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“Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma” (1996), by John A. Morris, Jr. et al.
By: Claire Elise Grayson
| Published: Aug 08, 2017
In the May 1996 edition of The Annals of Surgery, John A. Morris and his collaborators published “Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma…
LiteratureCesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryDelivery (Obstetrics)Obstetrics--Surgery
“Screening for Breast Cancer with Mammography” (2013), by Peter Gøtzsche and Karsten Jørgensen
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Aug 08, 2017
Screening for Breast Cancer with Mammography is a Cochrane systematic review originally published by Peter Gøtzsche and Karsten Jørgensen in 2001 and…
LiteratureMammographyBreastcarcinomaCancer
The Jane Collective (1969–1973)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Aug 07, 2017
The Jane Collective was an underground organization that provided illegal abortion services in Chicago, Illinois, from 1969 until abortions became…
OrganizationsAbortionReproductive RightsSexual rightsInduced Abortion
The Development of Mifepristone for Use in Medication Abortions
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Aug 07, 2017
In the 1980s, researchers at the pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf in Paris, France, helped develop a biological compound called mifepristone.…
Induced AbortionAbortionAbortifacientsReproductive RightsMifepristone
Elizabeth Dexter Hay (1927–2007)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: Jul 26, 2017
Elizabeth Dexter Hay studied the cellular processes that affect development of embryos in the US during the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first…
Electron microscopesExtracellular matrixCorneaCollagenRadioactive substances
"The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever” (1843), by Oliver Wendell Holmes
By: Safiya Shaikh
| Published: Jul 26, 2017
In 1843, physician Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote and published The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever, an essay about puerperal fever, a disease that…
LiteratureSepsisSepticemiaPuerperal septicemiaInfection, Puerperal
"National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement September 22–24, 1980” (1980), by the National Institutes of Health
By: Sarah Foster
| Published: Jul 25, 2017
In 1980 the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) released a report…
LiteratureCesarean SectionCesarean section--ComplicationsObstetricsFetus
Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Jul 24, 2017
Harald zur Hausen studied viruses and discovered that certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, can cause…
Cervix uteri--CancerHuman Papilloma VirusPapillomavirusesGenital WartsCondylomata Acuminata
"Altruism and the Origin of the Worker Caste" from The Ants (1990), by Bert Hölldobler and Edward Osborne Wilson
By: Kelle Dhein
| Published: Jul 24, 2017
In 'Altruism and the Origin of the Worker Caste,' Bert Hölldobler and Edward Osborne Wilson explore the evolutionary origins of worker ants. '…
LiteratureAntsInsect societiesKin selection (Evolution)Evolution
"A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant" (1953), by Virginia Apgar
By: Carolina Abboud
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
In 1953, Virginia Apgar published the article "A Proposal for a New Method for Evaluation of the Newborn Infant" about her method for scoring newborn…
LiteratureObstetricsAnesthesiologyCesarean SectionDelivery (Obstetrics)