Wesley J. Smith

Scientists in the UK are using a patient’s own stem cells to treat hip problems. From the story:British scientists have developed a stem cell technique which is being used by patients to avoid hip replacements, in a major medical breakthrough. Doctors in Southampton are using the pioneering . . . . Continue Reading »

The push for Obamacare has been profoundly disingenuous, to the point of mendacity. (Yes, yes, I know: Opponents have told some whoppers, too, such as that the bill pushes euthanasia. But it does open the door for health care rationing.) The push is very Clintonian, as in debating the meaning of . . . . Continue Reading »

The CDC’s guidelines for giving priority to the in-short-supply H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine puts people age 65 and older at the end of the line.  The CDC seems to have a cogent reason for putting seniors last: They appear to be less susceptible to swine flu infection than younger . . . . Continue Reading »

The CDC has published practice guidelines for giving inoculations for the H1N1 (swine) flu.  Because there is not enough vaccine to immediately inoculate everyone, priority is being given to the following categories of younger people (and health care workers).  From the CDC  . . . . Continue Reading »

Medical care in the UK keeps getting worse. Now, it turns out that thousands of heart attack victims received less than optimal treatment to prevent another infarction. From the story:Thousands of women and older people who suffer heart attacks are dying unnecessarily because they are not being . . . . Continue Reading »

The NYT is flexing every one of its muscles to help pass Obamacare. The latest example is a softball Q and A from the always biased Deborah Solomon in the Magazine of Tom Daschle.  From the interview:Q:...do you get the sense that the Republicans have dropped out of the health care debate? That . . . . Continue Reading »

Former President Clinton has urged the passage of Obamacare because failing to do so will hurt Democrats. From the story:Both [Al] Gore and Clinton urged the party faithful to back their congressmen to get health care reform passed this year. “We need to pass a bill this year. Doing nothing is . . . . Continue Reading »

I worked my way through law school selling appliances and televisions for JC Penney. I did quite well, to the point that I actually took a small cut in pay when I accepted my first job as a lawyer.  During that time, I came to understand that over the long haul, good salesmanship depends on . . . . Continue Reading »

My pal and co-author of Power Over Pain, Dr. Eric Chevlen, has a very interesting piece in the On The Square feature here at First Things.  Eric is a deep thinker and a man of tremendous integrity, intellectual as well as personal.  He writes at length here—there is a reason they . . . . Continue Reading »

We are creating a world of  “outsourced ethics” (to quote my pal William Hurlbut), in which the rich West engages in or winks at corrupt or unethical behavior in poor countries toward the end of exploiting human bodies—living and dead—for profit.  Examples discussed . . . . Continue Reading »