Category: Medicine

Illustration multiplication of cells in blue

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Date
October 30, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, brain cells, brains, cells, Christof Koch, Darwinism, information, kidney cells, kidneys, learning, memory, neuroscientists, Nikolay V. Kukushkin, panpsychism, philosophy of biology, skull, Tibi Puiu, TIME, ZME Science}

Researchers Find Memory Outside the Brain

_{Science and Culture
October 30, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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It it is very difficult to look at the natural world seriously and not see a mind in there somewhere. Read More ›

AI-generated illustration of a human fetus curled up in the womb

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, bioethics, black babies, demagoguery, doctors, Dorothy Roberts, drug addiction, ectopic pregnancy, embryology, fetal homicide, fetal personhood, fetus, Killing the Black Body, medical conditions, miscarriages, pregnancy, pro-life laws, pro-lifers, racists, slaveholders, slavery, substance abusers, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn children, United States, Vermont}

Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer. Read More ›

Looking and smile elderly woman portrait on a dark background

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, blood pressure, C. Everett Koop, cognitive impairment, death, delay, dementia, drug interactions, Ebola, euthanasia, grandchildren, grandmother, health conditions, medicine, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, old-age home, prevention, Quebec, Resolve to Save Lives, Science Alert, Tessa Koumoundouros, The Formula for Better Health, Tibi Puiu, Tom Frieden, urinary tract infection, vitamin B12, Wall Street Journal, ZME Science}

For a Long Time, Dementia Was the New Leprosy

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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I use the term “delay” rather than “prevention” for a reason: It may be that the human brain will inevitably start to break down after a century or so. Read More ›

Futuristic holographic baby in doctor's hand: exploring virtual reality and medical technology

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 23, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, babies, Big Fertility, bioethics, Brave New World, cells, children, China, CRISPR, designer babies, eggs, embryos, gestational carriers, government, Katy Faust, manufacture, men, parents, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, regulation, reproduction, skin cells, somatic cell nuclear transfer, sperm, Them Before Us, women}

Human Reproduction Is Becoming Human Manufacture

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 23, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Making eggs out of skin cells is just the latest example of an accelerating reproductive anarchy that is changing our very culture. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Agustín Fuentes, cancel culture, Carole Hooven, evolutionary biologists, Fox & Friends, gender, gender medicine, Harvard University, Helen Lewis, Princeton University, puberty blockers, Sex Is a Spectrum, Steven Pinker, survival, T: The Story of Testosterone, Tablet, The Atlantic, The Lancet, truth, Washington Post}

In the War on Reality, a Biologist Became a Casualty

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 21, 2025

Evolution, Medicine

5}

Enough people may still believe that the human being is not just an animal and there is such a thing as truth. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, biochemistry, biochemists, Biola University, biomolecules, biosphere, cancer, curcumin, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, diseases, drugs, flavonoids, humans, intelligent design, Karl Krueger, leaf extract, lutein, lycopene, Magnolia alba, medicine, Michael Behe, nanoparticles, photocatalytic, polyphenols, red grapefruit, Research, Richard Gunasekera, Scientific Reports, side effects, tomato, Tree of Life}

Discovery Institute-Funded Paper in Scientific Reports Applies an ID-Inspired Approach to Cancer

_{Casey Luskin
October 16, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Humans have bioengineered many drugs to fight cancer. We’ve all seen this: Many cancer drugs may work but they often have devastating side effects. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethics, Canada, Charles Camosy, consensus, doctors, George W. Bush, human life, Journal of Medical Ethics, lawyers, Leon Kass, medical ethics, moral tradition, Ontario, orthodoxy, patient choice, Paul Ramsey, philosophers, President’s Council on Bioethics, professors, progressive politics, public health, public policy, The Emerging Tradition of Secular Bioethics, tradition}

Contrary to Claims, Bioethics Is Not a “Moral Tradition”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Talk about a “heads we win, tails you lose” consensus that can drive Hippocratic physicians out of the profession. Read More ›

Alfred Nobel Prize. Two medals standing on red fabric.

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 9, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

_{David Coppedge
October 9, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Who is more worthy of honor: the designer of a highly sophisticated functional system, or investigators who figured out how it works? Read More ›

Concept change transformation evolution adaptation personal societal shifts narrative progression consciousness continuity transition resilience

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Date
October 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Billions of Missing Links, books, Charles Darwin, Coast to Coast AM, consciousness, Doctor's Diary, evolution, Geoffrey Simmons, George Noory, intelligent design, internists, lecturers, listeners, patients, radio, Science and Culture Today, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

Consciousness and Intelligent Design: Dr. Simmons on Coast to Coast Tonight

_{Science and Culture
October 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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He tells us, “My patients have contacted me from all over the world having heard me on this show on previous occasions.” Read More ›

People gathered around the red navigation pointer pin. Meeting place concept. A long awaited meeting, a company of friends, acquaintance via the Internet. Event or holiday. Organization of joint trip

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bank account, brain, cerebellum, consciousness, cortex, hammer, human mind, Local, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, non-local, password, Peter Coppola, Real Clear Science, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›