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When does human life begin?

8/18/2008 – 11:36 pm

From Keith Pavlischek over at First Things:
Dr. Hymie Gordon (Mayo Clinic): “By all criteria of modern molecular biology, life is present from the moment of conception.”
Dr. Micheline Matthews-Roth (Harvard University Medical School): “It is scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception.”
Dr. Alfred Bongioanni (University of Pennsylvania): “I have learned from [...]

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Telemedicine

8/10/2008 – 10:25 pm

Here’s an article about an Emergency Room stroke exam with a webcam. Okay, it isn’t anything spectacular, and it may not appeal to most people, but I personally thought it was really cool to see in action — to see how the doctors interacted with the stroke patient, made their diagnosis, etc.! You should [...]

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Thought police

11/14/2007 – 12:57 am

Interesting, if potentially scary stuff.
On a slightly related note, I’m fascinated with radiology as a medical specialty. However, it’s a difficult specialty to enter, and I’m sure I don’t have the intellectual chops for it.

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