Medicine
Can Facebook Help You Find a Kidney?
Right now, as I write this, 116,324 people are fighting for their lives, waiting in suspense.1 These are the people languishing on the organ donation waiting list, hoping desperately that they can receive a precious organ that will save their lives. With the paltry sum of 3,493 living donor transplants and 13,093 deceased donor transplants [...]
The Rise of the Cyborgs: The Incorporation of Machines into the Human Body
With rapidly evolving technology , it is inevitable that the future of humanity lies in machines. Traditionally, there has been a divide in the type of progress for humans to achieve an advanced state of being. On one hand, there are people who advocate the development of artificial intelligence technologies to imbue human cognitive abilities [...]
Bilingualism and Immigrant Health: Primary Language Retention as Improving Health Status
Beginning in the 1920s, the Americanization movement sought to transform immigrants into “loyal Americans,” by imposing cultural norms and habits characteristic of the culturally dominant, native-born population of the United States on newcomers to American shores. Many immigrants, in hopes of being “accepted” by the mainstream culture, were happy to encourage such initiatives, and put pressures [...]
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 [...]
Striving for Scientific Integrity
It is far too easy to alter and dismiss scientific findings because of political pressure. US policy continues to struggle with the integration of scientific integrity within national issues. A dedication to accurate reporting of findings, along with a promise of policy guided by science, is crucial to repairing a flawed system. At the Science [...]
Precarious Preparations: The Advent of Affordable Care
Arguably the most important and polarizing policy issue of the Obama administration’s first term, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 – known together as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – will define the president’s time in office for the next four years. The [...]
Bad Ads: Are Drug Companies Misleading You?
Turn on the television. Between episodes of your favorite show, you will inevitably find yourself flooded by pharmaceutical advertisements urging you to buy their products with claims such as “three times more effective than the leading brand-name product,” or even more convincing, “number one doctor recommended.” Use of commercial marketing techniques has grown widespread within [...]
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