Danish toy building brick maker Lego recently turned down an order for several million lego bricks that were to have been used in an art exhibit by Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei in Melbourne. Why? Because Lego
Huge birth defect increase with Depacon / Depakene / Depakote in pregnancy
By Jared Fink
Today, I came across an article from the February, 2012 edition of The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published by F.J. Vajda and a team of researchers at University of Melbourne (Australia). In their piece, titled…
2013 – Neurological and heart defects linked to Depakote
By Jared Fink
A piece by medical researchers led by F.J. Vajda published in Acta Neurol Scand. (October, 2013), titled “Associations between particular types of fetal malformation and antiepileptic drug exposure in utero.” lives up to its title and provides more…
Depakote, other AEDs again linked to birth defects
By Jared Fink
An article appearing in the May, 2010 edition of Epilepsia titled “The teratogenic risk of antiepileptic drug polytherapy.” by F.J. Vajda and a team from Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne (Australia) further explores the connection between…
2005 – Higher rate of birth defects with Depacon in pregnancy
By Jared Fink
A 2005 article in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica by F.J. Vajda and a team from University of Melbourne (Australia) titled “Maternal valproate dosage and foetal malformations.” further elucidates the connection between prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs like Depacon and…
2003 – In Utero AED Exposure Linked to Birth Defects Far Above Background Rate
By Jared Fink
In September, 2003, a team from St. Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne, Australia) published a piece in Journal of Clinical Neuroscience titled “The Australian registry of anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy: experience after 30 months.” That article, by F.J. Vajda et…
Suburban Melbourne soccer club takes on Manchester City over Melbourne Heart rebrand
Manchester City’s takeover and proposed reinvention of the beleaguered Australian A-league club Melbourne Heart has excited soccer fans across the city, but one portion of the population is less than impressed. A suburban club that has competed as “Melbourne City”…
The Internet and Conflicting Notions of Privacy
Megan Richardson, Melbourne Law School, Julian Thomas, Swinburne University of Technology, and Marc Trabsky, University of Melbourne, have published The Internet Imaginary and the Problem of Privacyin volume 17 of the Media & Arts Review (2012). Here is the…
CFP: Melbourne Journal of International Law
Book Launch: International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies
If you’re near Monash University on Friday March 11, you might want to stop by the Monash University Law Chambers (at 472 Bourke Street in Melbourne) to attend the launching party for “International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies” published by Edward Elgar…