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Corpsmen: The Appeal of Naval Healthcare
When you hear the term, “doc,” you commonly think of a doctor. However, when military men and women hear this term, you can expect that they are referring to a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman. If you were to ask an ordinary person walking on the street about military medicine, they would probably be clueless. Military [...]
‘Bloodless’ Surgery: An Alternative to Invasive Medical Procedures?
By Nima Ahmady-Moghaddam, George Washington University The choice of words may at first glance be misleading. For several years now, an increasing number of hospitals – including University Hospital in Newark, NJ, Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA – have been implementing medical techniques and protocols that are geared [...]
Paramedics: A Danger to Patients?
By Michael West, George Washington University There’s a motto in emergency medical services (EMS) that one learns during his first days of training, “no airway, no patient.” Paramedics are trained in advanced pre-hospital medicine including advanced airway management techniques. One of the most notorious of these techniques is the endotracheal intubation (ETI), a technique in [...]
Bacterial Hydrogen: What Does it Mean for Future Medicine?
By Jessica Kowalik, George Washington University From deep-sea hydrothermal vents to our own gastrointestinal biomes, bacteria that convert hydrogen to energy are a crucial and fascinating component of microbial ecosystems. Their hydrogen consumption may hold the key to explaining why certain animals are able to flourish several kilometers beneath the sea and how human pathogens [...]
Union for the Mediterranean’s Water Desalination Project
By Shilpa Muralidaran, George Washington University The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution which provides a political and institutional framework for Euro- Mediterranean relations, and seeks to increase the potential for regional integration and cohesion between member countries. The organization was established at the Paris Summit of Heads of State and Government on [...]
Medical Malpractice: Should Practitioners Be Allowed to Represent Themselves?
Using policy, law and medical arguments, this article discusses whether medical practitioners should be allowed to represent themselves in malpractice suits.
Apple: The Gateway for Change in Medicine
By Lauren Piccioli, George Washington University Today, the invention of new technology has the aptitude to completely change our daily lives. This can range from altering a solitary ingredient in an established routine, to shifting one’s strategy completely. The iPad, from Apple, has been credited as ground breaking technology, having immense promise in fields including [...]
Liberty and Justice: Rescinding U.S. Citizenship
By Sara Tehrani, George Washington University For centuries, America, more than any other nation, has beckoned immigrants in search of a brighter, safer future to come take advantage of this land of opportunity. The American model of immigrant assimilation is one of dignified achievement and pride because it reflects long-standing American traditions of the integration [...]
British Petroleum Versus Bhopal
By Parth Chauhan, George Washington University The headlines on BBC News website on September 19th, 2010, read “Gulf oil spill ‘finally sealed,’” putting an end to a five month ordeal for the citizens of the Gulf of Mexico. [8] On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, owned by British Petroleum, exploded, leaving eleven workers [...]
MicroRNA as an identifying biomarker for cancer
By Rohit Patil, George Washington University Ulysses S. Grant once explained that the “art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” Cancer is a war, on its own. The patients have to [...]
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