCERPT:

  • High-cost treatments are out of financial reach for some couples.
  • Debate over whether health insurance companies should be forced to cover infertility treatment.
  • Allocation of medical resources that could be used elsewhere
  • The legal status of embryos fertilized in vitro and not transferred in vivo.
  • Anti-abortion opposition to the destruction of embryos not transferred in vivo.
  • IVF and other fertility treatments have resulted in an increase in multiple births, provoking ethical analysis because of the link between multiple pregnancies, premature birth, and a host of health problems.
  • Religious leaders’ opinions on fertility treatments.
  • Infertility caused by DNA defects on the Y chromosome is passed on from father to son. If natural selection is the primary error correction mechanism that prevents random mutations on the Y chromosome, then fertility treatments for men with abnormal sperm (in particular ICSI) only defer the underlying problem to the next male generation.

FULL STORY: http://www.news-medical.net/health/Infertility-Ethics.aspx

 

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Med Free Bipolar by Aspen Morrow @aspenleaf Promises to be a Groundbreaking Book!

1471357_569433466444409_966001764_nWhat does it really mean to LIVE med free?

Does it mean crazy highs and dark lows, a moody personality that destroys everyone around you?

NO!!!

It also does not mean living out of control, giving into your moods, or burdening others so that you can have your euphoric ‘highs’. It means living a life where if you did not choose to share your diagnosis, no one would know.

It means living in a waythat you can enjoy the personality that you have been given without feeling deadened, out of control, or hopeless; in other words, “normal”, but better somehow. Because I think being bipolar does make you a little exceptional (if you disagree, that is another day topic). Could you imagine? No shame, no doctors, no med management, no blood tests, no hospitals, no out-of-control symptoms, and NO SIDE EFFECTS!!!

Learn more at: https://www.facebook.com/MedFreeBipolar

and

www.medfreebipolar.wordpress.com