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Animal,Porkey Pig, Lobund-Wistar (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I would not allow my kids to be lab rats, but that is my decision as a father. What would yours be? ----- Advances in study, powerful tools have led to questions about impact on humans, society By Neo Chai Chin Jan 10, 2013 SINGAPORE - Should children be included in research on "smart drugs", or drugs that could improve their cognitive abilities? Should people lacking mental capacity be allowed to take part in genomic research? Does neuroscience research require more ethical safeguards than other types of biomedical research ? These are questions that the public is invited to mull over and provide feedback on, with the launch of a public consultation on Ethical , Legal and Social Issues in Neuroscience Research yesterday by the Bioethics Advisory Committee. Rapid advances in the study of the brain and the rest of the nervous system, as well as development of more powerful tools to explore and...

From Focus on the Family One of the most common sources of conflict between husbands and wives comes down to a simple matter of differing assumptions. Let me illustrate. Some years ago I went through a very hectic period of my life, professionally. I was a full-time professor at a medical school , but I was also travelling and speaking far more than usual. I completely exhausted myself during this time. Now, it was a dumb thing to do, but I had made these commitments, and I simply had to meet them. Finally, on a Friday night, the siege was over and I went home. I had earned a badly needed day off, and I planned to kick back and watch a football game that Saturday. Shirley, on the other hand, also felt that she had paid her dues. For six weeks, she had taken care of the kids and run the home. It was entirely reasonable that I spend my Saturday doing things that she wanted done around the house. Now, neither of us was really wrong. Both of us had a right to feel as we did, bu...

EARLY PUBERTY Consult a doctor to rule out problems that could be linked to early puberty EVELINE GAN, eveline@mediacorp.com.sg AT AN age when most kids’ worries rarely go beyond homework and playtime, nine-year-old Liza Ang has to grapple with a very different set of problems. They include having to put up with unsightly armpit hair and learning how to use a sanitary pad: She started menstruating early this year. Understandably, Liza’s earlier-than-usual sexual development left her mother, Mdm Emily Peng, baffled and anxious. “Obviously, I was shocked. I noticed that she was showing signs of puberty months earlier but I didn’t think she would get her period so early,” said the 48-year-old sales coordinator, who added that Liza’s older sister got her first period only after she turned 13. Liza isn’t alone in her early growing-up woes. In 2004, a nine-year-old Singaporean girl gave birth to a boy after she was impregnated by a schoolmate. The baby was eventually put up for adoption....