Paul Hsieh, Contributor

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The Perverse Persistence Of Fax Machines In American Medicine

In the words of Sarah Kliff, fax machines are “the cockroach of American medicine: hated by doctors and medical professionals but able to survive — even thrive — in a hostile environment.”

Organ Donations Increase When Motorcyclists Gather

Researchers have quantified the link between large motorcycle rallies, fatalities, and organ donations.

Misinformation, Mosquitoes, And Mutations, Oh My!

Some interesting tidbits of recent legal and scientific health news

You Have The Right To Your Radiology Test Results: What You Need To Know

Your body; your data.

Small But Positive Steps Towards Health Deregulation

Congress could help lower health costs by allowing patients to purchase more medical devices and supplies without a prescription.

Should We Punish Physicians Who Spread Covid-19 ‘Misinformation’?

Instead of outlawing questionable ideas, combat bad ideas with better ideas.

How Public Health Technology Can Be Misused To Stifle Dissent

A Covid-19 tracking system was misused in China to place “digital handcuffs” against protestors.

How The Bernoulli Effect Can Help Patients And Physicians

The Bernoulli effect has real-life applications in safety and medicine.

Traffic Safety Signs May Be Hazardous To Your Health

How government behavioral “nudges” can backfire, sometimes fatally so.

When Ukrainian Surgeons Treat Russian POWs

Adherence to the Geneva Conventions helps Ukraine, regardless of what Russia does.