>The research showing statistically significant increased risk in young women actually came from Christchurch, New Zealand. But – the article I first read and reported on came from the Syndney Herald. I know better to mix Aussies and Kiwis! There’s a transcript of an interview with the main researcher, David Fergusson, and an Australian radio … Continue reading
The research showing statistically significant increased risk in young women actually came from Christchurch, New Zealand. But – the article I first read and reported on came from the Syndney Herald. I know better to mix Aussies and Kiwis! There’s a transcript of an interview with the main researcher, David Fergusson, and an Australian radio … Continue reading
>From Australia this week, we learn that women and girls who have an abortion are more at risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Last night, two characters in the NBC television medical drama/soap opera, “ER,” were confronted with unexpected pregnancies, in the episode titled, “If Not Now.” One “chose” abortion, another did not. The … Continue reading
From Australia this week, we learn that women and girls who have an abortion are more at risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Last night, two characters in the NBC television medical drama/soap opera, “ER,” were confronted with unexpected pregnancies, in the episode titled, “If Not Now.” One “chose” abortion, another did not. The … Continue reading
>I’ve become aware that some well-meaning people are opposed to cord blood banking. I’ve never collected blood for banking, but I’ve sent placentas off to research (when I was in training) and a couple off for pathology examination. Most just go in the trash. We do collect a teaspoon or less of the cord blood … Continue reading
I’ve become aware that some well-meaning people are opposed to cord blood banking. I’ve never collected blood for banking, but I’ve sent placentas off to research (when I was in training) and a couple off for pathology examination. Most just go in the trash. We do collect a teaspoon or less of the cord blood … Continue reading
>Excellent piece – it’s almost poetry – from the Telegraph on the history and current state of stem cell research. I hope you will read the whole piece which discusses stem cells in light of their potential for good and bad regeneration – or healing and cancer. The stem-cell breakthrough happened long ago. Hercules was … Continue reading
Excellent piece – it’s almost poetry – from the Telegraph on the history and current state of stem cell research. I hope you will read the whole piece which discusses stem cells in light of their potential for good and bad regeneration – or healing and cancer. The stem-cell breakthrough happened long ago. Hercules was … Continue reading
>The clone king, Korean veterinarian Wu Suk Hwang, must be suffering from some very bad karma. The story of his human cloned embryos and stem cells is beginning to remind me of the Raelians’ saga. The egg-count is going up – currently around 2000 for the first report in 2004’s Science report on a single … Continue reading
The clone king, Korean veterinarian Wu Suk Hwang, must be suffering from some very bad karma. The story of his human cloned embryos and stem cells is beginning to remind me of the Raelians’ saga. The egg-count is going up – currently around 2000 for the first report in 2004’s Science report on a single … Continue reading