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Politically Incorrect Medical Ethics Changes That Are In The Interest of Most JREFers What are they? -Creating multiple clones of ourselves now for stem cells today and transplant body parts a couple decades from now. -Being able to purchase organs from living individuals on an open market...

A client of mine is a 14 year old girl. This past summer as she was walking home from a church event one afternoon she was approached by a group of men who were affiliated with a local gang. This county has been having a chronic problem with gang activity. It is known that one initiation...

It's hard to believe this isn't woo, but it comes from a reliable source. I got this article today from one of the magazines I subscribe to. I've spent the last 13 years in the pharmaceutical industry, so I'm always excited when things like this come along...

The problem of this new post-9-11 (hysteria)law is not that it will prevent impoverished non-citizens from getting care, but will corral large numbers of Americans, especially those born in the U.S. w/o birth certificates or access to birth certificates and kick them out of the system as well...

My BS klaxons are going off, but it may be due to dealing with the 911 cters too much. http://psychrights.org/Articles/29medicalcausesofsz.htm

Hi, A friend just told me that she quit taking her HIV meds because, "the chemical onslaught is worse than the disease. Detoxing from the meds is dreadful, but it shouldn't last too long (I hope). I am now exploring immune strengthening (sp?) methods, healthier eating, etc... no quackery snake...

I broke my leg in March, and now have the all clear to walk on it. I was prescribed PT, but they did some weird things. One included a vibrator that was supposed to release endorphins or something...actually, what it did was knock one of the "buttons" used in the surgery loose. Now it is...

Dear learned friends. Today I have received a second direct mailing from a Major Vitamin house which includes a leaflet which makes very clear medical claims for a food supplement. There are several hanging comparatives and several claims for direct health effects. I previously wrote to the...

I'm looking for the names of the equiverelents of the FDA and NICE in as many countries as posible.

So I'm attempting on and off to argue with someone about the benefits of medical science, both now and through history. Though an atheist and otherwise rational, she has a grudge against scientists, and especially doctors and other medical scientists, and against science in general. I can't...

Yesterday my uncle was admitted to the hospital. He was having intense headaches for a couple days, then yesterday it got so bad they called 911. When the ambulance arrived he had already started going into seizures. All the info I have is what I got from my mother, so I was hoping I could spill...

I'll try and keep this as clinical as possible, but this is a serious question. Like most people I will occasionally get cold sores. My wife really hates this because she enjoys the oral aspect of lovemaking & doesn't want me performing such an act with a cold sore. Now my question: is there...

OK - I have a weird situation over here. We use a diesel generator for electricity at the house here in Kabul. Yesterday, the local staff decided it was time to service the thing, and it appears they decided to dispose of a significant quantity of diesel fuel into the drains of the house. The...

Following a piece in the BMJ on 17th Dec about the Darwin exhibition, the BMJ rapid response columns seems to have been targetted by creationists and IDers. Sad to say, most of them are members of my own profession who should really know better. I've no time to respond, but wonder if any JREFers...

Okay, what causes chest congestion? For days now, I have had this ...well, not really a "cough". More of a constantly clearing my throat. Occasionally it is productive, but more often it isn't. (it's much more effective at annoying my wife, but that's another problem.) My nose is a little...

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/12/05/alternative-medicine051205.html I am not pleased with this. Taxpayers are paying for these unproven philosophies to be taught to potential physicians, and possibly harm the health of patients.

You know, it might be worth pointing out in the clallenge FAQs that medicines and other cures are very difficult to test. The challenge is a challenge to demonstrate that you can do what you say you can do. Medical claims are very difficult to demonstrate: drug companies take years and millions...

Or is it a product of photoshop?

This is a common mantra for quacks. The idea is that since drug companies make money off "maintenance" drugs that they would organize a conspiracy to hide any true cures that are discovered. Here's why that idea is flawed: 1) Drug companies are not a monolithic monopoly. They are engaged in...

SEATTLE -- Betty Hiatt's morning wake-up call comes with the purr and persistent kneading of the cat atop her bedspread. Reaching for a cane, the frail grandmother pads with uncertain steps to the tiny alcove kitchen in her two-room flat. She is, at 81, a medical train wreck and a miracle...

Where I can ask questions and find links. I am still researching anoxic spinal cord injury, recommended therapies, research programs, and long term prognosis. Thanks. :)

I had a hard time deciding where to post this one, but I decided that because it is ultimately about curing cancer, AIDS and other diseases, it belonged under medicine. Ladies and Gentlemen, my nomination for kooky konspiracy of the month: http://www.jewish-conspiracy.com/1326/1188.html

I just read in my local Danish newspaper Politiken that the British Medical Journal has published a positive test of magnetic bracelets against arthritis. The conclusion is: Obviously, they have the usual problems of performing blind tests of magnetic bracelets when the patients can easily...

One sees so few monocles these days. Did they ever have a purpose other than to make someone appear (as one website put it) as a pretentious toff?

I have been doing research on acute spinal cord ischemia. I've found a few reports on it, such as this one:http://ahavj.ahajournals.org/cgi/co...111598.78198.EC Now, while the study says they got better results (i.e. more people actually able to recover from parapelegia and walk, have bowel...

Has anyone attempted to genetically engineer lab rats or other medical research subjects so that they have only the most rudimentary parts of the brain? They would have to be fed by machines, but perhaps they could have enough lower brain functioning to keep involuntary bodily functions...

Lets hope the justices do decide to legalize Medical Marijuana.

Any opinions on epidurlal steriod injection?

Medical History of American Presidents Fascinating stuff!

I just bought a stetheoscope. it is so cool. but can someone recomend a practical book on how to use it on myself or on my cat. we don't have any health problems per se...I just want to explore medical science for personal interest. I'm a doctor but I don't know anything about medicine...