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Catherine DeAngelis (1940– )
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Dec 07, 2017
In the late-twentieth century in the United States, Catherine DeAngelis was a pediatric physician, researcher, and editor of multiple medical…
PediatricsPrimary CareWomen in Medicine
Doe v. Bolton (1973)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Nov 29, 2017
In the 1973 court case Doe v. Bolton, the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., ruled that a Georgia law regulating abortion was unconstitutional.…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Butt Out for Baby (2003), by Child and Youth Health, South Australia
By: Phil Gaetano
| Published: Nov 28, 2017
Butt Out for Baby was a smoking cessation intervention guide, aimed at community health workers, that the Child and Youth Health group published in…
LiteratureSmoking CessationCigarette SmokingNicotine AddictionPregnant women--Tobacco use
Action of MER-25 and of Clomiphene on the Human Ovary (1963)
By: Alexis J. Abboud, Alexis Darby
| Published: Nov 28, 2017
Between 1958 and 1962, physicians Olive W. Smith, George V. Smith, and Robert W. Kistner performed experiments that demonstrated the effects of the…
EthamoxytriphetolEstrogen AntagonistsClomiphenePituitary glandovary
Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You (2015), by the British Broadcasting Corporation and The Open University
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Nov 21, 2017
In 2015, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) partnered with The Open University to produce the three-part documentary series, Countdown to…
LiteratureConceptionGestationReproductionPhysiology
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861–1949)
By: Nicole Erjavic
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In the late nineteenth century, August Karl Gustav Bier was a surgeon in Germany who studied spinal cord anesthesia, later called spinal block. Bier…
Spinal anesthesiaHyperemiaSpine--PunctureLumbar PunctureAnesthesia, Regional
David Reimer and John Money Gender Reassignment Controversy: The John/Joan Case
By: Phil Gaetano
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In the mid-1960s, psychologist John Money encouraged the gender reassignment of David Reimer, who was born a biological male but suffered irreparable…
Sex changeGender IdentitypsychologyGenderSexual and Gender Disorders
“Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism: Pathways of Risk and Resilience” (2012), by Ann S. Masten and Angela J. Narayan
By: Hira Ali
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In 2012 Ann S. Masten and Angela J. Narayan published the article “Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism: Pathways of Risk…
LiteraturePost-Traumatic Stress DisorderChildren and warChild disaster victimsPost-traumatic stress disorder in children
CRISPR Acquired Resistance Against Viruses (2007)
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In 2007, Philippe Horvath and his colleagues explained how bacteria protect themselves against viruses at Danisco, a Danish food company, in Dangé-…
gene editingStreptococcus thermophilusvirusesBacteriaRNA
“Perimortem Cesarean Delivery” (1986), by Vern Katz, Deborah Dotters, and William Droegemueller
By: Claire Elise Grayson
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In 1986, Vern L. Katz, Deborah J. Dotters, and William Droegemueller published “Perimortem Cesarean Delivery,” an article in which they developed the…
LiteratureCesarean SectionCardiac ArrestPregnancyPregnancy--Complications