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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, China, CRISPR, DNA, egg, embryo, embryos, eugenics, gene editing, genetic disease, Hong Kong, in vitro fertilization, MIT Technology Review, Nobel Prize, science}

Eugenics Revisited: Scientists on the Verge of Genetically Engineering Babies

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November 26, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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CRISPR is the most powerful technology invented since the splitting of the atom. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, children, disabilities, euthanasia, fear, homicide, hospital, illnesses, lethal injection, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nurse practitioners, Ontario, pain, palliative care, patients, physicians, self-starvation, suffering}

Eliminating the Sufferer: In Canada, Hospital Waiting Room Promotes Euthanasia

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November 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Euthanasia corrupts everything it touches. That includes the healthcare system and a society’s perception of the value of people with serious disabilities and illnesses. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 25, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, euthanasia, mental illness, psychiatry, suicide}

Drug Our Drinking Water with Lithium?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 25, 2018

Ethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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If we really want to reduce suicide — and sometimes I wonder if we do — we will increase our focus on mental health as a top-tier societal priority. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, doctors, health, New York Times, nurse, patients, Politics}

Physicians Should Prescribe Pills, not Politics

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2018

Medicine

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The last thing sick people need while being admitted to a hospital is a nurse or clerk trying to get out the vote. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, medicine, Ontario, palliative care, patients}

In Canada, Euthanasia Yes — Palliative Care, Not So Much

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Canada has created a positive right to euthanasia — including coercing dissenting doctors. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, ALS, assisted suicide, cancer, depression, euthanasia, interventions, Jack Kevorkian, Michael Shermer, Netherlands, Oregon, overdose, pain, Scientific American, suicide prevention, terminal illness, University of Toronto}

Scientific American: Prevention Can Benefit Any Suicidal Person

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October 14, 2018

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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My last hospice patient, Bob, told me that after some months of just wanting to be dead, that he had “come out of the fog.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, health, health insurance, life, medical care, medicine, University of Illinois, utilitarianism}

A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 23, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, "survival of the fittest", baby, birth, brain, breathing, cells, cervix, development, Doctor's Diary (series), egg, embryo, fingerprints, hypoxia, intelligent design, lungs, Modernizing Darwin (series), mother, mutations, neurons, organs, oxygen, placenta, surgery, uterus, zygote}

Doctor’s Diary: To Make a Baby Requires Intelligent Design

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 23, 2018

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Like a well-written, trillion-page novel, every micro-step, every macro-step, every twist and turn of our development follows a master plan. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Brown University, children, doctors, Ezekiel Emanuel, gender dysphoria, human experimentation, ideology, New England Journal of Medicine, patients, Politicians, surgery, The Federalist}

But Wesley, It’s a Study!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Sorry. In our ideological times, that doesn’t mean as much as it once did. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 13, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", antibodies, bacteria, cilia, common cold, enzymes, Evolution News, gravity, Human Errors, intelligent design, maxillary sinus, Michael Egnor, mucus, Nathan Lents, Peaceful Science, physiology, S. Joshua Swamidass, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia}

Nathan Lents Is Back; Still Wrong About Sinuses

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September 13, 2018

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The interaction with Lents is of interest because it provides an opportunity to look again, in some detail, at a fascinating illustration of design in action. Read More ›