At the Hastings Center, which he co-founded, he explored ethical issues raised by medical advances and questioned the wisdom of…
Daniel Callahan, 88, Dies; Bioethics Pioneer Weighed ‘Human Finitude’
At the Hastings Center, which he co-founded, he explored ethical issues raised by medical advances and questioned the wisdom of…
Daniel Callahan, 88, Dies; Bioethics Pioneer Weighed ‘Human Finitude’
At the Hastings Center, which he co-founded, he explored ethical issues raised by medical advances and questioned the wisdom of…
Compensatory strategies to disguise autism spectrum disorder may delay diagnosis
The first scientific study of compensatory strategies — techniques to camouflage autism — finds that they have positive and negative…
Edith Irby Jones, Barrier-Breaking Doctor in the South, Dies at 91
Watching her sister die of typhoid inspired her to become a doctor focused on treating poor people. She blazed a…
Edith Irby Jones, Barrier-Breaking Doctor in the South, Dies at 91
Watching her sister die of typhoid inspired her to become a doctor focused on treating poor people. She blazed a…
Edith Irby Jones, Pioneering Black Doctor in the South, Dies at 91
Watching her sister die of typhoid inspired her to become a doctor focused on treating poor people. She blazed a…
Fat cells play key role in dangerous transformation of melanoma
Reseachers have found that fat cells play a key role in the dangerous transformation of melanoma.
Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks
Scientists say the loss of a single gene two to three million years ago in our ancestors may have resulted…
Hit your head, lose your sense of smell
People who suffer even a mild concussion can find it difficult to identify smells in the day that follows, and…