Medicine
Stranger in a Strange Land: A Scientific Review of the Creation Museum
…the Earth was created in seven days, the Universe is roughly 6000 years old, and dinosaurs and humans lived side by side…
Healthcare Reform: Confounding Moral Obligation and Supererogation
In the aftermath of signing the new healthcare bill into law this March, President Obama has presumptuously hailed the reform a measure that “represents a basic middle-of-the-road solution to a very serious problem” as well as one that “incorporates ideas from both Democrats and Republicans.”[1] Really? What “middle-of-the-road” solution fails to gain even an inkling [...]
The Case for Neurodiversity
Is Asperger’s Syndrome really a disorder or is it simply another human variation?
…With a Grain of Salt
“Whoever first said, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,’ likely wasn’t thinking of salt.”[i] However, in a current pilot program through the World Health Organization, salt is just that, a preventative measure against lymphatic filariasis (LF), a parasitic disease of tropical and subtropical areas commonly known as elephantiasis, which causes disfigurement [...]
What is Consciousness? “Medical Miracle” Provides More Questions than Answers
Avid fans of medical thrillers may remember the 2007 film Awake starring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba. In the movie, Christensen’s character, Clay, suffers “anesthetic awareness” and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed, during heart surgery. As if the distress were not enough, Clay remains locked in his own body on the operating table [...]
TTH Online Podcast – Episode 002: Popular Perceptions of Genetics
Guests: Amanda Waddell and Ellen Dupont As our knowledge of the human genome and our ability to intervene with it increase, the fields of genetics and genomics are becoming ever more important. ASU students Amanda Waddell and Ellen Dupont join host David Edwards to discuss the ethics of genetic engineering and issues surrounding media coverage [...]
TTH Online Podcast – Episode 001: Transhumanism and Sustainability
Guest: Brad Allenby How do we define being human? What are the implications of the increasingly sophisticated technologies that are “beginning to make the human a design space”? Drawing on his diverse and transdisciplinary experience, ASU professor Brad Allenby joins host David Edwards to explore the ethical, legal, and environmental implications of an increasingly technological [...]
A Circadian Conundrum: Sleep and the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Insomniacs have it rough: imagine a long day of tedious work and activities after which you come home to even more chores. Exhaustion finally sets in, and you are ready to collapse into bed, eagerly looking forward to those precious hours of sleep when you can finally rest your mind and body. Yet, as the [...]
Sweeter than Honey
For most people, bees bring to mind one of two things: delicious honey or nasty stings. If someone were to tell you that a bee product was being used medicinally you might be inclined to think that it was a spoonful of honey for a sore throat or something equally benign. Recently, however, scientists have [...]
Add HEALTH to the Dow
What if “health” could be viewed as an industry monitored by the stock market, like the Dow Jones average? Some days it may soar with favorable reports, and others it may tank as fear circulates the nation. It turns out the United States has its own health and happiness meter.
New Craigslist Ad: “Got Chicken Pox?”
Looking for a disease on the Internet? This is not your typical virus. It’s the chickenpox. And some parents are intentionally searching out carriers to infect their children naturally. Are vaccines that bad for you?
Swine Flu: Apocalypse Deterred for Now
It is about time we face reality and realize that H1N1, more commonly called swine flu, is not a big deal. So, before we smear ourselves with hand sanitizers, don our surgical masks, and detain ourselves in our rooms, let’s go over a few things. In the midst of this chaos, we are in dire need of nothing other than a little perspective.
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