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… please, please shred the shit out of that Surly Straggler that you bought from GSC.
Live in LA? Ride mountain bikes? What are you doing this Saturday? Hopefully this! The Mt Wilson Bicycling Association Fall Membership Drive is happening, so you should attend. All the information can be found at the MWBA Facebook event page.
Ace from the Sleepers and Golden Saddle Cyclery present a minute of your day worth spent watching this. Please note: the music is NSFW…
Every Wednesday morning brings about the Los Angeles River Camp Coffee meet-up and this week, I was finally in town so my morning began there, around 7:30am. After dining on one of Nils' delicious tacos (yes, he brought that stove on his cargo bike…) I headed out for a ride with Nick from Golden Saddle.
It was a pretty loosely planned morning with the Verdugos on our agenda. The problem with the Verdugos is, they're so big that you can spend all day going up and down the fireroads and singletrack. Which is exactly what we did.
I didn't think this was enough for a whole gallery, but I really wanted to share a few of these, so enjoy! (more…)
A bicycle can often times be a time capsule for an individual's journey. Be it a tale told through road grime, dust, dents or a augmented addition like a cargo retrofit.
Nils has had this Surly Long Haul Trucker for over a year and a half. In that time it's gone through various permutations with the documented version being the most current, obviously. A LHT is already a pretty versatile bicycle, yet Nils wanted the ability to carry more weight, lower and honestly, just wanted to try something new. The retrofit was done by the same talent that makes the Haulin Colin racks. It's actually a pretty simple process. You supply your axle to crown and head tube angle to Colin and he fabs up a steerer extension, a downtube brace and a rack. A few weeks pass and viola. Cargo bike.
I have to say, this is one of the first bikes I've shot in a while that has whole-hearted character, not purchased style. The little brackets he bent by hand to hang his rear light off the Brooks saddle bag hoops and his hand-painted accents on the frame completely tie in with Nils' character. The dude is tall, with a commanding beard, yet his energy fills the room through his smile and laughter.
During the day, Nils fills his hours as a part time middle school teacher and a part time ceramic artist. On the weekend, he's out riding in the Angeles National Forest, or just kicking around town on this magnificent bicycle. I've met a lot of people through Golden Saddle Cyclery, but for some reason, Nils really resonated with me. Check out more photos in the Gallery and follow along with Nils' rides at his Instagram.
Brooke is an experienced cyclist and when the time came to order a custom 'cross bike for not only racing but everyday dirt riding in San Francisco, she contacted Aaron and his team at Mosaic Cycles to get her fit on a custom XT1 disc 'cross.
You see, for someone with Brooke's proportions, it's hard to fit on a stock bike from many of the big-named companies, so a custom bike which would be tailored to her body seemed like an obvious choice. She didn't just want to fit on a bike, she wanted the bike to fit her. The end result was a confidence inspiring feel without toe overlap and enough standover to make unexpected dismounts easy. Key build details are the SRAM Red 165mm cranks (since Force CX1 doesn't come in that length, that new and fancy TRP thru-axle 'cross fork and some great I9 to Pacenti wheels.
When Brooke and her friend Tessa were in Los Angeles for a wedding, I met up with them to go on a quick ride and couldn't resist documenting this bike, but bringing my camera along for a little sunset ride…
Ten years, ten hills, ten attempts at proving yourself to your peers that you're a fast mofo. Or just an excuse to wake up at 6:30am on a Sunday to ride bikes up the steepest hills in Los Angeles with a bunch of like-minded individuals. I've heard of this event before. Year after year, it's organized by Matt Ruscigno, an ex-BMXr from the NorthEast, which is where the S&M bikes reference comes from: "Feel My Legs I'm a Racer…"
The human condition of putting oneself through excruciating pain for personal betterment is something that Matt taps into with Feel My Legs. You don't have to win the day's ten climbs to feel a sense of accomplishment. In fact, for many of the racers, just making it up Fargo Street (the steepest residential street in California) was enough.
My morning began with coffee and a scone. Ok, two scones. Then I hopped on my touring bike, loaded up my camera equipment and went to the start of the event. I could only tag along for the first five climbs but I pretty good grasp on the event…
The title of this post comes from an email someone just sent over that ended with "Have a great weekend in your new LA backyard!" I felt it was a good segue into some photos I shot today with my buddy Hans up in the Verdugo mountains, just a 20 minute pedal from my front door.
Weekends are great like that. Hope you're taking advantage of the short days.
Golden Saddle and the Sleepers pulled together a great little video showcasing the weekly LA River Camp Coffee meetup. Interested in going? LARCC meets every Wednesday morning at Sunnynook River Park, starting at 7AM.
Los Angeles ladies, listen up. A few women organized a killer event at Golden Saddle Cyclery centered around trying out saddles:
"It's our first Sunday Social, a series of Women's events at GSC. For our first event we want to address something that is near and dear to a female cyclist's heart…or slightly south of there: The Saddle. Too hard, too soft, too wide, too narrow, or just plain wrong, it's tough to find your perfect match. Come to the shop and check out popular saddles for women and find your perfect perch. We'll have a variety of saddles to sit on and try out on trainers. We'll also show you how to measure your sitbones so you know where to start. Bring your bike if you want, but it's not required. Rosemary Sindt from from Highway 2, distributor of Brooks and Fizik saddles, will be sharing her expertise. This all-women event will be hosted by Jen Abercrombie. No dudes allowed. Refreshments will be served. PLEASE RSVP so we can get a head count. See you there!"
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Irresponsible word use: The book containing the word 'Allah' that has been banned by the Home Ministry.
PUTRAJAYA: While the Ultraman The Ultra Power book is banned, the character itself was not, the Home Ministry said in a statement.
It said the reason behind the ban was that the Ultraman King character inside the book had been referred to as "Allah".
The statement said referring to the fictional character as "Allah" could confuse Muslims, especially children.
"Children look up to Ultraman as their idol and referring to the Ultraman King character as Allah could confuse them.
"Allah" is also a sensitive word and to the Muslims, any misuse of it could be regarded as a provocation," the statement said.
The ministry had on Thursday announced the ban saying the book was found to contain elements that may be detrimental to public order.
The prohibition gazette, effective Feb 18, was made under Section 7(1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.
