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>Reflection on an anniversary (9-11, Katrina)
>Lots of news and reviews this week and last due to the anniversaries of the aftermath of Katrina and the 5th anniversary of the attacks on our Nation on September 11, 2001. The ethics of the responses to the grief and impact on our lives could (and should, in my opinion) be part of our … Continue reading
Answer to Embryonic Stem Cell Proponents
The Alliance for Medical Research is one of the embryonic stem cell advocacy groups active in my State, Texas. They’re circulating a flyer around Austin titled, “What Makes Early (A.K.A. “Embryonic”) Stem Cells Different From Adult Stem Cells?” Most of the points in the document are pure spin. Some are incomplete. A few are false. … Continue reading
>Answer to Embryonic Stem Cell Proponents
>The Alliance for Medical Research is one of the embryonic stem cell advocacy groups active in my State, Texas. They’re circulating a flyer around Austin titled, “What Makes Early (A.K.A. “Embryonic”) Stem Cells Different From Adult Stem Cells?” Most of the points in the document are pure spin. Some are incomplete. A few are false. … Continue reading
McGee: Embryo research equals physician assisted suicide
Glenn McGee, one of the editors, pseudoeditors and bloggers over at the American Journal of Bioethics blog, Blog.Bioethics.net, posted a portion of his column, “The Kavorkianization of Dolly” for The Scientist. Subscription is required for The Scientist, but you can read part of the snide column on the blog.bioethics.net site (or here). It may be … Continue reading
McGee: Embryo research equals physician assisted suicide
Glenn McGee, one of the editors, pseudoeditors and bloggers over at the American Journal of Bioethics blog, Blog.Bioethics.net, posted a portion of his column, “The Kavorkianization of Dolly” for The Scientist. Subscription is required for The Scientist, but you can read part of the snide column on the blog.bioethics.net site (or here). It may be … Continue reading
Plan B – Does it work?
Ales Rarus comments on new notes at the LTI Blog citing evidence that Plan B is not very effective. As Serge summarizes on the LTI Blog, “As it was, the group who had to go to the pharmacy to get EC used it 197 times, while the group who had direct access used it 309 … Continue reading
>Plan B – Does it work?
>Ales Rarus comments on new notes at the LTI Blog citing evidence that Plan B is not very effective. As Serge summarizes on the LTI Blog, “As it was, the group who had to go to the pharmacy to get EC used it 197 times, while the group who had direct access used it 309 … Continue reading
Do all doctors need to be bean counters?
The New England Journal of Medicine (subscription only, but it should be available at your local library) has an article recommending changes in pre-med (college) requirements, medical school curriculum, and the changes the editors see in the future practice of medicine. The article suggests trading the current premed requirement of calculus for statistics (how will … Continue reading
>Do all doctors need to be bean counters?
>The New England Journal of Medicine (subscription only, but it should be available at your local library) has an article recommending changes in pre-med (college) requirements, medical school curriculum, and the changes the editors see in the future practice of medicine. The article suggests trading the current premed requirement of calculus for statistics (how will … Continue reading
If you think healthcare is expensive, now . .
” . . . Just wait until it’s free.” Ending with one of my favorite quotes from P.J. O’Rourke, this article from the Washington Times is framed in political bias, but the statistics and the stories (which are verifiable elsewhere) are apolitical. They are particularly pertinent if you remember that all Medicare payments will be … Continue reading
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