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Wednesday, November 11th
A.M.A. Backs Gay-Rights Issues
The American Medical Association voted to oppose the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and declared that same-sex marriage bans contribute to health disparities. The association stopped short of saying it would seek to overturn marriage bans. Doctors who pushed the group to oppose “don’t ask, don’t tell” say the policy forcing gay service members to keep their sexual orientation secret has “a chilling effect” on open communication between them and their doctors. The health disparities policy is based on evidence showing that married couples are more likely to have health insurance.
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Thursday, October 29th
No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells
Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood.
It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer treatment to have children who are biologically their own.
But it raises a number of moral and ethical concerns. These include the possibility of children being born through entirely artificial means, and men and women being sidelined from the process of making babies.
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Timeline: The secret history of swine flu
Six months ago, swine flu emerged as a massive threat to global health. It seemed to come out of nowhere, but our timeline explains how the origins of the H1N1 pandemic go back more than a century.
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Wednesday, October 28th
VACCINE-INDUCED DISEASE EPIDEMIC OUTBREAKS
The year was 1921. America was entering a decade of robust prosperity. Later called “The Roaring Twenties”, it was a time of unparalleled economic expansion. Debt money from Wall Street banks was plentiful and easy to obtain. The “Great War” was over. America was flexing her industrial muscles. Factories were being built and expanded in every major city. Automobiles began rolling off Detroit assembly lines in record numbers. The stock market began making millionaires. People were HEALTHY and HAPPY – largely because the dreaded “world mystery disease” (which decades later became known as the “1918 Flu Pandemic”) had disappeared. Two entire years had passed with no dreaded “mystery deaths” being reported. America had cause to celebrate, and celebrate they did!
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