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LifeAlerts – Medical Ethics
Medical Ethics USA – Last research program to use human tissue from abortions The Trump administration has declined to renew a contract that funded a research program using fetal tissue obtained from abortions. The research program involved the use of bone marrow, thymuses, and livers from aborted babies which were used to create mice with … Read more
LifeAlerts – Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine Portugal – Do No Harm Prof Cardoso, head breast surgeon at the Champalimaud Cancer Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, told the BBC that it was important that patients always checked with their doctors first before trying complementary therapies for cancer that had spread to the skin. The danger is that many products can interfere … Read more
LifeAlerts – Sexual Exploitation
Sexual Exploitation Canada – Online child exploitation on the rise Predators and children are both spending more time online due to COVID-19, RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] said. They say victims range in age from 9 to 17 years old. Sgt. Stephen Rear, director of the internet child exploitation (ICE) unit in Manitoba, said his … Read more
LifeAlerts – Paedophilia
Paedophilia South Africa – Paedophile threat escalates in SA Pro-paedophilia propaganda has increased dramatically on the internet since the global lockdown took effect in March this year. Paedophiles are aggressively rebranding themselves as “Minor Attracted Persons” (MAP) in attempts to remove the negative social stigma associated with paedophilia. The World Wide Web, children’s entertainment (like Disney animated … Read more
LifeAlerts – Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse USA – States that legalized marijuana experience skyrocketing workforce positive rates According to national data released by Quest Diagnostics, rates of marijuana positive testing in the workforce have sharply risen both over the last year (2018-2019), and since legalization was implemented. “Marijuana continues to be an enduring presence in the U.S. workforce. Changing … Read more
LifeAlerts – Euthanasia
Euthanasia USA – Euthanasia polling data may fail to capture people’s considered views A new paper in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry find that public attitudes to euthanasia for patients with dementia change when they are presented with case studies of individuals with severe dementia who have made an advanced request for euthanasia. An … Read more
LifeAlerts – Abortion
Abortion USA – People tweet photos of their unborn children A tweet resurfaced from 2018 of Sen. Kamala Harris advocating against a ban on abortions past 20 weeks. People reacted to the reappearance of this tweet by posting photos and sonograms of their children at 20 weeks or earlier, denouncing Harris’s pro-abortion platform and call … Read more
LifeAlerts – Same Sex Attraction
Same Sex Attraction Australia – Australian Rugby urged to ban men from women’s game Senator Claire Chandler, a senior politician, issued a demand that Rugby’s governing body in Australia must intervene to stop biological men from playing the women’s game. World Rugby currently allows men to play in the women’s game after twelve months of … Read more
When the blind see again
Doctors For Life International (DFL), in partnership with Medical Mission International (MMI), assisted Angolans with free medical care in 2008. The main goal was to cure blindness through cataract surgery. The campaign was in an area in the south of Angola, where cataract surgery have not been performed for as much as 3 decades due … Read more