Category: Medicine | Page 53 | Science and Culture Today

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Wesley J. Smith

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June 20, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, animal rights, BBC News, cell lines, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

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June 20, 2018

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Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, birth defects, CIA, Daily Wire, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Europe, euthanasia, France, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, human dignity, Iceland, Nazis, Pope Francis, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, sterilization}

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

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Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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June 13, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, authoritarianism, BBC News, Canada, civil rights, doctors, euthanasia, health care, hospital, human rights, Ireland, liberty, medical conscience, nurses, Roman Catholic}

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 13, 2018

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This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, autonomy, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care theory, hypocrisy, killing, medicine, Nazism, patients, technocracy, treatment, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2018

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Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 1, 2018

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Medicine
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, __k-review, death, Death with Dignity, drug companies, drugs, Food and Drug Administration, fraud, health insurance, hospice, illness, law, medication, medicine, patients, stem cells}

The Downsides of “Right to Try”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 1, 2018

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A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, death certificate, democracy, doctors, drugs, euphemism, euthanasia, families, illness, law, lethal injection, lying, medicine, mercy killing, Minnesota, overdose, patients}

Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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In its advocacy memes, the assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates. Read More ›

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Date
May 25, 2018

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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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, __k-review, "poor design", blood vessels, Darwinism, gymnastics, heart, hormones, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, nervous system, physician, podcast}

A Doc Talks Human Blood Flow and Exquisitely Intelligent Design

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May 25, 2018

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Glicksman explains the hugely complex blood flow systems required to keep us clear-headed and alive even while doing everything from gymnastics to simply getting up in the morning. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 13, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, accountability, addiction, assisted suicide, Center for Disease Control, doctors, medication, opioid epidemic, oversight, pain, patients, physician-assisted suicide, prescription, Reason Magazine, suicide}

Mad World: Pain Doctors Face Greater Scrutiny Than Death Doctors

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Our society often sacrifices law-abiding and productive people to protect the dysfunctional from themselves. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 1, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Alfie Evans, bioethicists, Charlie Gard, doctors, experts, futile care theory, health care, hospital, illness, judges, life support, medicine, parents, patients, technocracy}

Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, assisted suicide, authoritarianism, Daily Mail, futile care theory, medicine, Michigan, parental rights, parents, police, Rome, Terri Shiavo, United Kingdom}

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2018

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The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›