Children

  • Read more: Child safeguarding: the National Health Service (NHS) can do much better
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    Child safeguarding: the National Health Service (NHS) can do much better

    By John Tingle Our children are our future and we need to look after them well. There is however a lot of evidence to suggest that we are failing our children in a number of key health areas. UNICEF in a report put the UK in 16th position – below Slovenia, the Czech Republic and…

  • Read more: Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem
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    Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem

    Ultimately, we must all recognize responsibility to overhaul our criminal justice system and the policies that drive it. The Drug War is a failed effort and the collateral consequences reach a level of absurdity, including children being raised in foster care and exiting that system into homelessness, poverty, and incarceration. It’s time to end the…

  • Read more: The Impact of Genetic Testing on Children: What do we know, what’s missing?
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    The Impact of Genetic Testing on Children: What do we know, what’s missing?

    By: Claire E. Wakefield, Lucy V. Hanlon, Katherine M. Tucker, Andrea F. Patenaude, Christina Signorelli, Jordana K. McLoone and Richard J. Cohn Genetics research often pushes the boundaries of science, and by the far-reaching nature of genetic information, pushes us out of our comfort zones to consider new psychosocial, ethical, and legal scenarios. Conducting genetic testing…

  • Read more: Hormonal Treatment to Trans Children – But what if?
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    Hormonal Treatment to Trans Children – But what if?

    By Maayan Sudai A few weeks ago I ran across this BuzzFeed post, telling the story of Corey Mason, a 14 year old male to female Trans teenager who was filmed getting her first pack of estrogen hormones. Her mom Erica, who uploaded the video to Facebook and YouTube, spurred a social-media discussion on the…

  • Read more: The Great Vaccination Debate Rages On: Is There Any Solution?
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    The Great Vaccination Debate Rages On: Is There Any Solution?

    By Allison M. Whelan (Guest Blogger) For many years now, there has been ongoing debate about childhood vaccinations and the recent measles outbreak in Disneyland and its subsequent spread to other states has brought vaccinations and questions about communicable diseases back to the headlines.  Politicians, including potential presidential candidates such as Hilary Clinton, Rand Paul,…

  • Read more: Technology and The Horrors of Child Pornography
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    Technology and The Horrors of Child Pornography

    By Michele Goodwin A recent spate of arrests in New York emphasizes the potentially dangerous connection between technology and sex crimes.  In a landmark police bust, authorities tracked down and arrested more than seventy people in the New York City area who were trading child pornography.  Among those arrested were a rabbi, police chief, nurse,…