The San Diego Union-Tribune is running a three-part series on embryonic stem cell research. The first installment ran in Sunday's paper. Disclaimer: I have had zero/zilch/nada to do with the writing, editing or even the page design of this series. The following comments and observations are my own and should not be construed to offer […]
the less we seem to know. This sort of thing certainly puts that whole persistent vegetative state thing into question. (via Random Jottings) Perhaps the last word should go to Pat Flores, the mother of George Melendez, the 31-year-old coma patient who reassured his parents that he wasn't in pain after taking Ambien, as zolpidem […]
National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru has a short post on The Corner pointing out the decision by the D.C. Circuit which allows terminally ill patients to use non-FDA approved drugs. I can't improve on Ponnuru's succinct take: "Right policy, wrong branch of government."
The New York Times does its readers a public service by pointing out that the Canadian health-care system -- often lauded by single-payer advocates here in the U.S. as a solution to the high prices of the American system -- is collapsing. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 23 — The Cambie Surgery Center, Canada's most prominent […]
These sorts of stories don't often make the front pages of newspapers because the embryonic stem cell debate is so much more popular with the crusading liberal media, but a San Diego biotech firm got a $30 million investment from Olympus to further their adult stem cell research. Cytori said yesterday it signed a deal […]
For the latest update on the success of non-embryo-destroying adult stem cells, check out Michael Fumento's latest piece over at Tech Central Station.
Idiots in a West Yorkshire, Great Britain, hospital have attempted to ban people from cooing at babies. A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached and to reduce infection. A statement from Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax said staff had held an advice […]
I'm opposed to embryonic stem cell research simply because I recognize that a human embryo is, well, human. Today comes news that scientists at Harvard have been able to create embryonic stem cells from adult skin cells. (Does that still make them "embryonic"?) Of course, despite making this discovery, they still want federal monies to […]
Toothpaste can cause cancer. Don't overreact though, it's only a danger if you mix it with water and snort it in large quantities.
The Hippocratic oath seems to hold less power as the years go on as this story indicates. Massachusetts General Hospital said it plans to remove a 79-year-old patient from life support next week, against the wishes of the woman's family and despite a court ruling that said her daughter had the right to decide when […]