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>On stem cells and media bias

>I report frequently on the media and its bias against reporting successes in adult stem cell research. Sometimes, what appears to bias is just early results and sometimes I’m wrong – there is no bias. JivinJehosaphat mentioned my blog from yesterday comparing the reports on non-embryonic stem cells and embryonic stem cells in Parkinson’s, and … Continue reading →

Embronic stem cells: twice the coverage

Google News search on new Parkinson’s stem cell research. Reseach on adult stem cells used to treat Parkinsons: 5 citations – none of the big names. Embryonic stem cells used to treat Parkinsons: 10 news articles, including UPI, Science Daily and Monsters and Critics.

Be sure and take a look at LifeEthics.org and the news commentary at the blog, Lifeethics.org Blog.

>Be sure and take a look at LifeEthics.org and the news commentary at the blog, Lifeethics.org Blog.

Contraception and abstinence in the news

The news today reports on a study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute that abstinence doesn’t make as much difference in the overall teen pregnancy rates in the US as increased contraceptive use. I’m still looking at the data in the report and trying to understand their methods and statistics. (Free Abstract here). Comparing data from … Continue reading →

Literature Search: Smoking exposure and kids

Texas will ban smoking in the homes of foster kids beginning January 1. For some reason, there are not many articles in the News on this subject. (There is this editorial from my hometown.) I would guess there’s not much media attention because the deadline is a month away and because the rationalization is supposed … Continue reading →

>Literature Search: Smoking exposure and kids

>Texas will ban smoking in the homes of foster kids beginning January 1. For some reason, there are not many articles in the News on this subject. (There is this editorial from my hometown.) I would guess there’s not much media attention because the deadline is a month away and because the rationalization is supposed … Continue reading →

New House and Senate Revive Embryonic Stem Cell Bill

Wasn’t there a Bill that promised to increase funding for (ethical) alternatives to embryonic stem cell research – using umbilical cord blood and other cells to produce embryonic-like stem cells? Will the Democratic controlled Senate and House re-examine that Bill? Senator Harry Reid has promised long days for the first seven weeks in the new … Continue reading →

>New House and Senate Revive Embryonic Stem Cell Bill

>Wasn’t there a Bill that promised to increase funding for (ethical) alternatives to embryonic stem cell research – using umbilical cord blood and other cells to produce embryonic-like stem cells? Will the Democratic controlled Senate and House re-examine that Bill? Senator Harry Reid has promised long days for the first seven weeks in the new … Continue reading →

Planned Parenthood's "Free EC Days" (for men and girls)

Planned Parenthood in Waco, Texas, Memphis, TN and Williston, Vermont, and probably a town or city near you, will host a Free EC (Emergency Contraceptive) day next week. (Waco on Dec. 8, Memphis and Williston Dec. 8. More sites can be found by searching Google or Yahoo for “Free EC Days” – including information from … Continue reading →