#medical-ethics

#medical-ethics

"I do quite a lot of amputations and the one thing that kept going around in my mind was power tools because you use power tools. The thought of power tools being used on me was icky. It was really weird."

In 2022, NIST began the Cancer Genome in a Bottle program, aiming to sequence cancer genomes for improved detection and treatment accuracy, with expectations of results in a decade.

The uncustomary quiet of a Sunday morning in the emergency department is broken by a universally relevant question. And if your heart were to suddenly stop beating, what would you like us to do?

When Justice Samuel Alito challenged the ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on such claims during oral arguments, Strangio made a startling admission. He conceded that there is no evidence to support the idea that medical transition reduces adolescent suicide rates.

"My Iranian name is Shadi, which means 'happiness' in Persian. When I immigrated to North America, I felt the need to adopt an English name as well."

Until the 1980s, surgical procedures on infants were routinely performed with little or no anesthesia, based on the belief that premature babies did not feel pain.

In whispered hallway conversations and encrypted texts, and with rainbow pins discreetly clipped to lanyards, an underground resistance is taking shape within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Frankfurt court established that Alaa M’s crimes were so severe that he is unlikely to be released after the usual 15 years for life sentences in Germany.

Accuracy in Media used a van with a digital billboard at Highland Hospital to warn of a 'pro-Hamas physician,' raising ethical concerns over their targeting methods.

The unforeseen scandal surrounding Judge Julieta Makintach's unauthorized recordings has cast doubt on the integrity of the trial regarding Diego Maradona's alleged homicide.

Emanuel argued that an independent group of doctors should oversee the White House physician role, highlighting the need for transparency in presidential health matters.

"After a decade-long campaign to stop the use of painful electric shock devices on people with disabilities, a federal ban appeared on the horizon, but now hangs in uncertainty amid the Trump administration's upheaval."

During the last 18 months, the U.S. medical profession’s complicity with cruelty has been highlighted, especially with the recent conflicts affecting healthcare in Gaza.

"For decades, the Cuban government has sent thousands of health professionals to work in remote villages and cities in dozens of countries, where they get just a fraction of what the countries pay Cuba for their services."

"I would like to confirm that no doping substances were ever found," Quintana stated. "It must be stressed that I have not been the subject of any accusation by the authorities."