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Prayers for Tillers and pro-life Kansas
Killing is not pro-life, although I remember the Sanctuary cities in Jerusalem under Mosaic law. However, it’s more important to remember that the prolife community in Kansas city has supported “Choices,” a clinic next door to George Tiller’s abortion facility that offers crisis pregnancy assistance and has helped to pioneer perinatal hospice in the United … Continue reading
>!Safe! Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
>Robert Lanza is now reporting that his research group has produced induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS) that are safe for use in humans. The website, Red Orbit, has provided a link to the original (.pdf)article. See the Time magazine news article, here. Lanza gives credit to the pioneering work of Shinya Yamanaka: Dr. Robert Lanza, … Continue reading
>Rumor: Francis Collins to head NIH
>The Scientist reports that the name being circulated as most likely to head the National Institutes of Health is Francis Collins. Dr. Collins spearheaded the US government efforts to document the human genome. However, he’s just as well known for being not only a believer, but a Christian. He has told the story of his … Continue reading
Study of iPS cells draws nearer to finding cures
Research in stem cells and the origin and treatment of disease is definitely moving away from destructive embryonic stem cell research toward induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). A fantastic review that connects Japan’s Dr. Yamanaka, San Francisco’s Srivastava, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and the Burnetts of Sulphur Springs, Texas, is … Continue reading
Texas Medical Association doesn’t support conscience
This TMA press release/”Alert” is a shallow statement which ignores the history and facts behind the ruling and addresses the right to conscience as though it is dependent on circumstances and can be “rescinded.” The individual right not to act is called “Liberty.” As an inalienable right, liberty cannot be given away or taken. It … Continue reading
Austin, Tx., Judge allows mother to harvest dead son’s sperm
This story illustrates the outcome of autonomy and “because we can.” How awful for this woman to lose her son in this way. However, I’m not sure that a child should be born – conceived – in such a way. Certainly not as a “grand child,” rather than a child born for his or her … Continue reading
HPV Vaccine works for males
Good news from the Family Practice News: ATLANTA — The human papillomavirus vaccine was efficacious in preventing persistent infections and genital warts caused by HPV strains 6, 11, 16, and 18 in a Merck-sponsored study of 4,065 males aged 16-26 years. The findings were presented by Dr. Richard M. Haupt at a meeting of the … Continue reading
Texas Legislators Seek to Limit Funds for Human Embryo Destruction
Senator Steve Ogden is a Texas Hero! Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, though, said critics exaggerate what his 24-word “budget rider” would do. He said it simply assures that the budget’s $700 million for research doesn’t underwrite destruction of embryos. “There is a significant moral concern amongst many Texans that a human embryo really meets every … Continue reading
>Why the medical home sounds good but won’t work
>A sister Family Physician says in her blog, “Musings of a Dinosaur,” It is the source of endless angst among family doctors in solo and small group practice, because the structure of the PCMH excludes us by definition. The PCMH is advertised to work best in large group practices like Kaiser and the Mayo Clinic. … Continue reading
New England Journal of Medicine plays conscience politics (“Trust me, I will act against my conscience,” cont’d)
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a “Commentary” by a lawyer who has worked for Planned Parenthood, concerning the practice of medicine and conscience. I don’t like to publish entire articles from subscription-only sources (especially one written by a lawyer), but this serious breach of ethics on the part of the NEJM should … Continue reading
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