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>Two sex ed reviews, still no conclusions
>We’re finding that nothing changes the rates of pregnancies and STD’s in teens except parental and peer pressure and concerns (“costs”) of pregnancy. I’m afraid that two published reviews of the literature on studies on sex education for adolescents and teens done by Kristen Underhill, Don Operario, and Paul Montgomery at the Centre for Evidence-Based … Continue reading
>Democrats for Life (yes, they exist – barely)
>Joe Carter at the blog, Evangelical Outpost, reviews a new book (Democrats for Life: Pro-Life Politics and the Silenced Majority by Kristen Day)about the Democrats for Life, which covers how the Democrats became the Party of the Abortion Rights Movement. The true difference between Republicans and Democrats is best demonstrated by taking a look at … Continue reading
“Homework” (fallacies about Gardasil)
Last week I posted on research that shows that Gardasil, the Merck vaccine against four strains of the Human Papilloma Virus, may actually give partial protection against 8 more strains. There’s a comment today on that post from someone who warns us to do our “homework” and gives a link to a video on “You … Continue reading
>Embryonic stem cells for chemical weapons detectors?
>First, I want to say admit that this whole subject gives me the creeps. As an avid science fiction reader, I was surprised to find that I am not ready for disembodied human neural cells sitting around – functioning – in machines. I’m certainly not willing for anymore human embryos to be destroyed for such … Continue reading
>Catholic Bishops to Allow Plan B in Emergencies
>Can anyone be forced to act against his conscience? Do religious convictions have any weight in the law? How far can the courts go to make a person do an act that he believes is unethical or immoral? I hope these questions are not ignored due to the sensationalism that surrounds emergency contraception. The Catholic … Continue reading
>Courts force 14 States to pay for elective abortions
>Here’s an interesting fact: of the 17 states that use their own Medicaid funds to cover elective abortions, 14 of them were forced to do so by the courts. (Georgia may be the next one.) The “Hyde Amendment” has been added to Federal health care funding bills since 1976. Those who support abortion on demand … Continue reading
>Buzz on SCHIP – crisis interrupted or delayed
>Do we want health insurance for everyone or do we want government health insurance for everyone? The current system increases the chances that employee coverage for children will decrease, that more gaps will occur because of changes in jobs and the delays inherent in qualifying for government assistance. A simple flat tax deduction for health … Continue reading
>Medical Ethics and the Holocaust Lecture Series
>The Holocaust Museum of Houston and the University of Texas at Houston are sponsoring a lecture series, “Medical Ethics and the Holocaust.” I’m not sure of the procedure, but there is information at the website on watching the lectures, live, on the Internet.
>More on Clinton Health Plan
>After my review about some of the news coverage of Hillary Clinton’s proposed government healthcare plan, I did some more digging. The Kaisernetwork.org review is here. A Wall Street Journal editorial is here. The proposed Clinton plan mandates coverage and depends on 1/3 of its revenue from “$35 billion in savings to the government through … Continue reading
Rao: Adult Stem Cells “soon to be on the market”
The journal Stem Cells has published an Open-Access review by the former NIH director, Mahendra Rao, MD, PhD, covering last month’s “Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine Conference” at the National Center for Regenerative Medicine in Ohio. Another review with summaries of some of the individual talks as well as the history of the … Continue reading
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