OK, so this thread has been pretty uneventful for a while, so to maybe spark a conversation (or even better, a debate!), here are a few articles that I basically randomly picked from hy homepage that I think are interesting:
Justices Make It Tougher to Sue Medical Device Makers
Stem Cell Therapy Controls Diabetes in Mice
Do Vaccines Cause Autism?Vietnam warns provinces to do more against bird flu

I don't know if anyone has this in their posts here, but the biggest thing to hit medicine is the doctors. Around the year 2020 or 2030, there are going to 4-500 million people in the US and their are going to be the same amount of doctors treating 500 million people. Another tmajor thing to hit home is Universal health care. I am so against it. It raises the taxes through the roof. Look at France, Germany and England. It is not going to work. It looks good on paper, but in real life, it is going to swallow the bones of the working class to dust soon. Doctors have to agree with the rates the program consist of, it is going to be like Welfare. What do other people think about these issues?

I know that something has to be done with our health care system, and universal healthcare definitely looks like a good option, but, I agree- can it really work?

hey this is heather. So recently you guys were talking about stem cells and how the downside is that you need to kill an embryo to get them. But scientists recently found a way to turn epithelial (skin) cells into stem cells so now they wouldn't even need to kill an embryo to get them!

Well, this has to do more with politics, but, I have to get this off my chest (pectorals) , what do you all think about in this election?

*heather*- I read a lot about that. So far they haven't found a way that the skin cells with the stem cell genes don't act like stem cells, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a difference. They'll have to research it for a while before they can be sure that research on these cells is foolproof.

BrentK- Well, I'd like to start off by saying that I don't really have a favorite candidate, not even a favorite party. Actually, I hate our two-party system (and the electoral system, but that's an argument for another day). Honestly, I haven't really made a definite opinion at this point, and I realize that makes me sound really wishy-washy and indesicive, but I'd like to observe objectively a little longer before forming my opinion of the candidates.

I think the ballot should have the option of "none of the above" and if that gets the most votes, then they have to pick new candidates.
Democrats are full of crap, but they portrey their empty promises the best.

Right with you on that one Matt. I think we need to just scrap all of the candidates and get a new batch.

The working class are the only ones paying taxes for the illegal immigrants and paying for all of their benefits. Why can't one of the working class people, such as us soon or our parents be president. They would be a great average for the whole population. They don't need the support of the illegals, because they cannot vote!

well, it would be cool if that could happen but a working class person wouldnt have the millions of dollars needed to run for president with all that campaigning and things. so then if they did try to run they wouldnt get noticed bc they dont have the money for campaign stuff : /

Yeah, when I was little I always wished my dad could run for president! But anyway, let's move the topic away from politics and make towards medicine. So, here are some articles I think might spark a little interest:
The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of the YearLasik Surgery: When the Fine Print Applies to You
Who Pays for Efficiency?- OK, this is fairly political/financial, but it's a good article.
Many Doctors, Many Tests, No Rhyme or Reason

hey i would just like to say a little bit about the stem cell research. I totally agree with it. I feel it is helping in so many ways. I don't think it is "killing babies". If it helps a lot of people then Im all for it! Is there anyone that disagrees with me?

matt--> i so agree with you on the democrats and the election ballots.

jule123---> i do disagree with you on some levels. i am pro-life so i dont agree with the point that its okay to kill babies because its not. but then again it does help people but i dont think they shuld have to kill innocent babies who dont have a voice. but they have found a way to get stem cells without killing the babies


how does everyone feel about assisted suicide on people who are terminally ill?

I don't agree with assisted suicide even if the person is terminally ill because that's like playing God. God won't give some one more than they can handle and when it's His time for that person to die, it will happen.

i totally agree with you on that karrah

Yay! I'm glad to know you agree! Where are you going? I'm going to Housten.

im going to DC. but im so glad someone agrees with me

i also agree with you, sweetkarrats and Justine; to me, assisted suicide is somewhat like actual suicide. i believe that only God should be able to determine when a person will die.

a similar topic i wondered about is taking a patient in a persistent vegetative state off of life support or their feeding/breathing tubes.

remember the controversy over Terri Shiavo? this was the situation here and they ended up removing her feeding tube and she died.
what do you think about this?

~nina

I thought about that after I last posted on here but I haven't thought about this much, and that is a really hard question becaue we don't wanna decide when they die by taking them off, and we don't wanna keep them on if they are pretty much dead. I guess in a way it would depend on the situation. If I had to decide that I would pray a LOT about it and I guess if the person was dead without life support I'd take em off, but if there was an actual chance of saving them, I'd keep them on. I guess that's pretty much what I think about it as of right now. What do you think?

noko: where are you going? I'm going to Housten session 2

Hey guys whats up. I do not know if anyone has brought this topic up yet. Yet i was wondering if anyone has any web sites on organ regeneration. My next door neighboor is working on the project, and i was wondering if anybody is interested in the topic. As many of you might know if orgnans can be created succesfully, we could help the paralyzed by making new nerve cells or people who have Schizophrenia by replacing brain tissue. What are your opinions on it. Ethical or not ethical