Donating blood is a great way to help others. Having more blood readily available allows countless lives to be saved and makes the jobs of hospitals much easier. […]
What are cerebral organoids?
Cerebral organoids are models derived from pluripotent stem cells to demonstrate brain development in humans. Because they are designed using pluripotent stem cells from patients, all of the […]
Holiday Horrors: Christmas Disease
As Christmas Day quickly approaches, one can often forget to keep their health in check. Christmas Disease, or hemophilia B, though not associated with the festivities, is an […]
Consequences of Unsafe Care
Though modern healthcare as seen as a lifesaver for many, treatment mistakes can often cause more harm than good. Unsafe medical practices pose an issue on the reliability […]
Medical Inequity in the US
In America, medical inequity is a serious problem that currently creates a state of inequality in the healthcare that is provided in the country. This is known as […]
European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
The European Health Insurance Card, or EHIC, is a free card that grants any citizen of an EU state to necessary healthcare during a temporary visit to another […]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA? This act was orginally planned to protect healthcare for when workers were in between jobs. […]
Stark Law #2
Stark Law has several “designated health services” that patients cannot receive through the self referrals previously described in Stark Law #1. These “designated health services” include: clinical laboratory […]
Stark Law #1
What is Stark Law? Stark Law, also known as the Physician Self-Referral Law, is where if a physician is related to another health care provider, they cannot recommend […]