Haleigh Poutre, the little girl almost dehydrated to death by the State of Massachusetts because she had a severe brain injury, has lived to see her step-father/abuser, Jason Strickland, jailed for twelve-fifteen years. From the story:A judge sentenced the stepfather of Haleigh Poutre yesterday to . . . . Continue Reading »
Rumors are flying this afternoon that CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be named Surgeon General under the upcoming Obama administration. In a recent news report for CNN, Dr. Gupta openly criticized the expansion of conscience clauses for health care workers by the . . . . Continue Reading »
I ran this cartoon yesterday in an edition of SHS Funnies. But it is apt here, and not in a humorous vein. Tragically, it isn’t healthy to go to the hospital under the NHS. In the last two years—think about how short a time that is—hospital-caused deaths are up a whopping 60%. From . . . . Continue Reading »
Wisdom teeth are a rich source of stem cells, and apparently they can be used to grow teeth on demand. From the story:As long as there are hockey players, there will be niche markets for false teeth. But the real news about the future of dentures is that there isn’t much of one.Toothlessness . . . . Continue Reading »
If you know of any seniors in college that might like $40,000 to improve the world, encourage them to apply for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose. More information can be found here , but hurry because the deadline is January 16. . . . . Continue Reading »
Scientists have been working on this for nearly a decade now on making ES cells capable of being used directly in therapies. They have been stymied by three primary problems; the potential for tissue rejection (which we will not get into in this post), the cells’ propensity to form tumors . . . . Continue Reading »
Monday’s Wall Street Journal has a nice editorial review of the shenanigans going on in the Minnesota senate-race recount. After clearly explaining how—and why—vote totals could have swung so frequently in Mr. Franken’s favor, failing to mark duplicate ballots, judiciously . . . . Continue Reading »
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has called for a United Nations investigation into Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Kucinich likened the Israeli attacks on Gaza to its war with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in 2006. In both cases, he said, civilian populations were attacked and “countless . . . . Continue Reading »
For the Feast of the Epiphany, here’s a gentle, beautiful piece by Peter Cornelius called “The Three Kings,” sung by the King’s College Choir. . . . . Continue Reading »
Often, while trying to explain my rejection of the death penalty , I use the term “poetic justice,” that great narrative satisfaction that comes in certain stories like the clicking shut of a well-made box. And just as often, I’m asked for an example. Well, here for the record, is . . . . Continue Reading »
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