Tag: medication

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, atheists, biology, causation, Danni Askini, definist fallacy, disguised religion, doctors, dogmatism, faith and science, medication, methodological naturalism, natural, npr, preferred pronouns, reality, religion, religious language, religious terms, Seattle, supernatural, surgery, theistic evolutionists, trans identity, transgenderism}

More on Disguised Religion

_{David Klinghoffer
July 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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Not in science or in any other context does one faith get to impose its terms on others. Read More ›

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Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, brain, brain circuits, Gizmodo, humans, illness, imagination, medication, medicine, mice, neurons, neuroscience, pain, researchers, University of North Carolina}

Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

_{Science and Culture
August 8, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Brandeis University, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, hemlock, honey, Ian Dowbiggin, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medication, mercy killing, New York Times, nurse practitioners, patients, suicide, University of Colorado}

How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, death, medication, medicine, obstacles, patients, physician, poison, protections, Skype, suicide, telemedicine, Vermont, Zoom}

Now It’s Assisted Suicide by Zoom Meeting

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 30, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

2}

Remember when we were told that assisted suicide would only be engaged in as part of an intimate and long-term physician/patient relationship? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 1, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __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

Medicine

3}

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 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __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

4}

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