Meditation studies show positive neurochemical brain changes.
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March 2007
Artificial intelligence may make life-and-death medical decisions
Research suggests a formula can be made to predict the kinds of ethical life-and-death choices people wish to make.
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Robot ethics charter drafted
It’s not yet Isaac Asimov’s three laws of a positronic brain, but South Korea is drafting a code of ethics regarding robots.
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Anti-CAM Rhetoric Returns
The anti-complementary medicine rhetoric of the late-19th century through circa 1998 returns with a new sweeping statement that CAM has no basis in scientific evidence.
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Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion
The Integrator Blog by John Weeks has done a wonderful review of Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion.
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Hard-wired to believe in God
The evolutionary anthropologist’s response to atheism: we are hard-wired to believe in God, for our own good and that of the species.
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The Spike is here with faster-than-light travel
Researchers tell us that objects can indeed travel faster-than-light, the paradox being that such objects have no mass.
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Consumer-driven health care good for CAM, troubles other doctors
Marcia Angell, MD still ‘longs for the days when doctors still advised,’ but alas, time moves forward and consumer autonomy now prevails over old medical paternalism.
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Surgical implant already available, linking to your doctor
A surgically implanted device is already available that can send information to your medical doctor.
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Autism video describes language of the soul
A woman with autism has made a remarkable video that speaks to the soul.
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