Junk DNA: Is Preventing Breast Cancer a Function?

_{Science and Culture
February 6, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Score another function for non-coding DNA. Without this "junk," cells proliferate and spread, causing cancer. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 4, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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The Push Begins to Violate Religious Objections to Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 4, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

Forcing a Catholic hospital (say) to employ or give staffing privileges to death doctors would violate the free exercise of religion. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
February 3, 2016

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, Science, The Designed Body (series)}

The Body as a Battlefield: Proteins of the Innate Immune System

_{Howard Glicksman
February 3, 2016

Medicine

1}

These proteins bring other immune cells to the field of battle, make neutrophils and macrophages more effective, and fight invading microbes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 2, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Research, Views, world}

Brave New World, Here We Come

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

This is 21st-century eugenics -- and it will, in the end, become just as oppressive and anti-human equality as the original version. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
January 29, 2016

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, science, The Designed Body (series)}

Defending the Body: Neutrophils

_{Howard Glicksman
January 29, 2016

Medicine

1}

It is the neutrophils that are the main defenders against infection. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 28, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Health & Wellness, News, world}

Belgium and Canada — Frontiers of the Death Culture

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 28, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

The more a population accepts killing as an acceptable response to human suffering, the wider the categories of acceptable euthanasia becomes. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
January 25, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, science, The Designed Body (series)}

The Immune System: The Body’s First Responders

_{Howard Glicksman
January 25, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

1}

In order to survive, the body needs a system that can detect and identify invaders. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Health & Wellness, Views}

Normalizing Elder Couple Joint Suicides

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

People keep pretending that assisted suicide and euthanasia are about terminal illness. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 20, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Health & Wellness, Views}

The Alarming Trend to Deprofessionalizing Medicine

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 20, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

In Canada, this may soon require doctors to kill certain patients on demand. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 15, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Health & Wellness, News, Views}

The Arrogance of "Doctor Knows Best"

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 15, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

A bioethics theory places the moral values and opinions of strangers over those of the patient and family. Read More ›