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Skeptical OB is a blog written by Dr. Amy and I approve of her message against “home birthing movements”. I understand the need of home birth in India, not everyone has access to medical care in India...
View ArticleBack to the Grind
So I am done with exams (finally!) and can get back to regular posts and the like. And this seems like a good time to discuss the whole abortion issue that has raised it’s ugly head. See the problem...
View ArticleThe Ninth Commandment
It amazes me how easily some christians breaks the commandments while claiming to be good. I have no qualms about someone who isn’t a “holier than thou” christian not following the more stupid rules...
View ArticleSpeaking as a Mother – Anti-Vaccine Fallacies
Society commonly labours under the assumption that people know what’s best for their body. This is generally the case when we discuss the lay public, but when it comes to medicine? The most common...
View ArticleImmaculate Contraception
Apparently I simply missed out on the whole Sandra Fluke deal and am astounded that this is even up for debate. Rush Limbaugh’s insults are just an endemic problem with right wingers and their...
View ArticleA Mugging – Inspired by Project Unbreakable
I was working on this idea for a while before a friend saw a similar idea on Project Unbreakable (Trigger Warnings but Empowering – It is a collection of statements made by rapists to their rape...
View ArticleHail to the King
Apparently the Catholic Church in the USA wants to raise awareness of freedom and wants to spend a fortnight trying to raise awareness and campaign for it. But I wanted to do a bit more poking around...
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We Are The Worst Thing On Earth
Sometimes you have people who simply don’t get it. In this case it is Chaz Muth of the Catholic News Service who launches an attack on the Reason Rally and the values of secularism in the USA. And what...
View ArticleIt’s Against My Religion
It’s Against My Religion to Fund Contraception For My Employees. This doesn’t make you a principled christian. This makes you a tosser. Birth Control is vital to a healthy society. Our society has the...
View ArticleSugar and Spice
Madeline Kara had diabetes. Childhood diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of children with type 1 diabetes affecting around 1.7 per 1000 Americans and a varying amount for type 2...
View ArticleSSA May Day Mayhem – Economy Class Syndrome
There is a deadly disease out there and it’s colloquially called Economy Class Syndrome. It’s real name is DVT and I will face it down next thursday when I travel for a whopping 18 hours… Deep Vein...
View ArticleFGM Hotline
The UK’s Female Genital Mutilation Hotline goes live today. It is estimated that roughly 70 women a month are brought in with complications with regards to the practice. Most of these are young...
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Gift of Life
To me there is no greater gift than giving someone a chance at life which they wouldn’t have had. And one of the ways that anyone can do it is through organ donation. A Bill passed last night making...
View ArticleNeumann Convictions Upheld
Eleven-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann died of undiagnosed diabetes on Easter Sunday in March 2008. She was at her parents’ home in the central Wisconsin village of Weston. She died because Dale and...
View ArticleYou will know them by their love
Wendy Davis has become a house hold name for her epic filibuster. On Friday, Senators convened to debate the Texas Abortion Bill. But one thing missing? The objections this time were simply ignored....
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Hera’s Ordeal
So the reason I haven’t been posting much is because, well, I nearly died. Yes that’s right. I contracted a bout of sepsis last week due to an abscess formation in my stomach. I had had a gastric band...
View ArticleHow to Cripple Healthcare
This isn’t up for debate really. A socialised medical system is pound for pound the most cost effective method of guaranteeing the health of a population.due to a large emphasis on preventative...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of Vitamin D
Natural News are flogging vitamin pills again. The thing is vitamin pills are flogged as a cure all. We are told we need them by the “medical establishment” and indeed our parents but most of us know...
View ArticleAge of Kali – Toilets, Not Temples
In a fit of exasperation an Indian Minister for Rural Development uttered the lines that shocked the saffron fundies of India. India Needs More Toilets Than Temples. When I am asked what I think the...
View ArticleHIV Has A New Strain
There’s a new strain of HIV that”s been discovered in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). It’s more aggressive than the other two major strains and causes a rapid progression from HIV+ to AIDS according to...
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