Category: Medicine
Defining Achievement . . . or not
Uh-oh, I’m annoyed again. Nothing new, just a recycled annoyance that popped into my craw today and won’t leave, I suppose, because this particular instance, while merely a minor irritation on the surface, indicates a raging cultural infection coursing underneath. I’m easily annoyed by words used incorrectly in the hopes of making either the subject [...]
White House caught telling lies about stem cells
As reported by Think Progress, Karl Rove –”told the Denver Post that ‘recent studies’ show researchers ‘have far more promise from adult stem cells than from embryonic stem cells.’” This provoked the people at Think Progress to do some digging. Here’s what they found: The Chicago Tribune contacted a dozen top stem cell experts about [...]
Garbage-picking for stem cells
By a vote of 63 to 37, the Senate passed a bill to expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on Tuesday. President Bush has promised to use his veto power for the first time in 5 ½ years on this bill, which the current vote can’t override. The public opinion on stem cell [...]
The last abortion clinic in Mississippi
“Operation Save America” recently posted this epiphany on its website: Little did any of us know, as we ran to the roar to help those devastated by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana, that God was preparing us to return to Mississippi to deal with an even more deadly foe—Abortion! As reported by Tompain.com, on [...]
Do unto thyself what thou wouldn’t let others do
Would we harm our selves in ways that we would never let others harm us? Yes, actually. We do this all the time. This common occurrence has long intrigued me. About fifteen years ago, I was trying to lose weight. A diet book I was reading presented a hypothetical, which I have embellished: Imagine that [...]
Social conservatives become “pro-choice” to oppose life-saving vaccine for cervical cancer
You might think that social conservatives, especially those in the so-called “pro-life” crowd, would welcome the use of a new vaccine that is virtually 100% effective against two deadly strains of cervical cancer that account for 70% of such cancer deaths and that kill over 3,700 women each year. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. “Because the [...]
Impeach Bush for using junk science
Because the people at the top of our government are responsible for making decisions that could cost the lives and ruin the health of millions of citizens, they should be equipped with the best information and the best expertise. Unfortunately, the White House has decided to muzzle experts and choke off critical debate on numerous topics of critical [...]
Unnecessary Study: Praying Doesn’t Heal Heart Patients
Researchers have just spent a whole lot of money determining that prayer does not seem to work. In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that having people pray for heart bypass surgery patients had no effect on their recovery. In fact, patients who knew they were being prayed for had a slightly higher [...]
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