Houston Doctors Use Stem Cells to Treat Stroke Victims
by Doctors at Houston’s Texas Medical Center recently pioneered a new experimental treatment for stroke victims in which the patient’s own adult stem cells are harvested …
Category: Health
Child Care / Health / Medicine
ADHD Medicine’s Value Over Time
In 1999, a group of researchers led by William Pelham released the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA), a paper that failed to …
The Case for Universal Healthcare
The U.S. healthcare system is broken. No one seriously disputes that any longer. The current national discussion is all about how far to nationalize healthcare. …
Obama’s Health Care Plan to be Mandatory?
Ezra Klein says that Barack Obama will ask Congress to include a mandatory participation clause when he spells out the broad strokes for his proposed …
Medicine in the Era of Big Government
My wife is having surgery today. She’s chosen her doctors as best she can with the limited information available regarding their abilities, which is to …
Equality in Fact, Law, and Medicine
Dennis Prager’s comment that equality is not an American value stirred up a few left-wingers like Ali at ThinkProgress. His aghast reaction, like those of …
Health / Liberalism / Politics
Rights and Privileges
What are our rights as Americans? Bill Whittle knows. With reference to health care, Bill writes: …back in the day, we would simply say that …
Medical Discrimination
Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen has what he thinks is a noble goal in mind: ending price discrimination in the medical insurance marketplace. Why? As Kagen …
Deciding to Die
From the NY Times: Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, when in years past they would have succumbed to …
Health / Liberalism / Politics
John Edwards’ 4 Steps
Edwards, running a reasonable 3rd in the Democratic primary polls, today published a 4 step program to a healthier America in the Boston Globe. But would …