When an individual is diagnosed with cancer, most people assume the common course of treatment will involve some combination of radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments. Until recently, these have been the most viable options for...
Nobel Prizes are awarded on an annual basis, unfortunately often with little fanfare around the globe. In America, the winners of the World Series in Major League Baseball or the National Football League’s Super...
A number of pharmaceutical manufacturers have found themselves under intense social and political pressure in recent months following questionable decisions regarding the pricing of prescription medications and vaccines. Valeant Pharmaceuticals has remained largely under...
Ebola was arguably the largest story in international news in 2014. The disease has been around for thousands of years, but was only discovered and named in the 1970s. It struck fear in the...
Doctors are tasked with saving lives, and rendering medical assistance is part of the oath that doctors abide by. What happens when society reaches an ethical conundrum regarding so-called “death with dignity,” and a...
