Tag: Alzheimer’s

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s, assisted suicide, Charles Camosy, death, dementia, Democratic Party, media, Mississippi, Politico, suicide, Switzerland, Virginia}

Promoting a Suicide: Shame on Politico

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

6}

Throughout the story, big-time political consultant Hal Malchow’s planned suicide is depicted as empowering. Read More ›

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Date
November 19, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s, apoptosis, Biological Information: New Perspectives, brain, cells, Cornell University, Darwin Devolves, DNA repair, Douglas Axe, eggs, Immune System, inflammation, intelligent design, memory, mice, Michael Behe, mutations, National Institutes of Health, New York University, oocyte, Quanta Magazine, Research, Robert J. Marks II, skin, stem cells, UC Davis, William A. Dembski}

Memory — New Research Reveals Cells Have It, Too

_{Science and Culture
November 19, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

A memory of past events helps a cell learn how to respond to recurring threats and protect the genome. 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

3}

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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, Alzheimer’s, Belgium, despair, euthanasia, fear, killing, loneliness, organ donation, psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, suffering, suicide}

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2018

Bioethics

3}

The carnage so bloodlessly described in the Belgian report demonstrates vividly the consequences to a society when it generally accepts killing as a proper answer to human suffering. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alzheimer’s, baby, Constitution, Down syndrome, eugenics, gene expression, Iceland, love, parents, Sarah Palin, Washington Post, women}

Abortion and the New Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Ruth Marcus sees the eugenics danger with which we are presented — and doesn’t care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, assisted suicide, CNN, dignity, hospice, illness, suffering, suicide}

Defining Dignity Up

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

6}

When you look at the studies of why people decide to commit assisted suicide or be euthanized, a consistent pattern emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s, Compassion and Choices, Death with Dignity, dementia, elderly people, Hemlock Society, hypothermia, suffering, USA Today, voluntary stop eating and drinking}

Another Egregious Form of “Death with Dignity”

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

4}

My mother died of Alzheimer’s in my home last year. My uncle died of it several years ago. Believe me, I know what Alzheimer’s is like. Read More ›