Surgery is an integral component of health systems for all countries at all levels of development. It is required across all disease categories, at all stages of life and within all levels of care, from prevention to palliation. In the absence of surgical care, even easily treatable conditions may become fatal. Obstructed labour may result…
As medicine becomes increasingly specialized, it is more important than ever to train medical students to not only be competent but caring physicians. Nevertheless, many medical ethics courses continue to tend towards presenting impersonal, austere case studies that prioritize taking action and immediate decision making over seeing the patient as first and foremost, a person…
Playing professional football is a dream many aspire towards but few succeed to achieve. After being signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2015, NFL wide receiver Adrian Coxson had his big chance. Unfortunately, his dream suddenly came crashing down as soon as it began. After suffering a concussion during training camp,…
Much of the food we eat today is not at all similar to the food our ancestors ate. Much of what we consume has been genetically altered. Through the combination of biotechnology, genetic engineering, and computer engineering techniques, the range of possible DNA products is greatly increased, thus allowing scientists to change the genetic composition…
You wake up on the ground with blurry vision and feeling nauseous. The last thing you remember is going up for a header – a routine play in a routine match. The trainer runs onto the field and asks some standard questions. “What’s the score? Which half is it now? Did the team win the…