Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
As if it isn't bad enough that we've had to endure nearly eight years of George W. Bush, he has chosen his final months to enact one of his most intrusive policy initiatives. It seems that the president has decided to redefine abortion to include contraception. The plan would be ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, George W. Bush, Health, Hillary Clinton, LGBT, Religion, Right Wing Nut | 16 Comments »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
For years, Jesse Helms blocked measures intended to provide care and assistance to homosexuals suffering from the ravages of HIV. In true Helms backasswards bravado, he often insinuated that the only way such legislation would pass would be over his dead body.
Surprise...it gets even better! Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole, ...
Posted in BIO, GLBT, HIV, Health, LGBT, Republican, Rhetoric, Right Wing Nut | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Washington will soon become (if there’s a God) the second state to have an assisted suicide law. Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act has been in effect since 1997.
The initiative has already gotten more than enough signatures. Assuming enough of these signatures will be valid, the assisted suicide law will be ...
Posted in Dying, Health, Illness, Religion | 62 Comments »
Friday, July 11th, 2008
I'm not sure what it will take for our government to admit that abstinence education isn't working. Fortunately, George Bush will soon leave office and we can hope that the next president will restore science to its proper place and put an end to the myth that purity pledges are ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, George W. Bush, Health, LGBT, Religion, Right Wing Nut | 1 Comment »
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The following video is a trailer for a documentary titled, Spiral Up. The film's release date has yet to be established. The film was the idea of Scott Seskind, a social worker at a nursing home in Boulder where Nathan, the subject of the documentary (who also has Huntington's Disease) ...
Posted in BIO, Dying, Health, Life, Video and Animation | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 27th, 2008
When terminal cancer patients would like to use marijuana to ease the nausea from chemo-therapy, the government tells them “Tough shit! Suck it up!”
And now the newest group of patients to get shat on by the government: Soldiers suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Ecstasy (MDMA) has been having promising ...
Posted in GIs, Health, Iraq War, Science | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
There are lots of ways to die. I can think of several I hope aren't my ticket punching scenario. Beyond murder and bone cancer, Alzheimer's is one of the most insidious of the Reaper's cards, because it steals you long before it takes your carrying case.
I love my brain; I ...
Posted in Health, Science | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
We don't do a lot of "open threads" here at BIO, but sometimes it's nice to just open the gates and see where things go. As I browsed through this mornings various news sources, several topics drew my eye, so I thought I'd toss them out here for discussion. Pick ...
Posted in BIO, General, Health, Iran, Iraq, Life, Middle East, Religion, Right Wing Nut, Science | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Take a look at this video titled "Insurance Jive" - it dramatizes the way that insurance companies in California have begun making a systematic practice of illegally cancelling people's policies if they actually have the nerve to get sick; in the actual case portrayed in the video, Health Net cancelled ...
Posted in Death, Dying, Exploiting, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Health, Illness, Legal News, Miscellaneous, greed | 12 Comments »
Monday, June 16th, 2008
John McCain would like independents, moderates, Reagan Democrats, and Hillary Clinton supporters to think of him as a maverick who doesn't march in lockstep with George Bush and his right wing ideology. The problem is that John McCain is traveling the country espousing the very principles that define the evangelical ...
Posted in 2008 elections, BIO, Election News, GLBT, Gay and Lesbian Rights, George W. Bush, Health, Iraq, John McCain, LGBT, Politics, Religion, candidates, presidential elections | No Comments »
