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Downgrading American Medical Care
That image above is from a report in the American Spectator by Betsy McCaughey (the former Lieutenant Governor of New York State) on the true cost of medical care in the United States. It demonstrates that Americans still pay approximately the same for combined food and medical care expenses. As food costs less of the … Continue reading
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facts behind the ruling and addresses the right to conscience as though it is dependent on circumstances and can be “rescinded.”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
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
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
Clues to how blood stem cells become activated (adult stem cells)
The National Institute of Health has a news release about research done with NIH funding. The researchers explored how hematopoietic or blood cell producing adult stem cells are activated. The NIH article is very detailed, but easy to read and understand. An adaptation of the press release is at Science Daily. The research article was … Continue reading
Obama will fund more losing embryonic stem cell research (New Yellow Brick Award to the President)
Just days after we hear about functioning induced Pluripotent stem cells from adult skin cells, cells that can produce dopamine, the proteins missing in Parkinson’s disease, we read that President Obama is going to overturn the limits on funding for embryonic stem cell research. Despite the fact that these cells match the patient because they … Continue reading
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