Harken to Fintan O'Toole
Can it happen here? It already is. You have to read the whole thing but I will offer the money shot. Like hounds, people have to be blooded. They have to be given the taste for savagery. Fascism does this by building up the sense of threat from a despised out-group. This allows the members of that group to be dehumanised. Once that has been achieved, you can gradually up the ante, working through the stages from breaking windows to extermination. . . .[I]t has been trialled by Trump: let ’s see how my fans feel about crying babies in cages. . . . the trial has been a huge success. Trump ’s claim last week t...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 1, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bioethics and Disability
This report would examine developments at the state and federal-level, court cases, and current views from stakeholders.
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Which states have PAS laws and what do those laws provide? What protections against abuse of PAS?What have the Supreme Court and lower courts held regarding individuals’ rights under PAS laws? The laws themselves?Is there evidence that persons with disabilities are being denied treatment by insurance companies but offered PAS instead, as NCD predicted?How is PAS viewed by disability organizations? Has this evolved in the past 13 years? If so why? If not, why?Are persons with disabi...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 8, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
The Child I Want
I appreciate the honesty of Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus. Watching various states attempt to enact more and more restrictions on abortion, she wrote of her strong personal feelings regarding the importance of keeping abortion legal. The headline certainly grabs our attention: “I would’ve aborted a fetus with Down syndrome. Women need that right.” Noting how cute the new “Gerber Baby” is, Marcus reminds her... // Read More » (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 2, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Neil Skjoldal Tags: Health Care abortion human dignity syndicated Source Type: blogs
Prenatal Blood Tests – What to Expect
Navigating through the many different pre-natal blood tests can be confusing. Names like Sequential Screening, NIPT, and Carrier Screening meant nothing to me before being pregnant. As my doctor explained the different blood tests, I found myself being even more confused. I just wanted to know which blood test was the best option for my baby and me.
As you enter your second trimester and prepare to take multiple blood tests, it’s best to do your research beforehand. This way you’ll know what to expect and won’t be overwhelmed by the different options.
Here is a breakdown of the different blood tests:
Sequential Scree...
Source: Cord Blood News - December 18, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: pregnancy Source Type: blogs
Down Syndrome Disappearing in Iceland; Similar Events Will Become More Common
We are now living in an era when infants born with genetic disorders such asDown Syndrome will disappear in some societies (see:"What kind of society do you want to live in?": Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing). Below is an excerpt from this article explaining this process. Read the whole article if you are so motivated. With the rise of prenatal screening tests across Europe and the United States, the number of babies born with Down syndrome has significantly decreased, but few countries have come as close to eradicating Down syndrome births as Iceland. Since prenatal screening tests w...
Source: Lab Soft News - November 14, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Testing Lab Industry Trends Medical Ethics Medical Research Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - October 22, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Immune Cell Telomere Length Correlates with a Blended DNA Methylation and Immune System Biomarker of Aging
Epigenetic clocks based on the measurement of changing patterns of DNA methylation are perhaps the most promising approach to the production of a biomarker of aging - a way to quickly assess an individual's biological age, allowing assessment of the effectiveness of potential rejuvenation therapies in a rapid, low-cost manner. They are certainly far more accurate and useful on an individual basis than is the case for telomere length measured in the immune cells called leukocytes taken from a blood sample. The latter metric is really only reliable over large populations of individuals, and even then there are studies that f...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 28, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Down syndrome traits -- many also true of non-Down low IQ adult
Recently I had the privilege of taking about smartphone support for special needs adults for the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota. As a speaker I could attend the conference for free, including a talk by a psychologist,Dennis McGuire.I don ’t have a child with Down Syndrome (John Langdon Down ’s syndrome has become Down Syndrome) but #1 ’s IQ is in the typical Down Syndrome range. So I was curious how much of Dr McGuire’s talk applied to my son. I decided about 80% or so — even though #1’s temperament is very different from the Down Syndrome athletes I know from Special Olympics and Minnesota Special Ho...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - September 10, 2017 Category: Disability Tags: adolescence adult behavioral therapy cognitive impairment support Source Type: blogs
MinnesotaCare Buy-In: Maybe Not A Long Shot
States are developing creative policy options to address the high cost of premiums for those purchasing coverage in the individual market. Given the inaction and lack of leadership at the federal level, states need to continue to move forward. Minnesota, of course, is leading the way.
Under a proposal introduced in the Minnesota state legislature earlier this year, Minnesotans shopping for health insurance on the individual market would have been able to purchase public coverage through MinnesotaCare, Minnesota’s Basic Health Plan (BHP). The public buy-in was supported by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Governor ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 2, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Lynn Blewett Tags: Featured Following the ACA Medicaid and CHIP Minnesota MinnesotaCare Section 1332 waivers State Innovation Waivers Source Type: blogs
Driving and Memory Loss: Tips to Help Compromised Elders Give Up Driving
For many of us, a car is a sign of independence. But this emotional connection to our automobiles is part of what makes convincing a person that he or she is no longer capable of driving such a volatile battle. The longer adult children or others wait to discuss driving issues with a loved one, the harder it can be.
Occasionally, people in the earlier stages of cognitive or physical decline will recognize the signs of that decline when they have a close call while driving and scare themselves into giving up their right to drive. More frequently, if the person has developed Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia, and the...
Source: Minding Our Elders - July 22, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Stress and Alzheimer's: More Evidence Strengthens the Link
Stress has long been considered a major risk for developing Alzheimer’s, but there hasn’t been any real understanding as to why this is so. Now, researchers at the Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease at the University of Florida think that they’ve come closer to discovering the connection.
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Source: Minding Our Elders - July 1, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Researchers are figuring out how sense of self develops differently in autistic teens
By guest blogger Dan Carney
Our autobiographical memory is fundamental to the development of our sense of self. However, according to past research, it may be compromised in autism, together with other skills that are also vital for self understanding, such as introspection and the ability to attribute mental states to others (known as mentalising).
For example, experiments involving autistic children have highlighted retrieval difficulties, “impoverished narratives”, and a greater need for prompting, while also suggesting that semantic recall (facts from the past) may be impaired in younger individuals.
Now a UK resea...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Autism guest blogger Memory Thought Source Type: blogs
Caffeine May Lower Risk for Cognitive Decline
Throughout the last several decades, caffeine has been alternately touted as hero or villain. For a time, caffeine was blamed for birth defects in children, and healthy eating, in general, meant eliminating food or beverages containing caffeine. Still, one of the most explosive new trends Throughout the last several decades, caffeine has been alternately touted as hero or villain. For a time, caffeine was blamed for birth defects in children, and healthy eating, in general, meant eliminating food or beverages containing caffeine. Still, one of the most explosive new trends we’ve seen over the last dozen years has been de...
Source: Minding Our Elders - June 19, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
6 Ways to Stop Stressing about Potential Disease
Many people are genetically predisposed to developing certain diseases, among them diabetes, cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. It’s natural to worry if you’ve watched family members endure the illnesses. However, the cortisol released in your body by chronic stress, which can be caused by worry, could increase your susceptibility. The fix? Be proactive. Limiting stress may not completely protect you from the disease that you dread, but it can help your overall health and, for some diseases, this could help you avoid a trigger. Where do you start?
View slide show on HealthCentral about how to stop stressing about...
Source: Minding Our Elders - June 15, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
