Medical Ethics

Medical Content & Advice

Plastic surgeon on Snapchat content is typically educational outreach rather than personal branding found on longer-form platforms. Snapchat’s ephemeral design, younger demogr...

people-and-culture

When we say Liam switched at birth, we describe a rare hospital error in which a newborn is given to the wrong family after delivery and another baby is mistakenly raised in his...

healthcare

The question of Joy and Joyce conjoined twins points to one of the most carefully documented pairs in medical history. Conjoined twins occur when a single fertilized egg begins...

medical-science

In discussions of the first successful head transplant, the baseline question is what success would require: preservation of consciousness, continuity of identity, and integrati...

healthcare-explainer

When conjoined twins die, the immediate outcomes depend on whether the surviving twin is viable, the location and nature of the conjunction, and the availability of timely emerg...

disability-history

Rosemary Kennedy’s disability stems from a rare congenital condition and a widely documented early medical event. Accounts consistently describe her as developing typically in...

true-crime

Joan Robinson Hill died on July 26, 1969, in Houston, Texas, at age 38. Her death was first ruled an accident, then changed to suicide, and finally treated as a probable homicid...

human-interest

Lori and George Schappell were craniopagus twins born joined at the head, specifically sharing a cranium and skull base, with George attached to the right side of Lori’s head...