According to an official, the offending line reads as: Beliau dianggap sebagai, dan dihormati sebagai, 'Allah' atau Elder semua wira Ultra (He is regarded as and respected as "Allah" or Elder of all the Ultra heroes).
The book in the Malay language was published by Resign Publications and printed by Network Printers.
In another statement, the ministry revealed that Resign Publications did not have any publication permit while the printing company Network Printers did not have a printing permit.
"It was also found that Resign Publications had used a fake address, as follows: 78, Jalan Brunei Utara, Off Jalan Pudu, 55100 Kuala Lumpur," the ministry said.
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Do you dish out servings of comfort and happiness to your kids with sugary treats? Be careful. If you frequently offer food as proof of your love, you may be teaching your children to mix feelings with food, and to soothe their souls with sweets.
I love giving my daughter cookies. It makes me feel fantastic to give her cake, too. And while I'm confessing, nothing beats giving her ice cream.
My daughter lights up when she gets these goodies, and making her happy makes me happy. Actually, it makes me ecstatic!
Do you know what I mean?
When I provide a wholesome meal—complete with salad and vegetables—I feel like a good mother. But when I give my daughter the treats she loves, I feel like I'm directly transferring love from my heart to hers. It's like hooking up an I.V. of happiness.
The drawback of my cookies-equal-love problem is that one of the most important tools parents have for teaching kids to eat right is proportion: offering foods in relation to their healthful benefits. Treats should be offered occasionally, but I love my daughter all the time!
Setting boundaries around food can be tough—especially if our lovely little ones are well versed in begging, whining, and otherwise canoodling candy out of us. We want to make them happy, and sometimes brownies do the trick.
But I really want my daughter to learn that food is food, that treats are treats, and that love is a feeling. After all, mixing up food and feelings produces one of the greatest eating struggles people ever have.
Unfortunately, it's not just my nagging suspicion that loading love onto the plate leads to poor eating. Research backs me up.
In one recent study, researchers found that family cooks generally fall into one of five dominant personality profiles: Giving Cooks, Healthy Cooks, Innovative Cooks, Methodical Cooks, and Competitive Cooks. And every type of cook produces healthy eaters except one… the Giving Cook!
The Giving Cook specializes in comfort foods and traditional favorites and provides lots of home-baked goodies. There are plenty of ways parents teach the wrong lessons around food. It's not just food equals love. There's also food equals comfort, food equals reward, food equals guilt, and food equals punishment.
Do any of these statements from the book Mindless Eating sound familiar?
• "Eat this pudding, it will make you feel better." (Food as comfort)
• "If you get an A on your test, we'll go out for ice cream." (Food as reward)
• "Clean your plate; children are starving in China." (Food as guilt)
• "Finish your vegetables or you can't watch TV." (Food as punishment)
Kids are always going to do some emotional eating—it is unavoidable, especially as long as birthdays, Thanksgiving, and grandmas exist. But consciously parenting kids around food means minimizing the times we use food as a tool.
Research shows that emotional overeating in children is not uncommon. In fact, while most young children lose their appetite in response to stress, a recent study discovered that, by the ripe old age of 3, some kids have already learned to cope with negative emotions by eating more. (Three!)
Giving kids treats to distract them from negative emotions is common enough—even doctors do it by doling out lollipops after shots. But if you frequently 'fix' booboos with brownies or resolve conflict with cookies, then watch out: You may be teaching your children to soothe their souls with sweets.
Unfortunately, food ain't no magic bullet. What it fixes in the short term it damages over time.
Some parental feeding practices teach kids to use food to cope with difficult feelings. Researchers call it emotion regulation: the process whereby parents teach their children to use food to address emotional arousal in the absence of hunger.
A recent study of 3- to 5-year-olds found that children whose mothers used food to regulate emotions ate more cookies in the absence of hunger than kids whose mothers didn't use this strategy.
More tellingly, look at what happened when the researchers intentionally frustrated some of the children: The kids whose mothers used food for emotion regulation ate more chocolate. But the kids whose mothers didn't use food for emotion regulation lost their appetites. They ate less chocolate.
If you use food to regulate your children's emotions, you're not just teaching your kids that food will make them feel better—though that certainly is one lesson they learn. In addition, you may actually be teaching your kids to confuse emotional discomfort with hunger. It's the mixing up of these two states—negative emotions and hunger—that leads to overeating.
Children who inappropriately identify emotional discomfort as hunger are more likely to respond to any negative arousal state with food (and it's not usually broccoli!).
Kids who engage in emotional eating take in more calories. What's more, those calories tend to be from sweet, salty, fatty, calorie-rich foods and drinks. Maybe that's why researchers have found that as emotional eating increases, so does a child's body mass index (BMI). This association tracks into adolescence, and then into adulthood.
Food is a powerful elixir, but it can also be a dangerous tool. The next time you reach for the cookie jar to cheer up your special cherub, think about delivering a hug instead, or one of these 10 other non-edible rewards:
• An extra story at bedtime
• A sticker she can put towards a bigger reward, such as a book or toy
• A little extra TV time
• A few extra minutes before bedtime (even an extra 10-15 minutes can seem exciting to young kids)
• The opportunity to select a favorite meal for dinner the following night (even though this is a food-related reward, it's not candy, and your child is not earning the meal)
• Game time with you
• A backwards dinner: Serve dessert first, main course second (you won't need to worry about your child being full if you make the dessert small)
• A ticket they can exchange for a one-time exemption from performing a chore or helping with a task, such as putting on shoes, that you normally insist they do themselves .
• A ticket to be "the boss" for an hour
• The privilege of determining one of your meals the next day
Go wild with the bribes, if it helps. And remember: Every time you feed your child, you are teaching him something about what, when, why, and how much to eat. The only question that remains is this: What are you going to teach him?
Dina Rose, Ph.D., is a sociologist, parent educator, and feeding expert. She is the author of It's Not About the Broccoli (Penguin), which describes the three eating habits kids need to learn to grow into healthy eaters and gives parents practical ways to teach these food skills. This article was excerpted with permission from her blog, ItsNotAboutNutrition.com. Dr. Rose lives in Hoboken, NJ, with her family.
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Dina Rose, Ph.D., is a sociologist, parent educator, and feeding expert. Dr. Rose has written for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today, and she maintains an active blog on her website, ItsNotAboutNutrition.com. She is the author of It's Not About the Broccoli (Penguin), which describes the three eating habits kids need to learn to grow into healthy eaters and gives parents practical ways to teach these food skills. Dr. Rose lives in Hoboken, NJ, with her family.
