medical ethics
How should a normal person decide what's true?: Personal verification
Eighty million prescriptions September 30, 1999. Merck launched Vioxx with full FDA approval. The New England Journal published the VIGOR trial. Doctors wrote 80 million prescriptions. By the time Merck pulled it, internal data had shown cardiovascular risk since 2000.... How do we realign the incentives in Healthcare to actually support wellbeing?
Currently, there are many conflicts of interest and misaligned incentives in the Western medical system. For example, Doctors by default "fight" for their patients to live as long as possible, even when that’s not what might actually benefit the patient’s overall wellbeing (or... It's time to make circumcision illegal. Here’s the deal.
I believe it’s time to abandon this outdated procedure. It’s easy to maintain personal hygiene today and have access to healthcare, which were the two, IMO, worthy arguments for allowing this procedure.
The others- cultural, religious, or aesthetic arguments are outdated.
Yeah but hopping into a meeting. I’ll share more when I have time. Also, to be clear, I love circumcized penises. The vast majority of dicks I’ve come across have been circumcized.... It's time to make circumcision illegal. Here’s the deal.
I believe it’s time to abandon this outdated procedure. It’s easy to maintain personal hygiene today and have access to healthcare, which were the two, IMO, worthy arguments for allowing this procedure.
The others- cultural, religious, or aesthetic arguments are outdated.
From Chatgpt: The impact of male circumcision on the sexual health risks for female partners has been studied, with several findings indicating potential benefits for women when their male partners are circumcised. Here are the key points: 1.... It's time to make circumcision illegal. Here’s the deal.
I believe it’s time to abandon this outdated procedure. It’s easy to maintain personal hygiene today and have access to healthcare, which were the two, IMO, worthy arguments for allowing this procedure.
The others- cultural, religious, or aesthetic arguments are outdated.
I agree almost completely, and also feel really passionate about this topic. My top reasons are 1. Never unnecessarily alter a body of a person who hasn’t made that decision for themself 2.... More People Should Die. Elderly people should be able to legally choose to end their life when they’re ready. In fact, any adult should be legally allowed to choose to die. They should be able to invite people, be present for their memorial service, and have a medical professional end their life.
And we should be more present with death in society. People should be able to attend their loved ones’ cremations. Embalming should be illegal.
choosing to take hormones to change genders before puberty is also irreversible. and gender re-assignment surgery is irreversible. those are legal things people can do with their body (not everywhere, but most...