Category Archives: Medicine

Compassion That’s Not

Writing in America Magazine, Jean Welch Hill, director of the ominously-named Peace and Justice Commission for the [Roman Catholic] diocese of Salt Lake City, argues against peace and justice for the terminally ill: Imagine telling someone who is unable to … Continue reading

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Dr. Paltrow Presumes: Iodine

The Independent: Another week, another piece of questionable advice from Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop. This time, however, the website may have made its most dangerous recommendation yet, as a doctor has called out the latest post saying: “Almost everything in this … Continue reading

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California Injects Some Sense on Vaccination

Or at least it’s getting closer to doing that. This from Reuters/Religion News Service: California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate, the latest move in … Continue reading

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Lamenting Those Who Lament Down Syndrome

  You don’t have to be an anti-natalist, much less some kind of nihilist, to defend the decision on the part of a majority of would-be mothers to abort fetuses showing signs of Down syndrome. But over at The Week, Pascal-Emmanuel … Continue reading

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Left-Right synergy that could have been

This is not the time to be talking about Left-Right alliances. I know. But this piece by Kevin Drum got my attention. He’s responding to the fact that asthma inhalers are very expensive because of the way pharmaceutical companies have … Continue reading

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