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No, unless they are trained extensively. I honour my 3000 hours of training and feel that if they were to practise it without training it would devalue me.
Yes I believe the Chinese have it right. In China you must be a physician before becoming a massage therapist. This is how seriously mssage therapy (Anma) is taken in the place where it was founded.
No No Leave it to the Massage therapists they know more about the soft tissue, but let the Doctors learn and send people for massages.
First the Doctor needs the training on how to release the problem painfull areas. Does the doctor have the time to do this? Pain or relaxation therapy is a specialty best left for other properly trained therapists to perform.
Yes I am a Certified and Permitted Massage Therapist myself. Will be for one year come September. I completly agree that us Therapists don't have the earned repect the way we should. I had not worked to almost one year as a result. It seems that no one understands that we are healers by nature and do a very good job at doing so. When are we going to get the respect we deserve? I do realize that things get tough, but why make us suffer in the process?
Yes As long as they go through the proper certification and schooling process that registered massage therapist do.
However medical doctors have enough to do, hopefully they will leave that up to the specialist and refer that person that nees massage over to a therapist.
Yes well i think yes as long as they have in their possion a valid massage therapy license
Yes Yes,I believe that Dr's educated in the art of massage have the same legal rights as any Massage Therapist. But the key words here are "EDUCATED". Having a Doctorate does not entitle one to perform surgery, so it shouldn't allow a person to perform massage unless it is part of their education.....reguardless of "scope of practice".
only with the correct training
No No; unless they are registered massage therapists. I would say the same of nurses; if they are RMT's, okay. I sit on an advisory committee - on complimentary care - at MacMastery University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and in discussing education with the chair of the committee I mentioned that in massage college we did 350 hours of anatomy and physiology, she said that that was more A&P than she did in her BScN degree. So, massage therapists have a solid understanding of how the body works and in most cases - comapred to doctors and nurses - a better understanding of the musculature of the body. Also, where in medical or nursing school are massage theory, principles and manipulations taught?
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Yes Sure,Doctors should be allowed to perform massage, after they go through the training... which lacks greatly in some school's. After all they don't get the (hands on) experience of actually working with the systems of our bodies as a Doctor. Most of them probly are not in good enough shape to perform 5-7 full body massages a day. In a lot of cases 90% of the people graduating are not in good shape. But this is not promoted and emphasized in massage school's. They do need to learn what it takes to be a massage therapist.
Yes Yes, provided they have received the proper techniques and training to relieve the patient's pain; otherwise, give a referral to a professional
Yes Being a 4th year medical student myself demonstrates that obtaining an MD and currently finishing up my massage therapy courses benefits my patients as a whole. With the correct education and training Doctor's have the same training as MT and that's what it takes to help our pt.'s education and experience!
Yes With a minimum of 150 hours of training specifically in massage.
No Nobody should be allowed to perfom the application of massage unless they have been properly trained. Anyone can give a massage but not everyone knows the protocols of treating a patient efectively by performing medical massage. Just like anyone person who has recieved an injection can stick someone but the question is are they trained where they can be affective and also cause no harm
No,I think medical doctors have their own field cut out for them. Some don't take enough time with their patients as it is......patients are hearded through. To get a massage in a doctor's office would be different in the fact that a massage therapist would need to be hired. If doctors would begin this the insurances might listen to how beneficial massage is.....but again the price would be untouchable. Anyway that is my opinion.
No I have read many of the arguements on the yes side - and many of them said "as long as they have the proper training". Well - if an MD had proper training, they would be a massage therapist - and the point would be moot. Doctors don't have the training to do massage - if they want to spend the extra time to add that to the practice, more power to them, but it is essential to have the license, because thier motto is "do no harm", and yes - an improper massage CAN do harm!
No I am in school to become a massage therapist. While many people think that all we learn in school is just how to rub muscles in the right way - this is not the case. We have extensive classes on how each muscle works in conjunction with all the others, and how to "fix" various pathologies of the muscle. There are specific strokes to do for specific injuries, and there are many contraindications. Doctors are taught so much information in Medical school that they would not have time to take the technique classes that are required to proficient in medical massage. Instead - It might be a good idea for massage therapists and MD's to team up together to form a comprehensive treatment plan.
No My opinion is that unless someone has the requisite
certification and training they should not perform
professional massage services.
No Massage is a very specialized technique and should be REFERRED by doctors, yes, but not performed by them.
No Specific indiviuals are allowed to perform "specific" massage as it pertains to thier profession. This would include Dr.s. Should they be able to perform Massage therapy on a whole body? No! Most Physicians while having a more western minded understanding of anatomy & physiology have not got the foggiest idea of what a massage is capable of.
No i think this is going to be out of their scope until they get the correct muscle techniques required of any one entering the profession. it is not required and doctors don't allow the correct time frame to apply such therapies. Why would doctors need to do massage therapies to patients?why can't they have a massage therapist on staff or for a referal....
Yes with additional training of massage. then they can practice if they have to right eduction.
No Not unless they are also licensed massage therapists. They don't have the necessary knowledge and training to do professional massage.
Only with the appropriate training and certification. I'm not opposed to physicians using more touch in their regular services (that could benefit both patient and physician) and it would be wonderful if more physicians understood more about the benefits of massage...but unless they are trained and certified to perform massage, they should not be allowed to charge the pateint more for the service...
Yes I think doctors should be allowed to perform massage as long as they are certified or licensed like everyone else that legitimately practices. Most of them would probably make excellent massage therapists because of their in-depth knowledge of human anatomy and physiology. I've met way to many self-proclaimed "massage therapists" that have no working knowledge of the human body, which is a shame. Obtaining and maintaining an understanding of the human/life sciences is so very important in this field. So yes, as long as the doctor has been properly trained and exercises an open mind and compassion about the subject, I believe they have the right to perform massage on clients. Possibly even the duty to give those services, since most of us know in our hearts the validity of this type of therapy and its effectiveness. Robert Hand (CMT)
Yes Of course they should be allowed to perform massage therapy, however the stigma that therapists receive from physicians should be dissolved.
Yes yes, but still the client to inquire other means of healing also. IT is about the person health right?! that will give a therapist to focus more.
