Myriad Genetics CEO Claims He Owns Your Genes — Forbes
Steven Salzberg, Contributor
Published 13 April 2013
Article here.
Philadelphia Abortion Clinic Horror: Column — USAtoday.com
By Kirsten Powers
Originally published 11 April 2013
We’ve forgotten what belongs on Page One.
Documentary — When Assisted Death is Legal: Episode II
BBC World Service: first broadcast 20 February 2013
Liz Carr visits The Netherlands, and the American states of Washington and Oregon in the second episode of the two-part radio documentary on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014q86x
Asking the Right Questions
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre has done us all a favor by writing her book, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009). Early in her chapter, “Don’t Tolerate Lies,” the author references a quote of Blaise Pascal: We hate the truth, and people hide it from us; we want to be flattered, and people flatter us; we like being deceived, and we are deceived.* Given this situation, Professor McEntyre offers some help to us, that we might be better able to discern what is true when we read the news. How ...read more
Perils of Newborn Screening — Scientific American
Doctors may be testing infants for too many diseases.
By Ariel Bleicher
2 July 2012
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=perils-of-newborn-screening
Let’s Talk About Organ Donation
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
Executive Director
A rare feat in organ transplantation was reported this week. 27-year-old Ray Fearing needed a kidney. His younger sister, Cera, donated one of hers. Quickly, though, that kidney started failing. Although Fearing could no longer use the kidney, his physicians thought that perhaps the kidney could be removed before it shut down altogether, and transplanted to someone else. Fearing and his sister agreed to the procedure, as did the recipient. So, after 14 days in Ray Fearing’s body, the kidney was removed and re-transplanted — this time, into the ...read more
Choosing Wisely — an initiative of the ABIM Foundation
Nine United States specialty societies representing 374,000 physicians developed lists of “Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question” in recognition of the importance of physician and patient conversations to improve care and eliminate unnecessary tests and procedures.
http://choosingwisely.org/?page_id=13
The Baby Chase — hudsonreporter.com
By Lana Rose Diaz
http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/17396256/article-THE-BABY-CHASE-An-ongoing-series-Putting-baby-making-on-hold-for-later-In-Hoboken-and-beyond–women-are-freezing-their-eggs-?instance=lead_story_left_column
THE STATE of the Union — On Hormones
By D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
A few days ago, I received an unsolicited e-mail from “Stephanie Cutter, BarackObama.com” <[email protected]>. It read in part,
Here’s some big news that’s going to affect millions of women. On Friday, the Obama administration announced that soon women won’t have to pay out of pocket for birth control: Starting August 1st, many insurance plans nationwide will be required to fully cover contraception without co-pays or deductibles. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more women can make health care decisions based on what’s best for them — ...read moreIs there life for stem cells after Geron? — NewScientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21190-is-there-life-for-stem-cells-after-geron.html
