An article written by Susan M. Reverby, a professor of women’s studies at Wellesley College, has uncovered details on a study conducted between 1946 and 1948 in Guatemala, which involved experiments on Guatemalans. Essentially, the Public Health Service (PHS) inoculated people with syphilis.

Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insurance

A new declaration spells out the rights of providers t practice medicine free from fears of violence, harassment, and intimidation; to give patients complete, medically accurate information about procedure; and to continue training and research.

Written by Dr. Suzanne Poppema for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

An article explaining why Vermont’s and CA’s efforts for single payer aren’t going anywhere.

Doctors in North Carolina performed a cesarean section on a woman who was not pregnant. The disciplinary action? A public “letter of concern.” A midwife would have had her license revoked. What’s wrong with this picture?

Written by Amy Romano of Lamaze International for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

The dawn of scientific medicine preeminent among all the other sciences simply because it was about humans.

Those Obama praised quit medicare acceptance of patients

A group of doctors are mad as hell and demanding National Health Care for all.

Obama is teaming up with some traditional opponents of healthcare reform for a PR offensive this week. Some heavy-hitters in the health industry wrote a letter promising to contain healthcare costs. Progressives are divided over what the significance of this apparent realignment. The insurance, drug, and medical industries have made similar conciliatory gestures in the past. Is this a signal that reform is imminent, or just more window dressing?