There he goes again: I missed this at the time, but last May, Princeton University’s Peter Singer urged in an on-line periodical that brain damaged human beings be used in HIV research rather than chimpanzees. From the story “An Ethical Man:” “‘HIV research using chimps . . . . Continue Reading »
Anti-humanity is on the march in the Netherlands. On one hand they permit the increasing killing of sick, disabled, and depressed human beings, but are on the verge of supporting the Animal Rights Party to the extent that these radicals will find representation in the Parliament. The goal of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Dawkins, the proselytizer for atheistic materialism, apparently supports human breeding programs. This is what Dawkins wrote in “Eugenics May Not Be Bad” from the 11/19/06 edition of Scotland’s Sunday Herald:“IN the 1920s and 1930s, scientists from both the political . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, this is nice. A UK judge has refused to permit an unnamed patient diagnosed with persistent vegetative state to be dehydrated to death at the request of her family who believe it would be better for her to “die with dignity” than live with serious disabilities. Instead, he has . . . . Continue Reading »
Regenerative Medicine: Pathways to CureThis propaganda video, produced by the Alliance for Medical Research, is so filled with lies and junk biology that it has to be denigrated as anti-science. I intend to write about this at greater length, but among the whoppers foisted in viewers in this . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps the most dangerous sentence ever . . . . Continue Reading »
Excuse my cynicism, but UN Head Kofi Annan’s urging that the international community regulate biotechnology seems like so much hot air to me. Of course, he is right: We should regulate biotechnology. But based on how the “international community” does business these days, how . . . . Continue Reading »
The Lord Chancellor has warned UK doctors that if they violate advance directives refusing treatment, they could go to jail. Now, I certainly believe it is important to respect a patient’s desires in this regard; but jail? There are an awful lot of areas of ambiguity in these matters and the . . . . Continue Reading »
A New Zealand woman who went to China to get fetal tissue therapies for her ALS (motor neuron disease) has died. Allegedly, there was an early improvement and then she slipped back into the disease. This reminds me of the Korean umbilical cord blood patient who apparently got onto her feet after . . . . Continue Reading »
I am not quite sure how and why I got embroiled in this hit by the left wing media watchdog group, Media Matters, against radio and television talk show host Glenn Beck. But I did, compelling me to respond. Apparently Beck criticized Hillary Clinton for suggesting that the issue of national health . . . . Continue Reading »
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