As a scientist, the most frequent question I am asked is, “When are they going to find a cure for (fill in the blank)?” It’s a great question and merits serious contemplation and public discussion, because the ones responsible for finding a cure are not just the scientists, but all of us. I have begun [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Twin Scourges: Abortion and Breast Cancer
Posted in Breast Cancer on September 29, 2010 |
The Absurdity of Recall Bias
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged Recall Bias on September 29, 2010 | 43 Comments »
Just a brief reflection upon the concept of recall bias with which we have been contending. Several authors, including the notoriously pro-aborts, Palmer and Rosenberg, have held out the contention that women who are healthy control subjects are more prone to not tell the truth when asked in a detailed health history if they have [...]
The ABC Literature: #7 !!!
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged ABC Link, Abortion, breast cancer-abortion link on September 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Those following daily are beginning to get confortable with the jargon (I hope). For ease of newcomers following along , please consult the glossary of terms that I’ve written to make the terminology very understandable. Also, consult the post that explains the essential background. Title: Pregnancy related protection against breast cancer depends on length of [...]
The ABC Literature: #6
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged ABC Link, Breast Cancer on September 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Those following daily are beginning to get confortable with the jargon (I hope). For ease of newcomers following along , please consult the glossary of terms that I’ve written to make the terminology very understandable. Also, consult the post that explains the essential background. A very busy weekend, so here in #6 is the article [...]
Revealing Autism
Posted in Dignity, tagged autism on September 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Today 9, soon to be 10 year-old Elizabeth asked us why we have taken Joseph on so many special trips. So today was the day that we told her about her 11 year-old brother’s autism, that all of those special trips have been us taking Joseph to the best specialists in the country. She accepted [...]
The ABC Literature: #5
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged ABC Link, Breast Cancer on September 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Those following daily are beginning to get confortable with the jargon (I hope). For ease of newcomers following along , please consult the glossary of terms that I’ve written to make the terminology very understandable. Also, consult the post that explains the essential background. A very busy weekend, so here in #5 is the article [...]
The ABC Literature: #4
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged Abortion/Breast Cancer Link, Breastfeeding on September 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Those following daily are beginning to get confortable with the jargon (I hope). For ease of newcomers following along , please consult the glossary of terms that I’ve written to make the terminology very understandable. Also, consult the post that explains the essential background. Title: Prolonged breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer in Sri Lankan [...]
The ABC Literature: #3
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged Abortion/Breast Cancer Link on September 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Those following daily are beginning to get confortable with the jargon (I hope). For ease of newcomers following along , please consult the glossary of terms that I’ve written to make the terminology very understandable. Title: ABORTION AND THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN GREECE (The discerning reader will recognize Trichopoulos as [...]
The ABC Literature: #2
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged Breast Cancer on September 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
So far, we have discussed the physiology of the breast and how it becomes prone to breast cancer (BC) under the influence of estrogen, a WHO Group 1 carcinogen. We have seen that the hormone placental lactogen, secreted in the third trimester, helps to mature 85% of the immature, cancer-prone cells of the breast into [...]
The ABC Literature: #1
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged ABC Link, Abortion, Breast Cancer on September 21, 2010 | 31 Comments »
Today begins the inexorable presentation of the scientific literature on the abortion/breast cancer (ABC) link. I’ve written a brief and simple glossary of the terms used (such as case-control, nulliparous, parous, relative risk, confidence interval, etc.) and their significance here. Please consult it as often as is necessary and ask questions liberally. This gets easier [...]
Breast Cancer Glossary of Terms
Posted in Breast Cancer on September 20, 2010 | 16 Comments »
As we begin our journey through the abortion/breast cancer literature it is useful to define a few terms that will be in constant use. If there are any questions about the terms, their usage, etc. please feel free to request a clarification. I ask that all questions be asked here on the blog, and not [...]
Breast Cancer Awareness: An Ounce of “Prevention” is Worth a Pound of “Cure”
Posted in Breast Cancer, tagged Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, Louise Brinton, Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen on September 19, 2010 | 53 Comments »
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time that we turn our attention to a devastating disease that can potentially strike one out of every nine of our mothers, aunts, wives, sisters, cousins, daughters, and friends. Naturally as we focus on this terrible disease we concern ourselves with raising money to fund research for a [...]
FDA: Assuaging a Guilty Abortion Conscience or More Deception?
Posted in Abortion, Biomedical Ethics, tagged Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Ella, FDA Kelsey Aard, Kelsey Award, Thalidomide on September 15, 2010 | 6 Comments »
What does a regulatory agency do when it has betrayed the public they are sworn to protect, through the deliberate flouting of hard-won stringent, safety-testing protocols? Create an award in the name of a 96 year-old heroine who set those standards a half century ago, then trot her out in a ceremony today and make [...]
Ella: Untangling the Ball of Lies (Part II)
Posted in Abortion, tagged AAPLOG, Abortion, Contraception, Ella, ellaOne, FDA on September 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My article in today’s HeadlineBistro. The first part of this series showed how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) newest contraceptive drug, Ella (Ulipristal acetate), is in reality an abortifacient like RU-486. It argued that FDA’s marketing of Ella as strictly a contraceptive that denies its abortifacient capabilities, which are abundantly evident to most informed [...]
Healing, Scars, and The War Within
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, Margaret Sanger, Osama bin Laden, World Trade Center on September 11, 2010 | 15 Comments »
It was nine years ago today that I sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic atop the Triboro Bridge, just a few miles north of downtown Manhattan and watched the fireball erupt from the South Tower of the World Trade Center, knowing that it was the precise region of the building where friends worked. In fact, I witnessed [...]