Yes Only if they are fully qualified and have been trained at an approved school. Most medical doctors I know would not have this kind of time to go back to school, but would probably find great benefits if they decided to become licensed as massage therapists as well.
Yes MY GOD YES!!!
What you all fail to realize is that physicians have the highest academic training in health care. There are specialties in the health professions such as physical medicine, physiatry and chiropractic, that utilize massage. But not to worry, 99% of physicians are to busy treating to many patients, and don't have time to perform a 60 minute massage. To the people who state that physicians should have a formal education in massage I say this; a physicians training far outweighs a massage therapists. Like or lump it, thats the way it is. Massage is an instinctual art that a child subconsciously uses to treat any bumped body part. This reaction is an inborn reflex to pain and it is a routine. It is rediculous to say physicians need formal massage training to learn a routine. There are many routines. Physicians already understand in greater depth all of the hard and clinical sciences taught in massage schools and much more. Massage is a very noninvasive procedure and you would have to have a total lack of common sense to hurt someone. Above all do no harm is the oath. I don't believe or see a physician harming anyone with massage. Besides if it wasn't for physicians performing research on massage the profession would not advance due to the majority of uneducated massage therapists not even being able to begin to comprehend how to perform a proper research study. Also, 99.9% of massage therapists only want to massage, do little continuing education and do not want to perform proper research. It's the PT's and Clinical Acupuncturists and Masters of Oriental Medicine we should be worried about. They want to limit our scope. They want to be the goverinig body over us for things like the practice of Shiatsu. They want to limit us to Swedish and western massage techniques. The physicians are our friends. They could fight us on the topic of being direct access providers but they don't! They perform the research we should be doing! Physicians support a broad scope of massage practice while the PT's and the Oriental Medicine masters, "doctors" and clinical acupuncturists want to controll and limit massage. Wake up people! Think... before you speak!
Yes Sort of a silly question, but why not? Should not everyone be able to give and receive massage. Exactly Tha has been happening throughout history. Now, massage may not be profitable enough for an M.D. to keep their malpractice insurance or downtown office and receptionist, but if thats their desire, more power to em. I cannot fathom as to why some voters are against this idea? If the M.D. is successful, many would get bodywork that would otherwise never have it. If the M.D. is not successful, still many would be exposed to bodywork, and perhaps go knocking on the door of the local MT.
Yes Of course! Medical doctors are people too, and many of them became doctors in order to help others. There is no sense denying them what may be a powerful healing tool. That said, the playing field should be level -- medical doctors should have to meet the same massage licensing standards the rest of us have to, without exceptions.
With proper training, it would definitly help them to provide better care to patients.
Yes They should as long as they took the necessary training in touch related modalities.
No No! No! No! We can't diagnose or prescribe, so they shouldn't be able to do massage unless they have had the proper instruction, creditation, and lisencing! What's up with that? That question shouldn't have even needed to be asked! -Sunni with Sunshine Services, VA Beach, VA.
Yes Why not? I do not think that anyone has to worry that they may start anytime soon, as most MD's DC's do not have the time to do STM techniques, unless they employ someone to do so.
Yes why not?
No Doctors are basically not sensitive enough to perform massage and from what so many individuals have stated to me, they are not able to get sufficient time with the doctor for what they are being treated for. Doctors do not spend an hour or more with patients who are trying to obtain preventive treatments with the thought of keeping themselves out of a doctors office.
No I don't think they should be allowed to because then that would put most massage therapists' out of business.
Yes Medical Doctors certainly know the anatomical structures in the body enough to do certain techniques of MT ( I know some that do trigger point and myofascial release). I am not so sure that they could do some techniques without further training. I find it difficult to believe they would have enough time to perform massage, that is what we are for.
Let doctors concentrate on their fields, and I shall do likewise. I have seen and heard of too many ''Oops's'' from what they do as it is. If they dont have the time to spend more than five minutes with a patient, how the hell are they going to get close to doing a remotely deacent massage.
And with the prices they charge for consultations. Imagine what the price of a 30 or 60 minute massage would be... Let them have their fun. Sick jokes also provide a laugh.
Yes as long as they have a massage education
Yes Yes, if they have adequate training
No let the doctors be lazy and soak up their paychecks
No Doctors should have full accreditation and registration as a Massage Therapist if they intend to practice. This would seem a waste of their valuable time when GP's already have time pressure issues to deal with. They cannot be allowed to give a 'quick-fix'. Also, Massage doesn't lend itself to a mechanical approach, rather a 'wholistic' one that takes into consideration the spiritual and emotional aspects of therapy. These aspects are normally not allowed for in the busy schedule Doctors have to comply with. Medical referral is the best option.
Yes But only if they are trained and certified in massage.
No If a doctor has not attended a physical therapy training program or an alternative healing school I feel that they should not be allowed to do massage. Most doctors are not trained in learning palpable skills and therefore have a higher rate I feel of causing a patient further stress to an injury due lack of these skills and could potentally injure a patient or go beyond a patients boundries without a patients conscent and respect of that individual.
they should be allowed to perform once trained and licensed, but massage should not be taken over by the medical community.
No let's preserve the art!
Yes If a doctor wishes to go to the massage therapy schools, then of course they can practice. However, in California for example, massage therapy is still by statute, listed as "adult entertainment". Before any doctor should be allowed to practice massage therapy, the law needs to be changed to get massage therapy into the "health care" codes. Even if doctors dont practice massage therapy, the codes need changing
No No, I believe that doctors need to be educated and licensed in the area of massage therapy if they intend to provide treatment. If not, they should refer their patients to a licensed massage therapist.
Thank You,
Corina Villarreal
Mercedes, Texas
Yes aslong as they have the proper massage training
Yes i think they should be allowed only if they are fully
qualified and have done a massage course. as a massage therapist i feel doctors do not give massage much of a thought so it would be good if they actually were trained in other techniques of healing therefor i think many people would benefit from this.
Yes Yes, only if the medical doctor has had professional training in massage therapy.
No Absolutely not! Massage therapists are not allowed to perform surgery or administer or prescribe medicines, so why should they be allowed to do our job?
Yes Yes, if they go through the proper training/massage school, pass exam, etc. Should a Massage Therapist be allowed practice/perform medicine? Yes, if they go to the proper training/medical school and pass exams, etc.
A typical medical doctor spendsless then 15 minutes w/a patient, would they really want to do massage? A 15 minute chair massage may be?
