Tag: medicine
The Downsides of “Right to Try”
A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA.
Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide
In its advocacy memes, the assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates.
Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy
This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too.
This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like
The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case.
The Designed Body: Our Irreducibly Complex Blood Pressure Control System
We always hear about friends and family with blood pressure problems. There’s something easy to miss, though.