History of Medical Inequalities

Intergenerational Trauma in the Black Community

(Photo Credit: Alamy.com) Although the 13th Amendment of the Constitution outlawed slavery, its effect on Black people still lingers...

Hepatitis B: The Silent Killer of the Vietnamese American Community

By: Victoria N. Huynh (Photo Credit: Roche.com) In the United States, hepatitis B is estimated to affect approximately 4.3% of American...

The Milgram Obedience Study: Was it Really Unethical?

By: Fahad Salman (Photo Source: BrainPundit) The following article reflects my personal opinions regarding the Milgram Obedience Study...

Discrimination in Medical School

By Jenika Packiaraj (Photo Credit: Noah Berger) "We bring Black med students to these institutions, and they fill quotas, and they make...

The Troubling Conspiracies Underlying Pakistan's Polio Problem

Although Pakistan’s healthcare system is not currently ranked amongst the top in the world, its failures to eradicate the poliovirus do not

Perceptions of Gender, Sexual, and Racial Minorities in Medicine

This article discusses the perceptions of gender, sexual, and racial minorities from both the perspective of the physician and from the pati

The Origins of Gynecology & Medical Racism

By: India Ciánna Stevenson A painting of Dr. James Marion Sims, by American artist Robert Thom from the 1950s. (Photo Credit: Today.com)...

The Tuskegee Experiment: Mistrust in the U.S. Healthcare System

By: Jenika Packiaraj (Photo Credit: National Archives, Atlanta, GA) In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Services, in collaboration with...

How a Family was Robbed of Their Mother and Millions: The History of HeLa Cells

By: Vaidehi Kaushal (Photo Credit: history.com) HeLa cells are the backbone of modern medicine, being cited in over 110,000 scientific...

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