Ethics bill prompts second thoughts among scientists

Second thoughts about fluoride.

L ong before the passionate debates over cigarettes, DDT, asbestos or the ozone hole, most Americans had heard of only one environmental health controversy: fluoridation. Starting in the 1950s, hundreds of communities across the U.S. became embroiled in heated battles over whether fluorides—ionic compounds containing the element fluorine—should be added to their water systems. On one side was a...

Euripides' Second Thoughts

Second Thoughts on Ayurveda

This article takes up a few "riddles" in the theory of Ayurveda and suggests explanations. It also looks into the Mahabhutas in pharmacology and discusses the real causes of diseases starts with. An interesting graphic representation of the six rasas, is also presented.

Reasons Scientists Avoid Thinking about Ethics

Science is a powerful force for change in modern society. As the professionals at its helm, scientists have a unique responsibility to shepherd that change with thoughtful advocacy of their research and careful ethical scrutiny of their own behavior.

A Case for Second Thoughts.

A Case jor Second Thoughts ALTHOUGH physicians are well aware that many of their patients have overt anxiety and other evidence of psychiatric disability, they still, in the main, adopt a conservative attitude and will attempt to eliminate organic causes in a vast proportion of such cases. This usually brings a sharp rebuff from the psychiatrist who demands a more positive approach to the probl...