Monthly Archives: August 2008

Judicial Watch reports on the Gardasil public health experiment

Based on records obtained under a May 2007 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Judicial Watch has summarized the approval process, side effects, safety concerns, and marketing practices related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil. It calls these a … Continue reading

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Should the “dead donor” rule be rescinded?

At Children’s Hospital in Denver, three babies recently had successful heart transplants from neurologically damaged donors who were not brain dead. The donors were removed from the ventilator in the operating suite, and their hearts were harvested within minutes after … Continue reading

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Government funding breeds conformity, says surgery professor

If you want government funding, there are certain ideas that you dare not question, stated Donald W. Miller, M.D., University of Washington professor of surgery, a member of AAPS. Miller’s views are similar to those expressed in 2005 by another … Continue reading

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Sex-selective abortions punished in India; coming to America

On June 19, a physician caught in the act of performing a sex-selection abortion was arrested in a town near New Delhi and remanded into judicial custody for 14 days, along with the woman’s husband. They were charged with violating … Continue reading

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