Canadian Doctors Amputate Healthy Fingers of Man With ‘Body Integrity Dysphoria’
In what is called the first described case of “digits amputation,” Canadian doctors surgically removed two healthy fingers from a young man who was experiencing “body integrity dysphoria.” The sad, bizarre account, published March 27 in the open-access journal Clinical Case Reports, is linked to surgical interventions for gender dysphoria. This similar yet distinct case underscores the […]
Revised Agreement for Pandemic Failure at WHO
Four years have passed since the onset of COVID-19 and the global mishandling of the disease’s spread. Now, the same governments and international organizations that lied about the last pandemic are negotiating a new pandemic agreement and amendments to the International Health Regulations at the World Health Organization. The main culprit hasn’t changed. Although the […]
Faith’s Proven Role in Overcoming Mental Illness
“There is an important body of conservative thought that is now nearly or completely absent on the faculties of many eminent universities,” former Harvard University President Derek Bok wrote in Harvard Magazine following Hamas’ terrorist attacks Oct. 7 in Israel and the ensuing campus chaos. He recommends “some immediate progress by trying to hire conservatives as visiting professors or […]
Seniors Support Medicare Options Backed by House Republicans
Medicare, the huge government health program that serves 66 million senior and disabled citizens, is at a crossroads. With huge demographic and fiscal challenges straight ahead, there are two dominant approaches at hand. One focuses on improving and modernizing the program by building on the best features of Medicare’s popular system of competing private health […]
Transgender Kids Have Other Mental Health Diagnoses
It’s been a red-letter week for destroying the gender narrative. And the trans juggernaut just hit another speed bump. Fresh off the heels of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announcing that it would not allow transgender-identified men to compete in women’s athletic events in any of their association’s 239 small private schools, a landmark […]
Confronting Dire Diagnosis of America’s Physician Shortages
The most recent numbers from the Association of American Medical Colleges raise alarming concerns about the future of health care in the United States. By 2036, the nation is anticipated to face a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians even as the U.S. population is projected to grow by 8.4%—with a staggering 54.7% increase in […]
Black Anesthesiologist Defies Affirmative Action Assumptions
Two weeks ago, my wife, Susan, underwent major surgery for breast cancer. Happily, the cancer was caught so early (via routine mammogram) that it was barely a Stage 1 cancer. The surgeon was confident that the cancer was completely eradicated. My wife had both the oncological surgery and the breast reconstruction at the same time […]
Does the FDA Believe Abortion Convenience Eclipses Abortion Safety?
Does the FDA Believe Abortion Convenience Eclipses Abortion Safety?
Detransitioner Describes Being Duped Into Transition
Detransitioner Camille Kiefel says that she and other victims of transgender surgeries “have been dismissed” by doctors pushing so-called gender-affirming care. “I struggled with childhood trauma,” Kiefel told The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan. “My best friend had been raped by her brother when I was in sixth grade.” A detransitioner is someone who […]
Lawmakers, Experts Decry Ongoing COVID Mandates at Colleges
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that 48 colleges across the country continue to require prospective students to receive the COVID-19 shot for admission, almost a year after the pandemic was declared over by Congress. Lawmakers and policy experts are decrying the ongoing mandates as discriminatory, unnecessary, overly burdensome, and potentially dangerous. The list of colleges requiring the shot, which is […]