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Hippocrates
Euthanasia
Image: Hippocrates, Stuyvesant Polyclinic, New York, NY, by Tony Fischer via Flickr.

The Second Most Horrendous Thing About Euthanasia

Don’t involve the medical profession in your atrocity. It takes no skill to kill a baby. Read More ›
Illinois State Capitol
Illinois
Photo: Illinois State Capitol, by Meagan Davis (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Illinois Compels MDs to Discuss Abortion “Benefits”

I have predicted that “medical conscience” will become a huge social controversy in the next decade. Read More ›
Victorious athelete
Human Biology
Image: Statue of a victorious athlete, J. Paul Getty Museum, attributed to Lysippos [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The “Exquisite Design” of Human Biology

There is a certain characteristic shallowness to the storytelling exercise that is evolutionary biology. Read More ›
anesthesiologist
physiology
Images: Top: Anesthesiologist, U.S. Navy photo, by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey Russell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; lower: oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve, by Ratznium [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Understanding Intelligent Design Helps Us to Understand Physiology

A while back I was sitting across from a candidate who had been studying hard for his oral certifying exam in anesthesiology. Read More ›
Professional man swimmer inside swimming pool. Underwater panoramic image.
Professional man swimmer inside swimming pool. Underwater panoramic image.
Photo credit: © pio3 — stock.adobe.com.

The Designed Body: Irreducible Complexity on Steroids = Exquisite Engineering

Perhaps because life is so common, it’s easy to lose sight of how tenuous it is. Life depends on a delicate balance of forces. Read More ›

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