First, the OMGWTFBBQ. Via Pharyngula, the Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, and TIME Magazine: pediatric endocrinologists Maria New and Saroj Nimkarn are advocating prenatal treatment with the glucocorticoid dexamethasone to "reduce behavioral masculinization" of female children ( Read more... )

My friend feonixrift, who is allergic to latex, recently had an unexpected reaction to a roll of athletic tape that was sold as "latex-free". Whilst commiserating with her, I remarked that there really ought to be a straightforward way to determine whether latex was present in a product or not. Reading about the composition of latex, I noted that allergic ( Read more... )