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McGee: Embryo research equals physician assisted suicide

Glenn McGee, one of the editors, pseudoeditors and bloggers over at the American Journal of Bioethics blog, Blog.Bioethics.net, posted a portion of his column, “The Kavorkianization of Dolly” for The Scientist. Subscription is required for The Scientist, but you can read part of the snide column on the blog.bioethics.net site (or here). It may be … Continue reading

McGee: Embryo research equals physician assisted suicide

Glenn McGee, one of the editors, pseudoeditors and bloggers over at the American Journal of Bioethics blog, Blog.Bioethics.net, posted a portion of his column, “The Kavorkianization of Dolly” for The Scientist. Subscription is required for The Scientist, but you can read part of the snide column on the blog.bioethics.net site (or here). It may be … Continue reading

>Plan B – Does it work?

>Ales Rarus comments on new notes at the LTI Blog citing evidence that Plan B is not very effective. As Serge summarizes on the LTI Blog, “As it was, the group who had to go to the pharmacy to get EC used it 197 times, while the group who had direct access used it 309 … Continue reading

Plan B – Does it work?

Ales Rarus comments on new notes at the LTI Blog citing evidence that Plan B is not very effective. As Serge summarizes on the LTI Blog, “As it was, the group who had to go to the pharmacy to get EC used it 197 times, while the group who had direct access used it 309 … Continue reading

>Do all doctors need to be bean counters?

>The New England Journal of Medicine (subscription only, but it should be available at your local library) has an article recommending changes in pre-med (college) requirements, medical school curriculum, and the changes the editors see in the future practice of medicine. The article suggests trading the current premed requirement of calculus for statistics (how will … Continue reading

Do all doctors need to be bean counters?

The New England Journal of Medicine (subscription only, but it should be available at your local library) has an article recommending changes in pre-med (college) requirements, medical school curriculum, and the changes the editors see in the future practice of medicine. The article suggests trading the current premed requirement of calculus for statistics (how will … Continue reading

>If you think healthcare is expensive, now . .

>” . . . Just wait until it’s free.” Ending with one of my favorite quotes from P.J. O’Rourke, this article from the Washington Times is framed in political bias, but the statistics and the stories (which are verifiable elsewhere) are apolitical. They are particularly pertinent if you remember that all Medicare payments will be … Continue reading

If you think healthcare is expensive, now . .

” . . . Just wait until it’s free.” Ending with one of my favorite quotes from P.J. O’Rourke, this article from the Washington Times is framed in political bias, but the statistics and the stories (which are verifiable elsewhere) are apolitical. They are particularly pertinent if you remember that all Medicare payments will be … Continue reading

>1 in 10: How lucky do you feel?

>If you want to save your child’s cord blood, there’s a nine in ten chance that the sample won’t be usable. That’s a good reason for us all to get behind the public banking of umbilical cord blood cells. From the San Antonio Express-News: . . . So far, the hospital has collected 2,500 units … Continue reading

1 in 10: How lucky do you feel?

If you want to save your child’s cord blood, there’s a nine in ten chance that the sample won’t be usable. That’s a good reason for us all to get behind the public banking of umbilical cord blood cells. From the San Antonio Express-News: . . . So far, the hospital has collected 2,500 units … Continue reading

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