Human Genome Editing: Overnight Evolution Or Modern Eugenics?
Genome editing could potentially erase all genetic diseases from humanity, but is the tradeoff worth it?
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ARFID Awareness: What If Eating Was Your Biggest Fear?
Cassidy Arvidson, an online advocate, explains what it feels like when food is one of your biggest fears, and a medical expert discusses the treatment options for these patients.
Honoring Nazi Doctors and Criminals: The Dark Side of Medical Eponyms
Experts from Harvard and Mayo Clinic explain how medical eponyms can go awry and place honor on criminals or even the wrong person.
Genomics Pt. 2: Designer Babies, Illegal Experiments, and Moral Issues
Our experts explain the ethical debate surrounding gene editing in humans. Where do we draw the moral line and have we already crossed it?
How Scientists Are Speeding Up Evolution Using Genome Editing
The field of genome editing goes all the way back to the 1970s when researchers discovered how to clone DNA. Experts discuss how gene editing technology can fit millions of years of evolution into mere months.
The Doctor That Can Actually Feel His Patients’ Pain
Mirror-touch synesthesia is a sensory processing disorder where a person can feel the sensations of another. As you can imagine, this condition can be an asset for certain people, like Dr. Joel Salinas.
How Sleep Research Is Improving Communication Technology
In an effort to progress communication technology for the physically disabled, Dr. Daniel Rubin, a neurologist, is working to uncover some of the questions around sleep
“Field in Crisis”: Doctors Need 26.7 Hours in a Day To Care for Patients
Primary care physicians have been experiencing a shortage in recent years. Couple that with a demanding patient load and it’s no surprise that both doctors and patients are feeling slighted.
Mind Over Matter: How Science is Utilizing the Placebo Effect
Dr. Emiliano Santarnecchi hopes to use the placebo effect as a supplemental therapy to medicinal treatments. He discusses the potential applications, as well as the ethical dilemma behind this idea.
Forever Small: Muscle Dysmorphia’s Place in Bodybuilding Culture
Bodybuilding athletes constantly monitor their physiques and can often develop into a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder called muscle dysmorphia.
How Fitness Apps Contribute to Eating Disorders
Fitness apps can be helpful, but for some people, obsessive meal tracking helped them develop an eating disorder. Experts talk about the slippery slope of the fitness industry, and discuss proper recovery methods.
“We Are Not OK”
Where Covid-19 vaccination is high, it’s a getting-back-to-normal world after the pandemic. But even some vaccinated people won’t return to normal for months or years because of the psychological effects. Experts discuss why this occurs and how people can help themselves return to mental health.
