In The Waiting RoomNov 20, 2020Intergenerational 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...
In The Waiting RoomNov 13, 2020Hepatitis B: The Silent Killer of the Vietnamese American CommunityBy: Victoria N. Huynh (Photo Credit: Roche.com) In the United States, hepatitis B is estimated to affect approximately 4.3% of American...
In The Waiting RoomNov 6, 2020The 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...
In The Waiting RoomOct 29, 2020Discrimination in Medical SchoolBy Jenika Packiaraj (Photo Credit: Noah Berger) "We bring Black med students to these institutions, and they fill quotas, and they make...
In The Waiting RoomSep 17, 2020The Troubling Conspiracies Underlying Pakistan's Polio ProblemAlthough Pakistan’s healthcare system is not currently ranked amongst the top in the world, its failures to eradicate the poliovirus do not
In The Waiting RoomSep 4, 2020Perceptions of Gender, Sexual, and Racial Minorities in MedicineThis article discusses the perceptions of gender, sexual, and racial minorities from both the perspective of the physician and from the pati
In The Waiting RoomAug 21, 2020The 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)...
In The Waiting RoomAug 14, 2020The Tuskegee Experiment: Mistrust in the U.S. Healthcare SystemBy: Jenika Packiaraj (Photo Credit: National Archives, Atlanta, GA) In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Services, in collaboration with...
In The Waiting RoomJul 15, 2020How a Family was Robbed of Their Mother and Millions: The History of HeLa CellsBy: Vaidehi Kaushal (Photo Credit: history.com) HeLa cells are the backbone of modern medicine, being cited in over 110,000 scientific...