Military Medicine Innovations in Response to Post-9/11 Wars

After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000s, military surgeons faced challenges but innovated to achieve the highest rate of survival for battlefield wounds in history. However, post-war cuts to military healthcare risk reversing these gains.

Pharmaceutical Industry

A drug company is stopping the sale of a medicine for ALS, keeping a promise made to ALS patients despite the financial impact.

Use of Biological Race in Medicine

Biological race is not a real thing, but is sometimes used in medicine as a diagnostic tool due to race-based health disparities. Dr. Andrea Deyrup explains the issues with practicing race-based medicine, including delayed diagnoses and overlooking environmental factors.