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...book Our Posthuman Future, political scientist Francis Fukuyama—who is also a member of the influential President’s Council on Bioethics—makes the case for regulating the manipulation of human genes and the widespread prescription of psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac. His principle arguments against practices such as human reproductive cloning don’t rely on pointing out the serious risk of disease in the clone. Rather, he opposes genetic engineering on the grounds that it might change “human nature” so drastically that it could...
Elizabeth L. Wurtzel ’89, the author, most recently, of More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction. Her previous books include Prozac Nation and Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women. I shall give this further thought, as the list is long. (Having only recently learned the difference between “further” and “farther,” it was exciting to make use of the former.) Below are a few things that are sort of metaphysical, although I think what you want are facts. But here goes: Why we need peppermint and spearmint...
Gomes said that in 2001 he was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and took Prozac for one year—overlapping with the time he was embezzling money from the Pudding...
Similar misdiagnoses are made when parents and doctors observe symptoms of the low phase of the bipolar cycle and conclude that a kid is suffering from simple depression. Treat such a child with antidepressants like Prozac, however, and the rejiggering of brain chemistry may trigger mania. Some researchers believe that nearly half of all children thought to be depressed may really be bipolar...
...little yellow pill is Alprax, a generic tranquilizer and antianxiety medication that is fast becoming the drug of choice among India's more prosperous classes. Just as U.S. yuppies in the 1990s reached for the antidepressant Prozac as a cure-all for the blues, India's shopkeepers, executives, socialites, housewives and models everywhere seem to be popping "Al" to help them cope with life's everyday stresses. Some parents are even recommending Alprax to their children to calm their nerves prior to exams. "I take the pill to gain a certain amount of confidence," admits a 34-year...