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>Dr. Nurse? Why not just Doctor?
>Get ready for Dr. Nurse, who will call himself/herself “Doctor,” but who, after 4 year bachelor’s degree in nursing, has gone to the Doctor of Nursing school for two years with a one year internship — that’s compared to the 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, followed by at least 3 years … Continue reading
>Designated Donations (Saving black girls from punishment)
>There’s no way to avoid the politics if I’m going to comment on these two stories. First, here’s a link to the audio recordings of Planned Parenthood employees, agree will be earmarked to decrease the number of “African Americans” or a “black baby.” The employees include the Vice President of Development of the New Mexico … Continue reading
>Secretary of Health Supports Conscience
>Secretary of Health Michael O. Leavitt has stepped up to protect the right of conscience and conscientious refusal, specifically in the right not to be forced to commit or be complicit in abortion and other forms of killing. The Secretary has sent a letter to the President of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology … Continue reading
>Human embryos cloned in California
>Scientists at Stemgen, a La Jolla, California laboratory have published a report on the successful cloning of human embryos in the journal, Stem Cells. (The article is available free, due to the open access policy of the journal.) The authors are very clear: these are human embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer or cloning. … Continue reading
>Myths on Myths about stem cells
>There’s a new Public Broadcasting System (your tax dollars at work) television show on “stem cells,” “Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita.” You don’t have to go any farther than the top of the home page, with its picture of a girl in a wheelchair and this quote, “Some people consider stem cell biology to … Continue reading
Surfing the web, leaving a trail
[Images no longer available] It might surprise many Internet surfers and commenters how much a slightly curious website owner knows about them. I’ve always believed that I shouldn’t post any thing I didn’t want published in my hometown newspaper. However, I forget how much information about me is available on the Internet – whether or … Continue reading
>Happy New Year! (a little late)
>Okay, it’s January 9th, and I’m just getting back to the blog after a couple of weeks obsessed with politics, house design, and moving. (We are about to remodel our 60 year old house.) I do my best to keep raw partisan politics out of this blog. However, this is a Presidential election year here … Continue reading
>"Objectivity is Bias" (meaning, healing, integrity)
>Our recent conversation about conscience and medicine and the ongoing conversation about science and controversies is reflected in the NPR “Speaking of Faith” replay of an interview with, and publication of an essay by, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. (The outline and much of the story is available in text, here.) “An answer is an invitation … Continue reading
>Abortion, miscarriage, and risk to later babies
>I’m afraid that the report I blogged about a couple of days ago is being misinterpreted by at least one Pro-life source. The numbers are impressive enough from a public health and pro-life view point, without ignoring the fact that the original data is 40 to 50 years old (without the advantage of our current … Continue reading
Brain Death
Wesley Smith is blogging around the Web on the sad death of a 50 year old Atlanta man whose family took the doctors and hospital to court. Wesley rightly notes the poor communication. The reporter is indeed a very bad communicator. I wonder about the reliability of the whole story because of the reporter’s description … Continue reading
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