CategoryMedicine and Health
Hal Philipp: From Touchscreens to Tough Love on Wellness
In a podcast with computer science professor Robert Marks, the gifted inventor makes a case for a simpler, stronger life via nutritional awareness
Reuters Pulls Vid Where Xi Hails Organ Transplants for Longevity
Putin didn’t seem to care much about what he was heard to say about organ transplants but China is known to harvest organs from doomed political prisoners
Xi and Putin Are Transhumanists – Are You Surprised?
Transhumanism is mostly a materialistic wail of despair in the night, a desperate quest for hope for those who are terrified that death leads to obliteration
In Connecticut, the Horrors of AI Descend with Full Force
AI as “friends” and “confidants”? David Klinghoffer warns that this way of talking and thinking needs to be recognized as encouraging delusion
The Netherlands Already Allows Infant Euthanasia
It’s only logical. If killing is an acceptable answer to suffering, why limit the killing to adults?
Study: Mental Illness More Likely After Abortion Than Childbirth
This large, broad-based study was published in a mainstream, peer-reviewed journal by authors not identified with the pro-life movement
Religious Involvement Generally Predicts Better Mental Health
The signal that rises above the research noise is mostly positive. The question, in most cases, is what it points to
Successfully Deciphering the Thoughts of Speechless People
The new technology may be a great advance for persons with disabilities but it raises serious issues about privacy once it gets into the wrong hands
The Atlantic Details the Horrors of Canadian Euthanasia
The story includes examples of people who have had themselves killed because they couldn’t access proper support services, and many other cases
Only Bioethics Can Save the Planet! Really?
Some bioethicists want to include “planetary health” among the disciplines for which they propose ethical rules
Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients to Death?
If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough: This is too much to ask”?
Killing for Organs Pushed in the New York Times
Beware of efforts to “broaden” the definition of death to address the shortage of transplant organs
Attacks on Medical Conscience: Forcing Doctors to Take Human Life
As more states legalize assisted suicide and abortion through the ninth month, the medical conscience issue is again bubbling to the surface
Organ-Procurement Lapses Threaten Trust in Transplant Medicine
Something appears to have gone badly off the rails in the field of procuring organs after heart death
Chatbots Flunk at Resolving Medical Ethics Dilemmas
Surprisingly, despite evident limitations, they are being used in ethics tutorials in medical schools
Swiss Death Clinics Celebrated By Suicide Pushers
One Swiss clinic even “prioritizes people who are elderly but not seriously ill”
Researchers: Adult Human Brains Can Grow New Neurons
The Karolinska Institutet-based team found early-stage brain cells in older people in the hippocampus, the memory area of the brain
Journal Article Ignores Medical Objections to Puberty Blockers
Allowing an author to ignorecontrary evidence and increasing doubts about puberty blockers, etc., undermines New England Journal of Medicine’s purpose in being