• Acupuncture and Evidence Based Medicine

    Updated: 2024-07-31 00:15:41
    Over the last few decades there has been a steady infiltration of acupuncture into Western mainstream medicine. It is not unreasonable to conclude that acupuncture’s journey from an exotic Eastern practice to a fringe treatment to mainstream acceptance has been complete. Knowledgeable proponents of science based medicine (SBM) who remain skeptical of acupuncture now find themselves on the fringe. How did this […] The post Acupuncture and Evidence Based Medicine first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • As imperfect as they are, public health interventions save lives

    Updated: 2024-07-29 07:00:00
    On Friday, JAMA Health Forum published a study that is just more evidence that public health interventions against COVID-19 saved lives. The post As imperfect as they are, public health interventions save lives first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • ‘Mrs. Don’t Care’: Refusing Modern Black Motherhood in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand

    Updated: 2024-07-18 09:00:04
    . Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About ‘Mrs . Don†t Care†Refusing Modern Black Motherhood in Nella Larsen†s Quicksand Posted on July 18, 2024 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Matty Hemming This essay offers an analysis of Nella Larsen†s Harlem Renaissance novel , Quicksand within the context of Larsen†s career as a nurse . I consider what thinking about the author’s experience of public health nursing and nurse training in the early twentieth-century does to our understanding of her novel†s portrayal of reproductive healthcare and motherhood . I suggest that Larsen†s depiction of Black motherhood rejects racist and classist ideas about “good” or “bad” motherhood

  • Call for Proposals: 25 Years of MH: Equity, Justice, and the Future(s) of Medical Humanities

    Updated: 2024-07-17 09:00:39
    : : , , Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About Call for Proposals : 25 Years of MH : Equity , Justice , and the Future(s of Medical Humanities Posted on July 17, 2024 by Chris Pak Special Anniversary Issue on the Future of Medical Humanities Medical Humanities-BMJ is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a special anniversary issue marking 25 years of publication , on the theme “The Future of Medical Humanities.” Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field welcoming diverse approaches and methodologies that center the “human” in medical practices and value artistic and cultural interventions and understandings , broadly conceived , as a counterpart to strictly

  • Heritage Covid Commission Wants China Accountable… What About Trump?

    Updated: 2024-07-14 07:30:00
    The Heritage Foundation’s COVID-19 Commission Calls for Chinese “Accountability” for US Pandemic Damage The post Heritage Covid Commission Wants China Accountable… What About Trump? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • Motherhood, Medicine and Magazines in Interwar Vienna: The Case of Die Mutter (The Mother, 1924–1926)

    Updated: 2024-07-10 09:00:51
    , : , Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About Motherhood , Medicine and Magazines in Interwar Vienna : The Case of Die Mutter The Mother , 1924–1926 Posted on July 10, 2024 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Alys X . George Whether we admit it or not , these days we all rely on “Doctor Google” for information about our bodies , health , and medical issues . But what did people do in the past This article investigates how Austrian women in the 1920s accessed medical knowledge about impending motherhood . A grassroots network of magazines produced by women , for women , assisted mothers and mothers-to-be in their quest for medically sound , expert information—across social , political ,

  • Science vs HIV

    Updated: 2024-07-10 00:03:02
    The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global pandemic, with 39 million cases worldwide, and over 1 million new infections each year. While it rose to epidemic and then pandemic levels in the 1980s, the first case goes back to 1959. HIV is a retrovirus that inserts its genetic material into the DNA of host cells, and targets the immune system as […] The post Science vs HIV first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • No Benefit to Daily Multivitamin Use

    Updated: 2024-07-04 13:42:00
    A 20-year analysis of almost 400,000 generally healthy adults shows that vitamins do not help you live longer. The post No Benefit to Daily Multivitamin Use first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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