The issue is one of the oldest tenets in medicine: "First do no harm!" Baseline medical training in human anatomy and physiology is an order of magnitude more comprehensive and detailed than that associated with most massage therapists. Even if most doctors don't massage their clients often enough to acquire the "touch" that most experienced massage therapists take for granted, they are certainly competent to know what areas NOT to massage.
Yes As long as they've attended an accredited school and met the minimum required hours and credits and have passed the state and national certification requirements for any licensed/certified massage therapist, and are required to take the same ethics courses and meet the same recertification requirements and annual continuing education credits; In other words, if they meet the criteria for practicing therapeutic massage, why would there be any question?
No I do not believe medical doctors have the proper training to perform massages. They do not spend 1000 hours learning the proper techniques.
Yes I vote yes and no! I believe doctor's could be allowed to perform massage provided they undergo the same practical training that each particular state/province requires. As with any technical profession, and specifically in our profession, to provide safe and effective massage, persons practising Massage should be expected to perform a certain number of practical hours on a range of client body types, followed by a practical evaluation to ensure quality assurance to the public.
Without these qualifications, the doctor should not be permitted to practice Massage Therapy at his/her leisure. As a Doctor, the public is assured of competent Medical theoretical knowledge, and therefore they may be exempt from certain courses within a Massage Therapy program, however, their practical application of massage, utilizing their theoretical knowledge must be up to par as well.
Kerri Olds, B.Kin,RMT
Hamilton, Ontario
No "Should medical doctors be allowed to perform massage?" Well, any healthy person should be allowed to perform massage as long as they are properly trained and licensed. However, as a current student of massage therapy, I would not like to see my career choice wiped out by physicians taking this into their own hands (so to speak). From my experience with medical doctors, they simply don't have an hour to work with a client on a personal and spiritual level and the client / patient would ultimately be cheated out of the quality massage experience and care they deserve. So, my response is NO. Keep them distinctly seperate and special unto themselves.
No medical doctors should concentrate on drugs related remedies.
No Medical doctors are not trained in massage or in muscle manipulation. If they went to massage school and learned all the techniques, that would be fine. However, I think it would be best for them to concentrate on their field and allow bodyworkers to do what they specialize in.
Thank you.
No I would not like to see medical doctors doing massage. My experience in life is that they (at least the ones I have had contact with) do not have an adequate knowledge of the muscles, origins, insertions and functions. If doctors want to go through the same training as massage therapists and get licensed, certified, etc., then they should go for it. Licensed massage therapists have had the training to do beneficial, therapeutic massage.
No I would not like to see medical doctors doing massage. My experience in life is that they (at least the ones I have had contact with) do not have an adequate knowledge of the muscles, origins, insertions and functions. If doctors want to go through the same training as massage therapists and get licensed, certified, etc., then they should go for it. Licensed massage therapists have had the training to do beneficial, therapeutic massage.
No Now who is stepping on who's toes? LMT's are
so restricted in what we can and can't say and do.
Leave the massage to us and leave the medical
treatments to the doctors!
No In the healthcare system already the M.D. treats patients like cattle why would they ever consider to do Massage therapy and take their time to spend with a patient, let alone the Insurance companies DO NOT cover massage as a benefits...so basicly this is inconceivable that the M.D. would ever do therapy on his/her patient when they cannot even take history on a patient without their assistant doing it for them...instead take two of these pills, go to Physical Therapy for 3x a week for 4 weeks and maybe I'll return your call in the morning.
No Not unless they are Certified or Licenced in Massage Therapy.
No If the drs do massages then they don't need the nurses to help them with the work. So it better for them to not do massages and let us therapists help them like the nurses help them. We therapists take time with the clients and the drs never take thier time with the clients. They (drs) just want to hurry and get the work done. So it better for the drs NOT to perform and massages.
Yes My yes vote is conditional upon the MD completing an appropriate course in whatever modality the indivual wishes to perfoprm.
Same as if the MD wante4d to practice accpunture, he or she would be required to complete a reconized educational program and take whatever exam would be appropiate.
No As a massage therapist I can't and don't diagnos patients or clients because that is not in my scope. I feel that other practioners and therapist believe they can perform massage therapy with a two to three day over-view of the basic skills. I pride myself on being a Massage Therapist and on my continueing education in our field. If we continue to let Healthcare Profesional push us aside and keep the the public ingorant of our true abilities to be a part of the Healthcare Profession (Only does of us who want to be) we will never be able to get pass the "Feel Good" status of massage and empower the public with the Clinical Benifits of our choosen profession.
Marvin Q. Joiner B.S., R.M.T, A.E.S
Yes At first I shuddered at the question. But why not? If one has the desire to learn and incorporate the benefits of a healing touch to their current field, whether it be a medical docor, registered nurse or vet tech, by all means do so. So long as the person has undergone the proper training (not some weekend workshop), and attained certification/licensure.
Yes If we believe that touch is key to healing, to deny any healthcare practitioner the right and encouragement to touch would block one avenue for people to be exposed to touch as part of their healing journey. --Rick
No The medical profession has been "telling" us massage therapists and others for years that we are not medical doctors. For insurance to pay us, most of the time we need a perscription from a doctor okaying our services. We have spent hours and years training for massage as doctors have spent training in their specialty. Massage is our specialty. Medicine is theirs. Lets keep it separate, please.
No Why would they want to? Haven't they got enough to do. They should only be allow if they are trained to do so, just like anyone else.
No A medical degree is no guarantee that the touch will be appropriate, caring, comfortable,present,or ensure the physician understands what he/she is feeling, what depth they are at, or the texture, tonus, and response to their touch by any individual.Technology has replaced "touch" for far too many physicians, and they know it. As a therapist, instructor, and trainer who has worked with our brothers and sisters who are conventionally trained, most have no knowledge and experience regarding the art or science of touch that heals... That is why so many complain about the 'indifferent doctor touch' they or their loved ones receive. As an example, I recently "trained a pediatrician, and working mom whose daughter will not latch, cries and fusses when held, and demonstrates significant stress when doctor/mommy tries to connect with her. There is a happy ending to this...doctor/mom learned in less than an hour how we therapists connect and dialogue thru touch, and has learned a great deal more about the importance of presence, love, and intention,and why there is significant public demand for our care. (They are trainable) Jim Clear NCTMB
No Once a person recieves a "massage certification", they should be allowed to perform massage. If no certification is received, then not even a doctor should be able to perform massage.
