Susan Gilbert

James McGough, a Cyrus Dallin Art Museum cofounder and a powerful force for helping to elevate the sculptor's work, succumbed Aug. 26 after a heart attack.

The suggestion that obesity is a preventable disease has been weighing heavily on my mind ever since I read a recent article in the Hastings Center Report. The article claims to focus on “ethical, policy, and public health concerns” related to anti-obesity medications, but there is a strong undercurrent of bias throughout. As an endocrinologist who specializes in medical weight management, my clinical experience informs my understanding that obesity is almost never entirely preventable, but bias against those with obesity certainly is.

After several decades of being a prolific bioethicist, I am no longer sure I can afford to pay the open-access fees to publish in the field.

A recent NBC investigative series titled “Dealing the Dead" revealed that thousands of unclaimed bodies were used by the University of North Texas Health Science Center for scientific research and medical education, and to generate profit. These findings raise important ethical questions around the need for ongoing transparency and accountability concerning the use of the deceased in medical research and education.

In a recent interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Donald Trump drew a link between immigration, violent crime, and genetics,

How we can help reduce emissions at the scale needed to avert the worst of climate change. of climate change.? Vote for leaders who value emissions reduction and carbon neutrality and vote against those who discount, greenwash, or oppose it.

With concern about its stability, 23andMe should consider what information and protection it owes its users. So should other DTC genetic testing companies.

For those committed to realistic responses to our current climate crisis, the results of the presidential election are a major step backward.

AI Jesus is just one of many recent examples in which artificial intelligence systems have taken on roles that have always seemed to require human beings. One can worry what these creations will eventually do to us humans. What will be left for humans to do?

The town is inviting residents to a public presentation and feedback session regarding renovation designs for the Veterans Memorial Park Redevelopment project.