[neverdem]

“We have this idea — it’s almost a fetish — that progress is its own justification, that if something is promising, then how can we not rush to relieve suffering?” said Paul Root Wolpe, a medical ethicist at Emory University.

That reminds me of the rats. If there's a problem, then the government can find a solution, never giving a rat's @ss about unintended consequences. How about, "First, do no harm"?

[Misterioso]

What harm, in this case?

[ClearCase_guy]

Scientists try to solve the myth of transgendered humans through surgery which changes a man into a woman (or vice versa). And in the old days, they used to perform lobotomies with not much more than a vague hope that stirring a wire in the brain would help "fix" someone.

I really don't like the idea of surgery as a solution to a psychological state.

[BuffaloJack]

The outlawed lobotomy. What is is when they push a hot poker into your brain?
I’ll bet everyone involved except the patient believes in hope, change and socialism.

[neverdem]

Wind Turbines Take a Lesson From Lance Armstrong

Single-celled life does a lot with very little - Bacterial biochemistry mapped in detail.

By Happy Accident, Chemists Produce a New Blue

Experts Say Swine Flu Mutations Do Not Warrant New Alarm

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[Graybeard58]

Interesting article, I read it 22 times.

[Marty62]

After Frances Farmer was subjected to the famous hot probe up the nose into the frontal lobe.
WASN’T THIS KIND OF CRAP OUTLAWED.
You have to keep a close eye on shrinks, they keep coming up with new USES OF THE OLD ways to destroy peoples lives.

THIS pAUL rOOT gUY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT ATTITUTDE.

[Marty62]

After Frances Farmer was subjected to the famous hot probe up the nose into the frontal lobe.
WASN’T THIS KIND OF CRAP OUTLAWED.
You have to keep a close eye on shrinks, they keep coming up with new USES OF THE OLD ways to destroy peoples lives.

THIS PAUL ROOT GUY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT ATTITUDE.

[Batrachian]

The brain is the most complex object in the known universe. To me, it’s a wonder that they know anything about it at all, little as it is. I have no moral objection to these procedures. The real cure will be a combination of therapies, including surgery.

[firebrand]

Sicker than the people they treat.

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

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