Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mundane mistakes can have catastrophic consequences. Ask Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s driver. One wrong turn down a Sarajevo road put the unfortunate archduke face-to-face with his… Read More »No Bark, All Bite — Mosquitoes, Mosquitoborne Disease and Climate Change
In recent years, there has been increased public scrutiny of health care professionals downplaying and dismissing concerning symptoms brought up by patients, which is a… Read More »Medical Gaslighting, Mirena Crash and the Mind
In February of this year, an article was published in Frontiers in Cell Development and Biology that made waves [1]. The peer-reviewed scientific journal quickly… Read More »It’s a Little HAIzy: Understanding the Current Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research
Orcas have gone viral recently after numerous reports of them sinking boats off the coast of Europe. Some speculate these attacks are the revenge plot… Read More »Language in Our Finned Frenemies
The health care sector is inherently resource intensive. Surgical specialties particularly present a unique challenge when it comes to sustainability. The demands of surgical procedures,… Read More »Cutting Waste — Surgery Resource Sustainability
“In trying to establish a clinic, do not be afraid: You must have courage, and you will find that if you don’t apologize for your… Read More »Transformations of Yesterday’s Truth and What We Can Learn from It: Birth Control in 1930s Baltimore
What is the most tired you have ever been? So tired that all you wanted to do was crawl up into a little ball, take… Read More »Hiding in Plain Sight: The Fatigue Mystery
During each summer, a multitude of warnings are issued across the United States regarding the hazards of swimming in pools and lakes in warm states… Read More »The Fight Against the Brain-Eating Amoeba
I was surfing Amazon the other day when I came across the most peculiar thing. It was a brain stimulator, a research tool like the… Read More »This is your brain… This is your brain on NIBS
Between 1990 and 1994, 400 members of the Havasupai Indigenous tribe donated blood samples to researchers at the Arizona State University (ASU) Diabetes Project. The… Read More »The Future of Genomic Justice for Marginalized Communities — Can Genetic Research Recover from Its Murky Past?