This story is a warning: Six developmentally disabled people have died in the UK, apparently, due to medical neglect, according to “Death by Indifference,” a report published by MENCAP, a Mental Disability Charity. From the Telegraph story: Dr Roger Banks, the vice-president of the Royal . . . . Continue Reading »
I am growing increasingly concerned about suppression of heterodox views in science. This story in the Telegraph, I think, demonstrates the point. It is about the stifling of scientists who are skeptical about the conventional view about the existence of global warming and its causes. I don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote a post a few days ago criticizing the decision by the board of directors of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine to assume a position of “studied neutrality” on the crucial moral issue of physician-assisted suicide. It is simply a disgrace that the professional . . . . Continue Reading »
The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued its ninth, virtually meaningless report on assisted suicide. I say virtually meaningless because it’s statistical analysis depends almost entirely on death doctor self-reporting. Little noted in the media, which regurgitates these statistics . . . . Continue Reading »
In mice, Israeli scientists have apparently created a “miniature heart” using embryonic stem cells. If the story is right, the stem cells were morphed into the building blocks of heart cells, after which the scientists “found a way of persuading the different types of cell which . . . . Continue Reading »
Humanlife Matters, Mark Pickup’s blog, is back after experiencing technical difficulties. Today, Mark riffs on how the culture of death is really discrmination against the weakest and most vulnerable among . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the proper response to the legalization of assisted suicide: complete non participation by medical professionals at every level of care. Zurich University Hospital does not permit assisted suicides on premises. That is the honorable approach.If A.B. 374 passes in California, hospitals like . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so ridiculous. Ethical guidelines are being drafted to protect humans from robot abuse and robots from human abuse. First, robots are inanimate objects. I don’t care how sophisticated or “intelligent” they become, they could no more be abused than my vacuum cleaner or the . . . . Continue Reading »
Missouri’s universities will not have a life sciences building project funded due to the potential that the buildings would be used to conduct human cloning and embryonic stem cell research. While the media rails against cloning opponents, the real fault lies with the authors of Amendment 2. . . . . Continue Reading »
I often describe the blatant biased reporting about the ESCR debate. But much of the problem isn’t bias—it is ignorance. Say a general beat reporter is directed by his or her editor to do a stem cell story. He or she calls scientists—who may or may not mislead the . . . . Continue Reading »
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