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The Designed Body: Our Irreducibly Complex Blood Pressure Control System

We always hear about friends and family with blood pressure problems. There’s something easy to miss, though. Read More ›
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Courts Decide It’s Time for Alfie Evans to Die

We are witnessing a steady and growing imposition of technocracy in medicine, where “experts” define the parameters of care.  Read More ›
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The Costs of Defensive Science

In our highly litigious society, physicians and other health-care professionals often practice what is known as “defensive medicine.” Read More ›
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Canadian Hospice Says No to Euthanasia

Cecily Saunders, who created the modern hospice movement, stood steadfastly against assisted-suicide legalization. Read More ›
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Photo: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, by Rodhullandemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In the U.K., Another Shut-Off-the-Baby’s-Life-Support Case

Forcing this baby to die when there is no diagnosis would be an act of naked medical authoritarianism. Read More ›
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Hybrid Sheep-Human Embryos Show Need for Biotech Regulation

Biotech is rocketing forward into areas that impact life at the most fundamental and basic levels. Read More ›
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Irreconcilable Differences: Can Darwinism Be Pasteurized?

An advocate for Darwinian medicine wants to bring two historical opponents in the design debate, Pasteur and Darwin, into a peace treaty for the good of public health. Read More ›
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Medical Establishment Opposes Conscience Rights

The Massachusetts Medical Society wants their pro-life colleagues, and those who believe in the Hippocratic Oath, to be forced to violate religious and moral beliefs. Read More ›

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