No Medical doctors needs to concentrate more on proper evaluation of their patients. A massage therapist often depends on a doctor's expertise in diagnosis and prescription to properly treat their clients.
Although patients may like the idea of getting diagnosed and treated by the same person, a doctor does not have the time to properly warm up the muscle tissue and work the surrounding areas that may also be affected. 'Specificity' can not be properly provided as would be received from a massage therapist.
And imagine what the waiting time would be like at the doctor's office then!!
If a medical doctor wants to provide massage therapy, add a massge therapist to the staff. Chiropractor's recognized the benefits along time ago.
No Medical doctors needs to concentrate more on proper evaluation of their patients. A massage therapist often depends on a doctor's expertise in diagnosis and prescription to properly treat their clients.
Although patients may like the idea of getting diagnosed and treated by the same person, a doctor does not have the time to properly warm up the muscle tissue and work the surrounding areas that may also be affected. 'Specificity' can not be properly provided as would be received from a massage therapist.
And imagine what the waiting time would be like at the doctor's office then!!
If a medical doctor wants to provide massage therapy, add a massge therapist to the staff. Chiropractor's recognized the benefits along time ago.
Yes with proper massage training
Yes Here we go again! The same type of inflamatory questions that were asked on Acupuncture Today's web site. Without question the answer is yes, yes, YES!!! Physicians weather MD, DC, DO, DDS, DPM have the greatest academic abilities and are some of the greatest minds in this country. Maybe we should reverse this question and ask if massage therapists should be held to the entrance requirements of physicians as they are in China. Maybe we should make massage therapists complete the much more stiringent academic requirements of physicians. Maybe we should hold massage therapists to the practice standards of physicians. The training and ability of physicians in understanding health is far greater than that of a massage therapist. Besides, massage is such a non invasive therapy that it would be only due to gross incompetance to cause injury. Who is the daft person who thinks up these questions that cause turf wars and rifts between health care professions. We should be looking for ways to work togeather and not create points to be at each others throats. The great Carnack the Magician predicts that future poll questions will be; Should massage, should Chiropractic Physicians practice massage, should Vetrinarians, Podiatrists, Dentists, Osteopaths, etc. etc. etc. Come on people lets get real! Physicians have the gretest amount of training when it comes to the body and should be able to practice massage. Massage therapists on the other hand have far inferior training then physicians and connot practice Medicine. This is a natural law in academics. Whoever has the biggest baddist degree is king! Got it? Good!
Yes They should be allowed to perform massage on clients. However, they should only be allowed to perform if they have taken all the appropriate classes.
No I don't know of any Medical school training that teach,train, or inform for that matter any thing about Massage. I don't know why so many other professional's feel that they can do Massage. None of the many professionals that think or want to do massage would ever let a Massage Therapist or for that matter any one infringe on their training and minimize their training.


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People appear divided over who is behaving badly in the stoush that has arisen between Trade Me and real estate agents, following an increase in Trade Me's property listings fees.
OPINION: Comments on Stuff.co.nz show two positions, depending on whether they are more indignant about Trade Me's fees or agents' commissions.
The underlying reality, however, is excessive confidence, and perhaps the unrealistic expectations for profit growth placed on Trade Me's management by its board have resulted in the company overplaying its hand and frightening the horses. Customers and investors are spooked.
Many real estate agents felt Trade Me was being greedy when it announced in November that it would switch from an arrangement under which agents could list as many properties as they liked for a flat-rate fee, to charging $159 plus GST, per listing.
Eighteen real estate offices, mostly independent agents in Hamilton and Hawke's Bay, have responded by pulling their listings from Trade Me altogether, with some complaining the changes would quadruple their fees.
Trade Me says that, together, those agents accounted for only about 1 per cent of its property business. But the negotiations have only just begun.
Spokesman Paul Ford said agents were being transitioned to the new pricing over about six months. It appears most if not all of the five large chains are still on the "old" pricing.
Chief executive Jon Macdonald said though details of the transition were commercially sensitive, a "decent chunk" of agents had moved to the new fee structure and it expected about a quarter to be paying less than they had under the flat-rate tariff.
Trade Me feels it is a bit "off" that some agents responded to the fee changes by pulling listings that Trade Me said had already been paid for.
After some loose talk on the part of the real estate industry, the Commerce Commission is investigating whether agents may have broken the Commerce Act by colluding on a boycott.
But it is only natural Trade Me's price hike might prompt the real estate industry to consider the long-term implications of advertising on its website.
The risk for Trade Me is not in a sudden boycott, but that large agents may conclude they will be better served by gradually beefing up rival site realestate.co.nz, which is owned by the real estate industry, and that they will direct a greater proportion of their adverts there over time.
Trade Me's decision to write directly to 1300 affected homeowners in Hamilton and Hawke's Bay, pointing out their listings had been pulled and offering to reinstate them for free was cheeky, even though it insists its objective was not to cause trouble between agents and their clients.
Founder and director Sam Morgan has only added fuel to the flames by calling agents "turkeys", saying they cut off their nose to spite their face.
It is not the first time Morgan has made comments that may have clicked with the public but caused Trade Me embarrassment. It is understood he was chastised in 2012 for labelling rival site auction Wheedle a "joke", in a tweet he later said he regretted.
Analysts are divided on the damage done. Morningstar analyst Nachiket Moghe believes the big agents realise they "can't get away with not advertising on Trade Me" and that smaller agents will come to the same conclusion over time. "They have got such a strong brand and so many 'eyeballs'."
But another analyst said it was a moot point within the investment community whether Trade Me would succeed in driving through the fee increases. It was a big issue, given property listings had been viewed as one of the major drivers of profit growth for Trade Me, he said.
"The general items marketplace is very mature. 'Jobs' is very competitive; they can't do much there because of [rival] Seek, so you are left with motors and real estate."
Trade Me clearly has a deeper beef with the way the real estate industry works. It is relevant to consider realestate.co.nz is not open to private listings. But trying to serve the industry while also berating it is a difficult tightrope to walk.
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FBI linked Gabby Giffords' shooter to Christian pro-life groups
TUCSON, AZ, April 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An FBI agent drew attention to a possible connection between the man who shot Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and "Christian anti-abortion groups," according to newly released documents in the 2011 shooting.
