Monkeypox Symptoms, Pictures, Outbreak History, Treatment, Vaccine
What is the history of monkeypox including the 2022 outbreak? Monkeypox has a relatively recent history. People first discovered it in monkeys in 1958, although a “vesicular disease in monkeys” was described in the 1860s. The disease, and eventually the causative virus, was named monkeypox because the lesions (pox) seen in monkeys developed like other […]
Autopsy (Post Mortem Examination, Necropsy) Procedure, 3 Levels & Benefits
What is the history of the autopsy? The earliest anatomists and pathologists could be considered ancient hunters, butchers, and cooks who had to recognize organs and determine if they were suitably edible. In ancient Babylon, perhaps as early as 3500 BC, autopsies on animals were performed not for the study of disease, but rather for […]
Opinion | A 20-Step Manifesto for Better Healthcare Quality
Our country, the richest society in human history, features a healthcare system — avoidable by none — in which the level of dysfunction is beyond compare. The version of healthcare good enough for the people we call patients will not be reached passively. Whether we improve enough to give our patients and communities the quality […]
Testicular Mass Serendipitously Found 12 Years After Prostate Cancer Dx
A 79-year-old man with a 12-year history of clinically localized prostate cancer presented to a hospital with a urethral stricture. He had developed radiation cystitis and low-grade non-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder some time after he received proton therapy following his prostate cancer diagnosis. In the process of prepping the patient for cystoscopic dilation […]
Study finds infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure: The future risk of heart failure is not related to other known factors
A new study finds that a history of infertility is associated with increased risk of heart failure. Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) revealed that women who had experienced infertility had a 16% increased risk of heart failure compared with women who did not have […]
Quiz Time: How Much Do You Know About Women in Medicine?
Throughout history, women have made a lasting impact on healthcare. As Women’s History Month winds down, take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of these crucial members of the medical community. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Opinion | We’re Running Up the Wrong Side of the Escalator
This Women’s History Month, as we reflect on the names of women who have made an impact in healthcare, we must also remember the countless women whose names have been erased from the history books — and how the very gender inequities that contributed to their erasure continue to plague women in medicine today. A […]
Women in Healthcare: ‘Then’ and ‘Now’
Reflecting during Women’s History Month on the headway women have made in healthcare illuminates many areas of progress and also the many disparities that remain. Consider the “then” and “now” of five key issues facing women in medicine, both as professionals and patients themselves. 1. Women Physicians Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the U.S. […]
Third U.S. Case of Congenital Varicella in the Last 25 Years
An Illinois mother with no history of varicella vaccination or documented disease delivered a premature infant with congenital varicella infection — reportedly only the third U.S. case of congenital varicella syndrome since 1995. The infant was born at 24 weeks gestation following induction of labor after ultrasound showed fetal abnormalities. The baby died shortly after […]
Microscopic view on asteroid collisions could help us understand planet formation
A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our Solar System’s history could help scientists reconstruct how and when planets were born. A team of researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, combined dating and microscopic analysis of the Chelyabinsk meteorite — which fell to Earth and hit the headlines in […]