A sexual selection model of schizophrenia

A new study is pointing to a surprising trend concerning one of the most devastating and misunderstood of mental illnesses, suggesting Canada is a growing hotbed for schizophrenia. Rates of the mental illness are climbing in this country and are already significantly higher than the average for the rest of the world, concludes the research.

That's the new book by Geoffrey Miller, of The Mating Mind fame.  The exposition is a bit of a sprawling mess but the best pages of content are fascinating.  I recommend it and I am glad that I started reading it the moment I got my hands on it.

A saliva test to reveal a patient's risk of breast or prostate cancer could be available in doctors' surgeries within five years, according to a "groundbreaking" study. A major research drive involving more than 1,000 experts has revealed more than 80 genes which help determine from birth whether or not someone will develop cancer during their life.

A respected Ottawa fertility doctor and Order of Canada member has admitted to artificially inseminating three patients with the wrong sperm, a mistake he once described as his “worst nightmare.” Dr. Norman Barwin appeared before the College of. Physicians and Surgeons on Thursday, and also admitted to professional misconduct over the bungled treatments, as some of the affected couples looked on. He had agreed last year to stop his insemination practice as the discipline case hung over him.

Adverse selection is an easy story to tell but a hard story to verify.  In fact, empirical studies indicate that adverse selection is not an important (equilibrium) effect in the market for used cars, or used trucks, or of auto,

Prescriptions for psychotropic drugs, including those sometimes referred to as the "chemical cosh", soar amongst elderly people who are admitted to residential care homes, a new study shows.

Police hunting a serial rapist in the French city of Marseille have used DNA evidence to arrest two men, but are unable to say which is the culprit because the pair are genetically identical. After tracking down a suspect with help from video surveillance and a victim’s traceable cellphone, investigators discovered he lived with his identical twin brother, and now face the prospect of lengthy and expensive scientific testing to distinguish between their genetic codes, if that is even possible.

TORONTO — An Ottawa fertility doctor faces a disciplinary hearing Thursday over allegations he artificially inseminated three women with the wrong sperm. Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin, a celebrated gynecologist, could lose his licence if the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario discipline panel finds he committed misconduct. He agreed last year to stop the practice of insemination after the college filed its notice of hearing.