(NBC News) — There has been an increase by up to 6 percent in the number of highway crashes in four of the states where the recreational use of marijuana has been legalized, according to a pair of new studies. The new reports do not prove there’s a direct risk caused by the use of […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A couple in Iowa who was counseled by doctors to abort their unborn son after he was diagnosed with a terminal condition has learned that their child, who was born last month, was misdiagnosed and is expected to live after all. “I didn’t feel like it was my decision to make,” […]
(The Christian Institute) — Police are warning of a new drug known as Monkey Dust, which causes powerful hallucinations and paranoia yet costs as little as £2. The drug, also known as MDPV, is causing a public health crisis across Staffordshire and the West Midlands, with paramedics called to 178 incidents since April. When approached […]
(The Christian Institute) — Plans to allow doctors to end the lives of patients with severe dementia or other degenerative diseases have been proposed by the British Medical Association (BMA). A recent court ruling allowed doctors to remove “clinically-assisted artificial nutrition and hydration” from some patients with the family’s agreement. These proposals go much further. […]
LEAWOOD, Kan. — A mother in Kansas recently celebrated her son’s first birthday after obtaining a second opinion upon being advised to abort her unborn child in order to undergo treatment for breast cancer. Stacey Johnson, a NICU nurse from Leawood, was elated when she learned in 2016 that she was pregnant with her second […]
(Outbreak News Today) — The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) recently released its 2018 HIV, STD, Hepatitis, and TB Surveillance Report for the District of Columbia, which shows record numbers and increases among STDs–chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Health officials report a 35% increase of chlamydia, a 56% increase of gonorrhea, and a […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The sexually-centered abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit against the State of South Carolina for ending Medicaid funding to entities that provide abortions. “The executive order has forced PPSAT (Planned Parenthood South Atlantic) to stop providing basic preventative health services to the Medicaid patients who rely on us […]
BRUSSELS — A new report out of Belgium shows that among the 4,337 Belgians who opted to die by euthanasia in 2016-2017, three were ill children, and hundreds of other cases were listed as “polypathology,” or the suffrage of a combination of health issues commonly related to aging, such as blindness, hearing loss, incontinence, dementia […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has issued a preliminary injunction against a policy under the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) that excludes “transsexual surgeries” from Medicaid coverage as they are deemed to be medically unnecessary. While the state argued that “[t]here is inadequate evidence to […]
(The Christian Institute) — A young mother who rejected pressure to abort three times says her little girl is now doing “amazingly well.” Jamie Curtis found out her daughter had a large hole in her heart at 25-weeks pregnant – a discovery she described as “so devastating.” But she wanted to give her unborn baby […]