Tag: medicine

3d render of abstract face in digital cyberspace with a lot of particles around. Technology concept of facial recognition.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Barcelona, bioethics, breathing, commodification, dead donor rule, donation, donor, eating, euthanasia, face, face transplant, heebie-jeebies, Maria José Abadías, medical treatment, medicine, neurovascular microsurgery, patients, Spain, suicide, suicide prevention, surgery, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital}

In Spain, a Transplant Case Gives Heebie-Jeebies

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 3, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Euthanasia conjoined with organ harvesting just took a particularly disturbing turn, when a woman was euthanized and had part of her face transplanted. Read More ›

Diverse group of professional scientists talking at the lab

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, amplification, assumptions, atrial fibrillation, bias, claims, clinical trials, confidence, doctors, evidence, evolution, extrapolation, heart rhythm, medical guidelines, medication, medicine, outcomes, patients, proof, prospective study, regulatory bodies, repeatability, retrospective observational study, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series)}

When Can I Trust What Scientists Say?

_{Rob Stadler
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Claims are based on evidence, and different kinds and quantities of evidence provide different levels of confidence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, activists, authoritarianism, bioethicists, bioethics, British Columbia, California, Canada, Catholic moral teaching, Catholic teaching, courts, doctors, Dominion Health, effective referral, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, hospitals, human life, law, medical institutions, medicine, plaintiffs, uterus, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority}

When Doctors’ Faith Loses to Bureaucratic Power

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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In Canada, the family of a euthanized woman, forced to leave a Catholic hospital to be killed, is seeking to compel Catholic hospitals to permit euthanasia. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
January 14, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, clinical evidence, confidence, evidence, evolution, experimental evidence, experimental evolution studies, experimental studies, fossil record, innovation, James Tour, medicine, Rice University, scientific evidence, scientific fields}

With James Tour, I Have Been Assessing the Evidence for Evolutionary Innovation

_{Rob Stadler
January 14, 2026

Biology, Evolution

2}

The evidence that is most often presented in support of evolution (i.e., the fossil record and homology) fails to meet the criteria for providing confidence. Read More ›

Veterinarian in protective clothing tending to a pig on a farm, emphasizing animal care and health management

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, animal experiments, animal research, animals, bodily systems, brain, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, dialysis, Edward Taub, federal funding, human organs, human research, Jesse Gelsinger, kidney, Make America Healthy Again, medicine, monkeys, organ transplant, pigs, plasticity, primates, Research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., surgery, Towana Looney, World War II}

For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, bias, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, medicine, Nature (journal), objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, reform, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism}

With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2025

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

5}

If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Read More ›

Drunk homeless man covered his face with his hands and sits on the stairs in the underpass, black and white photo.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 12, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Executive Order, feces, harm reduction, HIV, human dignity, medicine, mental illness, overdose, personal autonomy, San Francisco, The New England Journal of Medicine, Trump Administration}

“Harm Reduction” Harms the Homeless

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 12, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

San Francisco was allowing harm reducers to give away “starter kits” to people so they could begin injecting drugs! 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, death, dementia, Ebola, euthanasia, grandchildren, medicine, New York City, prevention, Quebec, Science Alert, Tibi Puiu, 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 ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, Amazon, Bible, books, Christians, circuitry, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, evolution, faith and science, genetics, genome, immaterial genome, intelligent agent, intelligent design, John West, law, medicine, non-Christians, Plato's Revenge, Politics, religion, reviews, Richard Sternberg, RNA, Stockholm Syndrome Christian}

New Audiobooks by John West, David Klinghoffer Available Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Speaking of Amazon, we follow the reviews there, and it’s always welcome to see what readers have to say. I’ll share the top review of each book respectively. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, biochemistry, biochemists, Biola University, biomolecules, biosphere, cancer, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, diseases, drugs, humans, intelligent design, Karl Krueger, medicine, Michael Behe, Research, Richard Gunasekera, Scientific Reports, 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 ›