“It was easy to believe in macroevolution when I was growing up. But then I came face to face with the knowledge of how the body actually works. NeoDarwinism and macroevolution vs. the truth of Medical Science: it didn’t add up then and it doesn’t add up now. See what you think!!” Some ID Medicine- Howard Glicksman M.D. finds ample evidence of intelligent design in the human body as he shares his insights.
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He Who Cannot Control His Water (and Sodium) Will Not Survive: The Kidney (2.01.08)
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You Literally Are What You Eat Part II: The GI System: Bile and Liver Functions (11.01.07)
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You Literally Are What You Eat: The Gastrointestinal System (8.01.07)
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SWALLOWING: It's Not As Easy As it Looks (5.01.07)
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The Breath of Life (12.01.06)
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The Heart of the Matter: Electrical Disorganization spells D-E-A-T-H (9.01.06)
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Death by Insulin: How Sweet it Isn't!! (6.01.06)
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Female Reproductive Function: The Way of Life (3.01.06) This month we look at female reproductive function in "The Way of Life" more...
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Male Erectile Dysfunction: How Exactly Does Viagra Work? (12.01.05) Have you ever wondered what‘s in Viagra and how it does its job? Read this column and you’ll find out. But in the telling of the tale will be more questions for macroevolution.
Join me in: Male Erectile Dysfunction: How Exactly Does Viagra Work? more
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Sex and the Single Gene: Becoming a Man is not as Easy as X+Y (09.01.05) This month we look at the complexity inherent in the sex determination and development of the human male. It’s not as simple as X and Y. Join me in Sex and the Single Gene. more
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part X –Run for your Life Part 3 (7.01.05) This is the last installment in which we finally diagnose my friend's medical condition. We look at the muscle spindles again and then the higher centers of the nervous system. I hope you enjoy: : Wired for Much More than Sound: Part X, Run for your Life Part 3 more ...
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part IX –Run for your Life Part 2 (4.01.05) This month we continue the diagnostic analysis of my friend’s neuromuscular problem. Have you ever wondered what it takes to make your bones move? What about the question of why doctors always run around with those reflex hammers, what’s up with that Doc? This month’s column will try to answer these questions and more while trying to impress upon you the incredible complexity of the neuromuscular system. A system that is purported to have come into existence by only the blind forces of macroevolution without any intelligent direction. See if you still believe that assertion after you finish reading: Wired for Much More than Sound: Part IX, Run for your Life Part 2 more ...
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part VIII–Run fr your Life Part 1 (2.01.05) Ever wonder how it is that we are able to move around as we do? Running, jumping, throwing; all actions necessary for survival. Let’s look at how the body does it, in: Wired for Much More than Sound Part VIII—Run for your Life Part 1more ...
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part VII–The Ear and Hearing (1.01.05) This month Wired for Much More than Sound finally looks at sound itself, in Part VII- The Ear and Hearing. Enjoy, enjoy!! more ...
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part VI–Vision Part III: What Does the Brain See? (12.01.04) This month completes the vision trilogy in which we have already seen how complex and interdependent are the parts of the eye and the biomacromolecular structures that serve the retina in order to generate nerve impulses. This final installment completes the analysis by reviewing which optic impulse goes where. I hope you enjoy reading: Wired for so Much More than Sound Part VI—Vision Part 3—What Does the Brain See? more ...
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part V–Vision Part II: The Retina (11.01.04) Last month’s column dealt with the parts of the eye and how they are able to allow light to enter it and focus on the retina. This month we look at how the retina is capable of converting the energy contained in a photon of light into an neuroexcitatory message that is then transmitted to the brain for interpretation resulting in what we know as “vision” I hope you enjoy: Wired for Much More than Sound: Part V—Vision Part 2- The Retina. more ...
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Wired for Much More than Sound: Part IV–Vision Part I: Parts of the Eye (10.01.04) This month we begin an exploration into how we are able to experience the sensation of vision. Please join for what I hope for you will be a fascinating study in "Wired for Much More than Sound Part IV-Vision Part I- The Parts of the Eye". more ...
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Wired
for Much More than Sound: Part III–Muscles and How They Contract (9.01.04) For the last two months we've
been exploring how the neuromuscular system works and what questions this
knowledge should engender for Macroevolution. Part I dealt with the nerve's
ability to propagate an impulse down its axon toward another nerve or muscle
cell waiting at the synapse. Part II explained how a neurotransmitter was
released from the pre-synaptic neuron and its impact on the post-synaptic
cell. This month we go on to explore our current understanding of how, once
a muscle cell receives its message from a motor neuron, it is able to contract.
