stigma

Inbreeding: Behind the Stigma

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:44:38 +0000

It just didn’t make sense.

I was working in a genetics laboratory, and we were trying to find the mutated gene that caused a particular disease that was common in a few families my supervisor had seen in the clinic. But in one family, it looked like the oldest child had an entire stretch of chromosome that neither the mother nor the father had. We were only looking at that stretch, but it was quite possible that half of that child’s genetic material came from someone who was not, on the paper I was looking at, their father or mother. I had found my first case of non-paternity.

Leprosy and Its Stigma Are Both Curable

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000

How is an infectious agent transmitted? How does it jump from person to person and sometimes from animal to person? We can breathe it in or swallow it. We can get bitten or scratched, or rub abraded skin against an infected person, or touch a contaminated surface and carry the germ to our face. Figuring out exactly how an infectious agent is transmitted is not always easy. After thousands of years of coming into contact with it, we are still not 100% sure how leprosy is transmitted.

Dentists and Suicide: A Look at the Numbers

Mark Grossman BSc, DDS, Contributor — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:48:28 +0000

While a career in dentistry can be very rewarding, it has been characterized as being highly stressful. Though occupation alone is not generally considered a major predictor, the notion that dentists have the highest rate of suicide among professions has persisted in the general population for nearly a century. While the possibility does exist that chronic work-related stress plays a significant role, is there any truth to this long-held assumption?