Category: Medicine

White medical pills or tablets with bottle on black background. Macro side view with copy space

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abdominal pain, assisted suicide, autopsy, Belgium, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, Brittany Maynard, Canada, compounding pharmacies, disability, Eileen Mihich, Elizabeth Bruenig, Estonia, euthanasia, Germany, Jack Kevorkian, Jess Kaan, Luxembourg, Marjorie Wantz, mental illness, Netherlands, Oregon, pharmacists, pharmacy, poison, psychiatric disorders, rape, slippery slope, suffering, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic, Veronica Torina, Washington State}

How a Mentally Ill Woman Wrote Herself a Lethal Prescription

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 12, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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A troubling look at how systemic gaps enabled a vulnerable woman to obtain lethal drugs unchecked. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 7, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, albumin, blood, capillaries, cell death, Darwinian narrative, death, dying, engineering, Eric Anderson, hormones, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, laws of nature, life, liver, living systems, minerals, physics, podcast, proteins, Steve Laufmann, water, Your Designed Body}

How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature to Thrive

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 7, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Left to their own devices, the natural result of physics and chemistry is death, not life. So how are we still breathing? Read More ›

Telepathic communication mind power control through thought and mental communication abilities

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alexander Batthyany, brain, confusion, Denyse O’Leary, human mind, immaterial reality, Michael Egnor, mind, natural world, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, panic, somnolence, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, theology, Threshold}

When the Mind is Freed from the Brain

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The strong dependency of mind on brain that gets us through everyday life no longer seems to apply when we come to death and dying. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, Ardem Patapoutian, biomolecules, calcium ions, childbirth, connexin 43, contractile phase, Cx 43, delivery, design logic, electrical signals, Emily Reeves, gap junctions, heart, heart muscle, hormones, human mothers, intelligent design, labor, Marcos Eberlin, muscle cells, muscle contraction, Nobel Prize, oxytocin, PIEZO1, PIEZO2, pregnancy, pressure, progesterone, proteins, quiet phase, receptors, red blood cells, Science (journal), Science Daily, smooth muscle, uterine muscle, uterine muscle contraction, uterine wall, uterus, ventricular fibrillation}

Precision Design Logic Explains Childbirth Better than Darwinism Does

_{Howard Glicksman
February 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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It is only in the last few decades that science has been able to unravel what is going on at the molecular level within the uterus during labor and delivery. Read More ›

3d render of abstract face in digital cyberspace with a lot of particles around. Technology concept of facial recognition.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Barcelona, bioethics, breathing, commodification, dead donor rule, donation, donor, eating, euthanasia, face, face transplant, heebie-jeebies, Maria José Abadías, medical treatment, medicine, neurovascular microsurgery, patients, Spain, suicide, suicide prevention, surgery, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital}

In Spain, a Transplant Case Gives Heebie-Jeebies

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 3, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Euthanasia conjoined with organ harvesting just took a particularly disturbing turn, when a woman was euthanized and had part of her face transplanted. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Winkler

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, cell phone, civil dialogue, Cornell University, Discovery Institute, education, faculty, Heterodox Academy, immaterial causes, intelligent design, Ithaca, Ivy League, James Tour, material causes, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, new york, professors, Randy Wayne, Seattle, students, universities, Walter Bradley Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence, world view}

An Evening with Michael Egnor at Cornell

_{Tom Winkler
February 3, 2026

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

The talk itself provides the basis for the Q&A, so it is worth listening to. But for a real treat, don’t miss the exchange afterward. It is golden. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain, brain function, communication, consciousness, death, Denyse O’Leary, emotions, free will, human identity, ID the Future, materialism, medical literature, memories, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movements, near-death experiences, neuroscience, physicalism, reason, seizures, sensations, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, Threshold}

Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Read More ›

Diverse group of professional scientists talking at the lab

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, amplification, assumptions, atrial fibrillation, bias, claims, clinical trials, confidence, doctors, evidence, evolution, extrapolation, heart rhythm, medical guidelines, medication, medicine, outcomes, patients, proof, prospective study, regulatory bodies, repeatability, retrospective observational study, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series)}

When Can I Trust What Scientists Say?

_{Rob Stadler
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Claims are based on evidence, and different kinds and quantities of evidence provide different levels of confidence. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, biology, cells, chemical balance, chemicals, Darwinian theory, Energy, engineering, Eric Anderson, friction, heat transfer, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent cause, matter, organisms, physicians, podcast, Steve Laufmann, system of systems, systems engineers, Your Designed Body}

The Ingenious Cellular Structure that Keeps Us Alive

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Voila! Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, activists, authoritarianism, bioethicists, bioethics, British Columbia, California, Canada, Catholic moral teaching, Catholic teaching, courts, doctors, Dominion Health, effective referral, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, hospitals, human life, law, medical institutions, medicine, plaintiffs, uterus, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority}

When Doctors’ Faith Loses to Bureaucratic Power

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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In Canada, the family of a euthanized woman, forced to leave a Catholic hospital to be killed, is seeking to compel Catholic hospitals to permit euthanasia. Read More ›