Heather Zeiger

#Freelance science writer
#chemistry #bioethics.
Research analyst w/CBHD.
the good, true, and beautiful...and running.

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

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[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

My last Intersections article at @BioethicsCenter talks about the same things Princess Catherine said about living post-cancer.
https://t.co/7YcAXRnohb

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

In an effort to keep my X account active enough that my profile isn't sold, I shall link an article that convicted me:
"It Might Be Time to Ditch Your Emotional Support Hoodie" #WFH
https://t.co/8JwdgcpQBL

[The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity @BioethicsCenter]

“The issues of bioethics all address the question of how we treat human beings in the specific context of the frailties of human life in the aftermath of the fall.”
– Cameron, “The Christian Stake in Bioethics”

Dear Friend,
Answering this question has been the task of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity for the past 30+ years.

As we close out 2024, I need your help to finish the year on a strong financial footing. Like almost all non-profit organizations, CBHD relies heavily on end-of-year giving to meet the majority of our operations budget.
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These bioethics questions—how we treat human beings in the specific context of the frailties of human life in the aftermath of the fall—are complex, pressing, and personal, and they carry much larger implications.

The complexity of bioethics involves life and health in the midst of situations that carry ambiguity about what is going on in the body and how it might respond to one treatment versus another.

Bioethics is pressing because it asks what we are to do for this patient—this mother, father, son, daughter, sibling, loved one—right here, right now.

Bioethics is personal. Reproductive technologies, for example, involve the most intimate aspects of our lives and how we use our bodies. Personal too, are questions of how we care well for the whole person as he or she nears the end of their embodied life.

And bioethics carries larger societal and cultural implications that resonate around the globe. We have seen this in the past year as 24 U.S. states debated assisted suicide legislation, as well as the recent movement toward passage of a bill that will legalize assisted suicide in the United Kingdom.

However, the issues of bioethics are NOT insurmountable. The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity is able to engage in bioethics—providing resources to pastors and churches, mentoring the next generation of bioethicists, and participating in the academic dialogue on these vital issues—thanks to your faithful and generous support.

As the year ends, please consider making a new or renewed gift to support the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity.

Thank you in advance,

Matthew Eppinette, MBA, PhD
Executive Director

PS: Please send a generous gift today so we can continue engaging the complex, pressing, and deeply personal issues of bioethics in the coming year.
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The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity is able to engage the issues of bioethics thanks to your faithful and generous support. #GivingTuesday #TogetherWeGive
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[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

I am sad to hear that Amy Low, author of the Brave In Between, passed away. She bravely wrote about and lived with Stage IV colon cancer and being in the "last room." Now she is gets to see what God has for us beyond the last room.

[Ari Schulman @AriSchulman]

I spoke with @hzeiger about male eggs and female sperm, surrogacy, and effective altruism in a new podcast:
https://t.co/8hdaZ0TuiM

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

Some European doctors are prescribing going to museums and making social connections to treat anxiety and depression rather than pills.
FYI, a year-long membership at the Dallas Museum of Art? $120. Free parking, a park is across the street, museum nights, and kids activities.

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

I've written on anti-anxiety meds for @tnajournal , and how patients are not informed of the addictiveness of benzodiazepines. Here is a woman's story of how the anxieties of early motherhood led her into a Xanax addiction, and how she got out.
https://t.co/MXPKyoKgyV

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

From the article:
"When I was on Xanax, my anxiety, rather than go away, went into storage mode, where it accumulated only to be released as soon as the drug wore off."

i.e., Temporary relief of physical symptoms, at the cost of worse anxiety later.

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CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zieger was recently on Faith Radio's Mornings with Carmen, discussing a range of science and ethics issues, including IVF and overtreatment and the frail elderly. Listen at: https://t.co/XvXJSM3jM4

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

Congratulations to @UT_Dallas alumna, caregiver to her mother and brother, and advocate for those with special needs for winning Miss Texas.
https://t.co/IFuFPFj16a

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

Listen to my interview with Yves Moreau on The Bioethics Podcast at @BioethicsCenter on dual use technologies and research ethics in China and Xinjiang.
https://t.co/1l3bWVY531

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

Informed consent #bioethics

[The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity @BioethicsCenter]

Such an important essay.
“I wish I’d had more clarity when I began IVF. No one counseled me to consider other options, nor was I told how many extra embryos may be possible. I wasn’t advised to think about what I might do with excess embryos.”

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

Many women who are vaccine skeptical had bad experiences with the medical system. Why would they trust a system that treated them badly? #bioethics
https://t.co/apZSMT2R9f

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

Cosmopolitan has an article about children whose influencer parents used them for content creation and money.
This is nothing short of child exploitation.
https://t.co/AuZkE92np1

[The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity @BioethicsCenter]

The Bioethics MONTHLY:
+ Real Aid in Dying Means Caring for the Dying, Not Helping Them to Die
+ This Incarnational Life: Surrogacy and Christian Anthropology
+ REGISTER NOW: "The Problem of Brain Death and the Meaning of Persons" by Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD (in person OR online)

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

According to the CDC, about 500 people/day die from alcohol-related death.
Most of us have friends who became high functioning alcoholics after 2020. Some of us have friends who became low functioning alcoholics. #mentahealth
https://t.co/cURQFyHqIO

[Heather Zeiger @hzeiger]

The Alabama wrongful death court case that deemed frozen embryos unborn children outside of the womb has implications for IVF.
@BioethicsCenter has some resources on their website for Christian perspective on this.
https://t.co/9dpnTMtDds