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Natural or Organic: Not Just the Labels on Our Food
“Natural” and “organic” labels on food have become a tremendously popular–and tremendously profitable–means of discussing, buying, and selling food. But what do we really know about what it means when...
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Skin Cancer: Clinical Trials, Current Policies, and Certain Progress
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Some forms of skin cancer cause disfigurements and some are fatal. Either way, skin cancer is nothing to take lightly. There are a...
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Breathalyzers in Cars? Changes in American Alcohol Policies
Tumultuous alcohol regulations speckle America’s past. Prohibition alone demonstrates our sometimes love/hate relationship with liquor. Some people loved alcohol enough to succumb to criminal behavior....
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Sexual Reassignment Surgery: The Path to Medicare Coverage
The blanket ban on Medicare coverage of sexual reassignment surgery, which had been in place since 1989, was lifted in May 2014. With this move, Medicare officially recognized sexual reassignment...
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Endangered Species Protections: Are We Doing Enough?
One decade ago, the iconic Bald Eagle lived up to the American dream by defying extinction. At the dawn of the 20th century, the majestic bird of prey found itself in peril, and not from natural...
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Healthcare Digitization: Balancing Public Health and Privacy
Many aspects of our lives have escaped the shackles of the real world and gone digital. Most of our music, movies, work files, and even financial data exist in digital and cloud-based worlds with no...
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Can a Space Fence Really Fix the Problem of Space Trash?
When we envision space, we tend to imagine an intense beauty unknown to this world. We certainly don’t imagine a junk yard. But what is space actually like? Well, unfortunately it seems to be moving a...
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American Health Care: Last Place Among Peer Nations in Latest Study
The United States spends more money on health care than any other developed country. At the same time, studies find that patients in other countries enjoy better quality and more accessible health care...
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The United States Isn’t Immune to Counterfeit Drugs
Counterfeit drugs pose both domestic and global threats, presenting serious health risks worldwide. Although the issue is most prevalent outside the United States, Americans aren’t immune to the...
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Pregnant Without Insurance? Prepare for a Big Bill
The miracle of childbirth morphs into a financial nightmare for mothers without insurance or without maternity coverage in their insurance. While we all know having a baby involves much more than a...
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Are We Spending Enough on Public Health?
Treating people when they’re already sick is like beating back invaders who have already breached your defenses. In either scenario, prevention through good defense saves money, time, and lives. But...
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Trusting Scientific Research: Who Funds Our Opinions?
You just sunk every penny you have into opening a restaurant. After spending years perfecting every detail from menus to music, you forgot one major element: an advertising budget. How will you make...
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Vicarious Trauma: What is it and How Can Legal Culture Make it Worse?
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is often the subject of daily life experiences and intense internet debates on topics such as trigger warnings or the United States’ use of drones. Rates of...
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Falling Fertility: The Impact of Declining Birth Rates
A report recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics revealed some good news for our nation’s population growth for the first time since the beginning of the Great Recession....
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Infant Intersex Surgery: Genital Mutilation in the U.S.?
While many people from the United States often concern themselves with “female genital mutilation” in other countries, very little mainstream media sources focus on the nonconsensual surgeries on...
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What’s in Your Food?: A Look at Regulating the Food Industry
A recent report from several environmental consumer advocacy groups graded of 25 of the leading fast food restaurants on the use of antibiotics in the meat they use, and for anyone concerned with the...
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Sexism in Science: Bias Beyond the Lab
Sponsored Content Lately, we’ve been inundated with information on women’s underrepresentation in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). But what doesn’t get a lot of...
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Malaria: Did Scientists Finally Find a Solution?
Malaria is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases. Although it is most prevalent in Africa, everyone is susceptible. Around fifteen hundred cases develop yearly here in the United States....
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Frozen Embryo Donation and Adoption: A New Trend?
For many couples, being unable to conceive naturally is a heartbreaking piece of news. Many turn to in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is successful about 30 percent of the time. However, when in...
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Superbugs: How to Fight the Evolving Menaces
Like anything with a life, survival is a germ’s end game. When it faces a challenge, it will adapt. Some germs adapt alarmingly well to the challenge of modern medicine. They’re called superbugs...
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