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Medical Science

How to Recycle Yourself

Diana Bletter | Posted 05.13.2013 | Science
Read More: Burial, Anatomical Donation, Medical School, Green Living, Green Dying, Medical Science, Funeral, Death, Science News
Diana Bletter

Want to save money and contribute to mankind? Recycle yourself. Yes, why not? Just as you recycle plastics and papers, you can sign up to recycle your body and use it for medical research.

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Scientists Identify 10 Molecular Types of Breast Cancer -- How Long Until Progress Reaches the Clinic?

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 07.03.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Pathology, 10 Types, Medical Science, Nature Paper, Targeted Therapy, Cancer Pills, Cancer Research, Pathology, Future Treatment, Medical-Progress, Breast Cancer Research, New Research, Cancer, Healthy Living Health News, Breast Cancer Treatment, Healthy Living News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

If confirmed, the observations in a recent paper could lead to smarter therapy for distinct breast cancer types.

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How Science Is Crucial To Public Health Worldwide

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Public Health, Public Health Research, Public Health Solutions, Health Science, Public Health Issues, Medical Research, Medical Science, Home News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Research is medicine's field of dreams from which we harvest new findings about the causes, treatment and prevention of disease.

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Why Euthanasia Is Going to Be Legal Someday

Bryan Cones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Medical Ethics, Right to Die, Right to Life, Mri, Medical-Science, Brain Scan, Terry Schiavo, Death With Dignity, Prolife, Euthanasia, Technology News
Bryan Cones

British scientists have discovered "cognition" in a vegetative patient. This may encourage some at the "natural death" end of the pro-life spectrum. But I find it more to be a sign of our cultural denial of death than an affirmation of life.

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The Mythology Of Science-Based Medicine

Dr. Larry Dossey | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Integrative Medicine, Modern Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Medical Science, Complementary Medicine, Health, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dr. Larry Dossey

There is an implied faith here that if a new drug manufacturer has paid for the research for FDA approval, then it is scientifically proven to be effective. As it turns out, this belief is by no means fully justified.

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