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"But from my perspective as the patient, the doctor who was about to place a piece of titanium inside my body came across as rude, unmoving, and generally unkind."
"The soda company is partnering with TB Alliance to create more palatable medications that fight tuberculosis."
"it is clear that the United States needs a change in the status quo when it comes to basic research."
"In the wake of political turnover, entire institutions are remolded to assert these values; healthcare systems are often conspicuous recipients of this remodeling."
"Parallels like these between biological and computer systems are seen throughout both fields."
"[...] modest normative beginnings do not preclude the possibility of ethicists one day having something like full-fledged moral expertise."
"Public opinion on the morality and legality of abortion in the United States remains sharply divided."
"The autonomy of the mother to make her own choices about her body is important, but the value our society designates to individuals in the genetic minority is equally important and deserves more attention than it currently has."
"Organizations that fight against the widespread use of GMOs have a misunderstanding of the science behind the most common GMOs."
"If used in place of conventional medical practices, the patient may be receiving treatment that poses a lesser benefit than conventional methods, essentially reducing the desired effect of medicine."
"the specimens are taken from saliva or drops of blood to match DNA in paternity or criminal cases."
"I will simply argue that the current arguments in favor of VSED do not adequately differentiate it from other forms of hastening death, such as suicide and physician-assisted suicide (PAS), and should face the same opposition that commonly comes with those options."
The moment is so locked into your brain that you can’t forget. If you sit by yourself for too long or dwell on it too much, your mind winds back. At this point, you have a storage locker of memories about this moment in particular. Usually the mental rewind happens in passing, having nothing to do with the conversation of the moment. You can’t seem to pinpoint anything about why these casual moments make you remember.
You were sitting in her room, discussing the different stresses of post-graduation. She pointed to her long history of anxiety. It made her more nervous than the others. How was she to deal with the pressure?
“At least I don’t have what you have.” No remorse in the comment. It hurt. You internally felt a pang that brought a roar to your eyes. They burned. They still do, even now. She was nervous for her future, but at least it wasn’t yours. Even in the moments of reflection, your eyes well up. You sit there writing, but so far, nobody has noticed.
“Yeah, don’t worry. Everything will fall into place for you.”
"According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 119,849 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant, but for most it is only hoping."
"[...], Indonesia announced controversial legislation allowing for the chemical castration of convicted pedophiles."
Today I give myself up to Humanity.
I offer my life, my entire existence - for the purpose of aiding other lives.
So that the strong remain strong and the weak and small find shelter under my wings.
I resign myself to being a humble supporting character in a play,
an architect of a prestigious town, even the combat medic on the field of
War.
Quiet, silent, and unnoticed. Enabling others to achieve their dreams.
I give myself so that others can fight their battles
While I heal them. The war is long, injuries will accrue.
But I promise myself to live for them.
To provide my support: mental, physical, spiritual.
So long as I “first do no harm.”
Today I surrender my energy, life and soul
To the healthier future generation of tomorrow.
For when there exists peace and my role considered decrepit and useless
Only then is my mission accomplished
And I may rest at last.
"The merit in Michelle Obama exposing sexual violence and rape culture as forefront in this campaign speaks to the importance of participation by politicians as ethical agents."
"a team of Japanese scientists led by Katsuhiko Hayashi, revealed their success in making mouse egg cells in a dish, and using those eggs to successfully produce fertile mice pups."
Radiant mother, bespeckled with sweat
Will vaginally deliver, barring no threat
“Through my blood proudly come to your start
I’ll always love you, till death do us part”
One hour pushing, doctors mention
C section
Two hours of pushing, doctors threaten
C section
C section
Three hours. Mamma has strength. Baby is fine.
C section
C section
C section
Risk for infection demands dissection
“Time is what we need”, nurse disagrees
Mom cries, “my body is not my own”
Doctor’s decisions aren’t crafted to please
Of course.
She was trained to say no.
Avoid death and lawsuits; a quid pro quo.
Meds, curtain, disconnect mind from torso.
Surgeons stained satin, splatter bleached floor
Uterus outside chest, refugee in a war
of knives and sutures. Baby’s once home
bloody, battered, bandaged. Glory dethroned.
Same moment
Frozen in time, beautifully grotesque
Mother holds baby girl close to her chest
Tired baby sleeps on tired moms warm breast
Father, tear stained cheeks sing ineffable bliss
Heart full, gives his little angel a kiss
Radiant mother, bespeckled with sweat
Has delivered despite some grave threat
“Through my blood you’ve proudly come to your start
And I will love you, till death do us part
Cesarean sections in the United States have risen to 50 percent in the past two decades. We continue to have the highest risk of maternal and neonatal mortality in developed countries.
Osterman, Michelle, and Joyce Martin. "Trends in Low-risk Cesarean Delivery in the United States, 1990–2013." National Vital Statistics Reports 63, no. 6 (November 5, 2014): 1-16. Accessed October 23, 2016. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_06.pdf.