The practice of medical students giving unconsented pelvic exams to women patients under anesthesia seems to be continuing, although recent new laws aim to change the situation. "When I was doing ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. I was surprised to learn this was still going on today. I ...
Understanding the neural basis of behavior is one of the fundamental goals of neuroscience. Ultimately, behavior arises from the integration of information by individual neurons across the nervous ...
Before the advent of anesthesia, surgical procedures were almost universally horrific, so it's pretty hard to argue with the idea that anesthesia has vastly improved medicine. And yet, few surgeons ...
On 19 September 2018, Bust magazine highlighted the disturbing fact that doctors and medical students regularly, and legally, give anesthetized patients non-consensual pelvic exams. The practice was ...
The brain remains the most mysterious organ in the human body. Over the past several decades, neuroscientists have teased apart the various regions and networks in the brain to better understand how ...