Please join in me in "Wired for Much More than Sound: Part III: Muscles
and How they Contract." more
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Wired
for Much More than Sound–Neurons and How They Work: Part II–The
Transfer (8.01.04) This month we continue our discussion
about how neurons work. Last month we explained how, once stimulated, a
neuron is able to transmit an impulse down its axon toward another nerve
or muscle cell. This month we look at how the neuron is able to pass on
the message in: Wired for Much More than Sound-Part II-The Transfer. more
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Wired
for Much More than Sound–Neurons and How They Work: Part I–The
Impulse (7.01.04) This month we begin the first
of many columns on the neuromuscular system, the only system in the body
in which we have some measure of control. Please join me in: "Wired
for Much More than Sound--Part I- The Impulse". more
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Sports
are Simply a Reflection of Life (Without a good defense, you're dead; literally!) (6.01.04) This month we look at how the body defends itself in:
"Sports are Simply a Reflection of Life (Without a good defense,
you're dead; literally!)". more
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You’re
Hurt and Bleeding; How do you spell relief? H-E-M-O-S-T-A-S-I-S (5.01.04) This month we look at how the body prevents itself from
bleeding to death in: "You're hurt and bleeding; Quick, how do you
spell relief? H-E-M-O-S-T-A-S-I-S". more
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Why
Blood is Red and other Bedtime Stories (Count Dracula would have been so
disappointed!) (3.15.04) This month we explore how the body is able
to provide the tissues with enough oxygen for survival despite the fact
that oxygen does not dissolve well in plasma. Please join me by reading:
Why Blood is Red and other Bedtime Stories (Count Dracula would have been
so disappointed!) more
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Wouldn’t
it be Great if we Never had to Experience Hunger or Thirst? (Be careful
what you wish for!!) (2.15.04) This month we look at some of the automatic
urges that we experience as humans living on Earth and wonder how macroevolution
can explain their development in: "Wouldn't it be great if we never
had to experience hunger or thirst? (Be careful what you wish for!) more
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Which
Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? (Egg white that is, better known as
albumin or protein) (1.15.04) This month we approach the question of "the chicken
or the egg" from a slightly different angle.more
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Hamlet
Meets Modern Medical Science Part II ("Alas, poor Yorick, me thinks
he dost protest too much!") (12.15.03) Remember in the last column we
learned that bone is much more complicated than what you may think. It
consists of four different bone cells, one of which is able to deposit
calcium crystals into a protein mesh network. In addition, we learned
that Vitamin-D is very important in the process of calcium absorption
from the gastrointestinal tract. And since bone requires calcium, then
the actions of Vitamin-D have a direct effect on bone formation. But remember
that Hamlet had encountered Yorick's skull and by observation had realized
why his servant may have suffered throughout his lifetime. But what exactly
had he seen in Yorick's skull and other bones to make such a claim? The
answer may be revealed by considering the basic structure of bone. Yes,
let's take a look at calcium metabolism and its other functions within
the body. In Hamlet meets Modern Medical Science Part II, (Alas, poor
Yorick, me thinks he dost protest too much!), the lesson at hand may just
put an end to your belief in a step-by-step evolution of life. more
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Hamlet
Meets Modern Medical Science ("Odds bodkins man, there really is
something rotten in Denmark: Yorick's skull") (11.12.03)
See how the noble prince ascertains
what may have ailed Yorick throughout his lifetime and what that may mean
to the theory of macroevolution. more
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Life
on Earth is Definitely not for the Faint-Hearted (So how is it that we
can stand up to gravity?) (10.13.03)
Remember last month? Clint Eastwood and his character,
The Man With No Name from the movie The Good, The Bad and the
Ugly, demonstrated to us the importance of fluid balance in the body.
If you missed that column or you’d like to review it first you can
do so here. This month The Man With No Name
has more to teach us as we read in Life on Earth is not for the Faint-Hearted
(So how is it that we can stand up to gravity?)more
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He
Who Cannot Control His Water Will Not Survive: (Neither Will He Be Allowed
into the Pool, i.e. the gene pool) (9.10.03)
Can the concept of irreducible complexity be applied to the human body as
well as molecular systems? In this column Dr. G (with a little help from
Clint Eastwood) takes a detailed look at the fluid balance system in the
human body and identifies ten critical factors that point to irreducible
complexity and design. more
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