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China’s Prisoner Organ Transplant Policy is Causing Controversy Amongst the Global Medical Community

Posted at 4:58PM in MedEd, News by Samantha Hendricks 0 Comments

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On January 1, 2015, China officially ended its decades-long practice of harvesting the organs of executed prisoners for medical transplants. It was considered an ethical triumph for medical professionals and humans rights advocates worldwide, and a step towards transforming China’s corrupt, often underground and illegal...

Stress-Induced Brain Damage Could Possibly Be Prevented With An Experimental Drug

Posted at 2:37PM in MedEd, News by Joseph Bryant 0 Comments

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Nearly 75 percent of Americans report experiencing at least one symptom of stress in the past month, including irritability, anxiety, fatigue, and depression, according to a 2015 survey from the American Psychological Association (APA). According to previous studies, stress has been shown to cause alterations to...