On March 29, 2015, SB 234 was signed into law making Utah the first and only state in the nation to require that doctors administer anesthesia or analgesic for women who are undergoing abortions at 20 weeks and later in order to prevent fetal pain. In 2015, Montana Governor, Steve […]

On March 30th, doctors at Johns Hopkins announced that they have successfully completed the first liver and kidney transplant from an HIV positive donor. The surgeries were completed a couple of weeks ago and both patients are doing well, one has already gone home and the other is expected to […]

Physician-assisted suicide, or voluntary euthanasia, has sparked highly controversial opinions surrounding the right to control one’s own death. Physicians incessantly weigh benefits of a procedure against risks of harm and face ethical dilemmas when balancing beneficence and the duty to do no harm, non-maleficence. Some physicians believe that by assisting […]

By: Nawa Arsala After years of concern from athletes, their parents and coaches, a federal investigation on the potential link between artificial turfs and cancer has commenced. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will work together to research “whether crumb rubber, […]

On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidelines on prescribing opioid painkillers that were aimed at primary care physicians. These guidelines were a response to the opioid epidemic that has resulted in opioid abuse, overdose, and death. Primary care physicians prescribe nearly half of […]