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LIFEalerts – Medical Ethics
Medical Ethics USA – Vaccine manufacturer Merck shifts focus Vaccine manufacturer Merck has abandoned development of two coronavirus vaccines, after extensive research concluded that the shots offered less protection than just contracting the virus itself and developing antibodies. The company announced that the shots were ‘well tolerated’ by test patients, but generated an ‘inferior’ immune system response … Read more
LIFEalerts – Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse USA – New Study: legalized marijuana states show youth usage increases significantly The most authoritative study on drug use conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) found significant increases in youth marijuana use in several recently legalized marijuana states. At the same time, mental illness indicators worsened across the country … Read more
LIFEalerts – Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine South Africa – Doctors plead with Ramaphosa to review Ivermectin A petition has been signed by close to 100 South African healthcare professionals appealing to the President to set up an urgent special council to conduct a rapid review of the antiparasitic drug. A general practitioner from Durban, Dr Naseeba Kathrada, penned a … Read more
LIFEalerts – Paedophilia
Paedophilia USA – Twitter sued for refusing to remove child porn images Recently, Pornhub was dropped by major credit card companies, after a legal battle with numerous sex abuse survivors exposing the porn site for failing to remove the victims’ abuse videos. Now another child sex abuse victim is suing Twitter. The National Center on … Read more
PRO-LIFE DOCTOR TAKES HPCSA TO COURT
Media Release Embargo: Immediate release Enquiries: Doctors For Life Int. Date: 22 January 2021 Telephone: 032 481 5550 Dr Jacques de Vos, whose professional conduct hearing has been delayed by the HPCSA since 2017, has applied to the North Gauteng High Court to compel the HPCSA to finalise the hearing against him. In 2017 … Read more
Disability is not a reason to sanction medically assisted dying
United Nations Human Rights experts expressed alarm at a growing trend to legalise euthanasia based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age. They said that Disability should never be a ground or justification to end someone’s life directly or indirectly. This, the experts said, that normalizing euthanasia for the people … Read more
LIFEalerts – Medical Ethics
Medical Ethics Australia – Surgeons to have patients’ psychiatric evaluation before cosmetic or otherwise surgeries A paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia warns surgeons to be cautious about taking on a patient whose had numerous past procedures performed by a list of different practitioners, which they refer to as “inadequate”. Patients need to … Read more
LIFEalerts – Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse South Africa – Cannabis bill angers cannabis consumers who intend on doing things illegally South Africa’s draft Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill has made some Rastafarian cannabis consumers quite upset. If the bill is passed there will be a maximum jail term of 15 years for dealing in cannabis, smoking in public earns … Read more
LIFEalerts – Sexual Exploitation
Sexual Exploitation South Africa – The inherent dangers associated with prostitution are enough reason to keep it illegal After the gruesome murder of 23-year-old Jessica Weyers, the issue of prostitution has been brought back into the spotlight. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, founder and Deputy Chairperson of Embrace Dignity stands for total abolition of prostitution in South Africa … Read more