medical ethics

6 min read 2022-06-10 00:55:42

How's The Right's War On Trans Kids Going? Good Christ It's Awful

The ongoing rightwing panic over transgender young people keeps chugging along, because the GOP loves traditional families so much it wants to force

3 min read 2022-05-16 18:56:57

Around 50 million, or one in five Americans, are wrestling with their mental health in 2022, according to Mental Health America. These numbers

3 min read 2022-04-25 17:38:38

A former Tennessee nurse was found guilty of medical neglect in late March and is facing up to six years in prison. RaDonda Vaught was arrested in

3 min read 2022-03-17 18:56:01

With a growing nursing shortage and 500,000 seasoned nurses set to retire by years’ end, U.S. hospitals are looking for new staff outside the

3 min read 2022-03-15 18:56:03

The mantra of the COVID-19 pandemic has been, “Follow the science.” This statement assumes that science is unbiased, objective and not swayed by

3 min read 2022-03-02 16:17:25

“Publish or perish “ This sound bite is regularly uttered by all academic leads in any university or medical school. I don’t know, why this

18 min read 2022-02-21 18:00:00

On the fourth day, Betty seemed lethargic, and she refused to move from the couch or eat the Cheetos she loved. Stacey Wattenbarger thought she and

3 min read 2022-02-09 19:56:33

A private equity firm is buying the data core divisions of IBM’s Watson Health. You’re likely wondering, “why does this matter, and why should

3 min read 2022-01-13 19:53:13

A $17 million grant was announced on Dec. 1, 2021, that will fund a clinical trial aimed at developing a cure for Sick Cell Disease (SCD). The

4 min read 2021-12-24 22:30:35

If you’re worried about older loved ones’ ability to care for themselves, try starting a conversation with nonjudgmental questions. MoMo

5 min read 2021-12-22 20:00:07

Are you considering elective surgery? Or do you need an essential surgery, like a hip replacement? A heart bypass? An operation to remove a cancerous

3 min read 2021-12-20 19:53:21

Researchers are now able to reliably develop stem cells into artificial blastocysts, known as “human blastoids,” that mimic human embryos. This

6 min read 2021-12-14 20:00:02

Fact boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format. When it comes to cancer screening, doctors “have too often

5 min read 2021-12-09 20:00:52

If doctors don’t understand health statistics, how can they possibly properly counsel patients? “In these mammography wars, rational thinking

5 min read 2021-12-07 20:00:23

“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for an average of 22.8 years. With mammograms,