In January 2011, Jared Lee Loughner engaged in a shooting spree that left six people dead and 13, including Congresswoman Giffords, wounded.
An investigating detective with the sheriff's office detective wrote in his report that the FBI investigator on the case tipped him off that, in December 2008, Loughner had been caught making graffiti that the agent "believed to be associated with Christian anti-abortion groups."
The graffiti consisted of the letters "C" and "X," which Loughner told the arresting officer stood for "Christian." Loughner spraypainted the letters on a stop sign while his parents were stopped at an intersection.
The revelation is one of many in the 2,700 pages of documents released by the Pima County Sheriff's Department, according to the Phoenix New Times.
It is not clear such symbols are associated with the pro-life movement in any way, much less in the form of graffiti.
Loughner had little apparent sympathy for life at any stage. During a class about suicide bombers at Pima Community College, Loughner asked, "Why don't we just strap bombs to babies?" This and other frightening behavior led to his suspension.
Loughner erected an occultic altar with a mock human skull in a tent in his backyard, rendering his connection with Christian pro-lifers somewhat tenuous.
However, the FBI agent's decision to forge an alleged connection where none seemed to exist fits a pattern of the Obama administration casting Christians in general, and pro-lifers in particular, as latent domestic terrorists or assassins.
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A series of reports from the Department of Homeland Security and West Point, as well as a training seminar for FBI agents, have depicted pro-life Christians as the most likely source of domestic terrorism.
A number of pro-lifers believe the Obama administration is attempting to gather intelligence on the pro-life movement.
Jill Stanek has revealed that last July 13, FBI agents Conrad Rodriguez and William Sivley paid a visit to her son-in-law, Andy Moore.
Moore, the proprietor of AbortionWiki.org, said the agents pressured him to expose the inner workings of the right-to-life movement, asked him to name the names of protesters and church leaders involved, and made veiled threats to deport him to his native New Zealand, separating him from his wife and family.
The attempt to politicize Loughner's shooting began almost immediately.
Although at first Loughner was erroneously tied to the alleged "hate group" American Renaissance headed by Jared Taylor, Democrats and the mainstream media immediately speculated he was a member of the Tea Party or had been inspired by a political map drawn up by Sarah Palin.
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik added fuel to this fire, tying the shootings to the political rhetoric of Rush Limbaugh. The talk show king "attacks people," Dupnik accused, "angers them against government, angers them against elected officials and that kind of behavior in my opinion is not without consequences."
However, the shooter had long been on the sheriff's radar as mentally unstable.
Far from a right-wing conservative, Jared Loughner held political views characteristic of the 1960s.
One of Loughner's classmates at Tuscon's Mountain View High School and Pima Community College described him as "a political radical," "left-wing, quite liberal," and "anti-flag."
Another acquaintance said, "His parents were very laid-back, like hippies. They were live-and-let-live people, but not exactly in a good way, and so he grew up doing more or less what he liked."
Giffords, despite making great strides in her recovery, announced she was resigning from Congress in 2012.
In November, the 24-year-old Loughner was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
NewsFreedom, Gender Thu May 5, 2016 - 1:52 pm EST
Texas AG to Target: Show me how you'll protect women and kids from criminals
AUSTIN, Texas, May 5, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – The latest backlash Target received as a result of its transgender bathroom policy was a letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking the company to provide its safety policies to protect women and children from "those who would use the cover of Target's restroom policy for nefarious purposes."
"Target, of course, is free to choose such a policy for its Texas stores," Paxton wrote in a letter to Target CEO Brian Cornell. He noted the possibility of the Texas Legislature addressing the issue in the future, but said, "regardless of whether Texas legislates on this topic, it is possible that allowing men in women's restrooms could lead to criminal and otherwise unwanted activity."
"As chief lawyer and law enforcement officer for the State of Texas, I ask that you provide the full text of Target's safety policies regarding the protection of women and children from those who would use the cover of Target's restroom policy for nefarious purposes," Paxton continued.
More than 1.1 million people have pledged to boycott Target over its new policy allowing men to access women's bathrooms. Opponents of the policy worry that it puts women and children at risk by emboldening predators, who may now freely enter women's restrooms.
Target's new policy is "inclusive," the company claims, and they say "everyone…deserves to be protected from discrimination, and treated equally."
"Texans statewide can no longer be silent on the issue of protecting the safety of women and children," Texas Values President and Attorney Jonathan Saenz said in a statement Wednesday urging Texans to boycott Target. This is the first time in its history the pro-family group has called for a boycott.
"We need all Texans to understand that Target is using this radical change in their store policy to try convince people that our laws should be changed in this dangerous direction as well," said Saena. "Our goal with this boycott is for Target to change its dangerous new policy, to raise awareness of the real threats to safety that these policies bring and to help businesses and lawmakers understand the significant opposition to such measures that is growing daily… Texans all across our state must join this Boycott Target effort before someone gets hurt."
On Tuesday a male allegedly filmed an underage girl at a Frisco, Texas, Target fitting room. Police are searching for the man.
There have been numerous incidents of male predators across North America accessing women's facilities and citing transgender policies as allowing them to do so.
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OpinionFaith, Politics - U.S. Thu May 5, 2016 - 12:28 pm EST
Christians, America has reached a crisis point. Are you ready to take up this challenge?
May 5, 2016 (Albert Mohler) -- For nearly two and a half centuries, Americans have enjoyed the enormous privilege and responsibility of forming our own government—a privilege rarely experienced throughout most of human history. For most of history, humanity has struggled with the question of how to respond to a government that was essentially forced upon them. But Americans have often struggled with a very different reality; how do we rightly respond to the government that we choose?
To put all of this in historical perspective, the Framers of the American experiment understood that a representative democracy built on the principle of limited government would require certain virtues of its citizens. These would include a restraint of passions and an upholding of traditional moral virtues, without which democracy would not be possible. As the idea of limited government implies, the citizenry would be required to carry out the social responsibilities of the community without the intrusion of government and, thus, citizens would be expected to have the moral integrity necessary for such an arrangement. The Framers of the American Republic also agreed that it would be impossible to have a representative democracy and a limited government if the people did not elect leaders who embodied the virtues of the citizenry while also respecting and protecting society's pre-political institutions: marriage and family, the church, and the local community.
Thus, the idea of a limited government requires that society uphold and pursue the health of its most basic institutions. When a civil society is weak, government becomes strong. When the family breaks down, government grows stronger. When the essential institutions of society are no longer respected, government demands that respect for itself. That is a recipe for tyranny.
Much of this was essentially affirmed until the early decades of the 20th century when progressivists began promoting an agenda that fundamentally redefined the role of the federal government in public life. By the middle of the 20th century, the Democratic Party had essentially embraced this progressivist agenda, becoming committed to an increasingly powerful government—a government whose powers exceeded those enumerated in the Constitution. At the same time, the Democratic Party also began advocating for a basic redefinition of the morality that shaped the common culture. By and large, however, the Republican Party continued to maintain a commitment to the vision of America's founders, advocating for a traditional understanding of morality while also upholding the principle of limited government.
By the 1980s, the two parties represented two very different worldviews and two very different visions of American government. For decades, each party has acted rather predictably and in ways that accord with their fundamental principles. All of that, however, has now changed.
The 2016 presidential campaign has developed in an entirely unpredictable manner and, in many respects, represents a crisis in American democracy. This crisis is not limited to either party. Bernie Sanders, the Independent senator from Vermont, has won several stunning victories in the primary season over presumed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. While it is still extremely likely that Clinton will become the Democratic nominee, Sanders support among voters represents a populist flirtation with Democratic Socialism. This pattern is something few Democrats could have imagined just one year ago. What this foray into Democratic Socialism represents, then, is a radical adjustment of the Democratic Party's basic economic principles. Thus, even if Hillary Clinton becomes the nominee, the process will likely drag her even further to the left, eventually redefining the Democratic Party before our very eyes.
But if it is remarkable to see what is happening in the Democratic Party, it is absolutely shocking to see what is happening among Republicans. Traditionally, the Republican Party has established its reputation by standing for the principles advocated by the American Founders—limited government upheld by the health of society's primary institutions such as marriage, family, and community. Yet Donald Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party, represents virtually everything the Republican Party has typically defined itself over against. Clearly, both political parties are now redefining themselves. What is not clear is where each party will ultimately end up. What is also not clear is whether the American experiment can survive such radical political change.
As already noted, the American experiment in limited government requires that the citizenry and those who hold public office honor certain moral virtues and respect the institutions that are crucial for a society to rightly function. Yet, we now find ourselves in a situation where the three leading candidates for president show little to no respect for such institutions in their articulations of public policy.
This fundamental redefinition of the American political landscape requires Christians to think carefully about their political responsibility. Make no mistake; we cannot avoid that responsibility. Even refusing to vote is itself a vote because it privileges those who do vote and increases the value of each ballot. In truth, we bear a political responsibility that cannot be dismissed or delegated to others. Every Christian must be ready to responsibly steward his or her vote at the polls.
To put the matter bluntly, we are now confronted with the reality that, in November, Hillary Clinton will likely be the Democratic nominee and Donald Trump the Republican nominee. This poses a significant problem for many Christians who believe they cannot, in good conscience, vote for either candidate. As a result, Christians are going to need a lot of careful political reflection in order to steward their vote and their political responsibility in this election cycle.
Headlines from around the world tell us that other representative democracies are at a similar moment of redefinition. Political turmoil now marks the United Kingdom and also nations like France and other key American allies. Perhaps democracy itself is now facing a crucial hour of decision and a crucial season of testing. It is no exaggeration to say that democracy is being tested around the world; it is certainly being tested here at home. Yet if this is a moment of testing for democracy, it is also a crucial moment for Christian witness. This election cycle is going to be a particular test for American Christians—and we are about to find out if Christians are up to this challenge.
Reprinted with permission from Albert Mohler.
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NewsBioethics Thu May 5, 2016 - 12:23 pm EST
'Sick and twisted': Scientists keep embryos alive outside womb up to 13 days for experimentation
May 5, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Two teams of scientists have announced that they have been able to keep human embryos alive outside the womb for 13 days for the purpose of conducting scientific experiments. Some call the announcement the onset of a "Brave New World," while others are petitioning lawmakers to lift sanctions that would keep scientists from experimenting on newly conceived babies even longer.
Researchers from Cambridge University, King's College, and Rockefeller University said in two separate reports that they stopped at 13 days only to avoid violating an internationally accepted law. At least 12 nations restrict the amount of time a newly conceived child may be kept alive in a laboratory to 14 days, the point at which scientists believe "individuality" begins.
The newest development allows scientists to observe newly conceived human beings after the point at which implantation in the womb would have occurred.
Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, one of the studies' lead researchers, said her team's breakthrough could advance embryonic stem cell research and "can improve IVF success."
Some scientists have called on the international community to extend the amount of time such experimentation can take place.
"If restrictions such as the 14-day rule are viewed as moral truths, such cynicism would be warranted," three experts – Insoo Hyun, Amy Wilkerson, and Josephine Johnston – wrote in a commentary published yesterday in Nature magazine. "But when they are understood to be tools designed to strike a balance between enabling research and maintaining public trust, it becomes clear that, as circumstances and attitudes evolve, limits can be legitimately recalibrated."
Pro-life experts said the experimentation destroys human life and could lead to grave ethical dilemmas by extending the research.
"No human being should be used for lethal experimentation, no matter their age or stage of development," said Dr. David Prentice, a professor of molecular genetics and an Advisory Board Member for the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center. "The 14-day rule is itself arbitrary, and does not assuage those who believe life begins at the moment of sperm-egg fusion. Moreover, allowing experiments on human embryos beyond 14 days post-fertilization risks the lives of untold more human beings, because it further encourages creation and destruction for research purposes."
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, called the experimentation "sick and twisted."
"Science has undeniably proven that a new human life, with unrepeatable DNA, begins at conception," she said. "There is no reason for experimentation on that human life and science itself should not be heralding thae fact that a tiny human being can survive now for two weeks outside of the womb, all for the sole purpose of experimentation."
Dr. Prentice noted that embryonic stem cell research "has yielded no benefit thus far," leading even its most vocal advocates, such as Michael J. Fox, to admit it has not lived up to its promise.
"If this research does not stop at 14 days, where does it stop?" asked Prentice. "This is a risky step which could encourage further eugenic attitudes and actions."
Dr. Prentice encouraged Congress "to have a full and open debate on the issue of human embryo research before the research community moves further without oversight."


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