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John Lantos
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Surgery is the new sex
What, exactly, makes us human? Or inhuman? Those questions animate David Cronenberg’s disturbing new film, Crimes of the Future. The...
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John Lantos
Jun 21, 20222 min read
How many deaths will it take till we know?
Experts estimate that a ban on abortion will lead to 140 deaths/year among pregnant women in the United States. Obstetricians will have...
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John Lantos
Jun 15, 20222 min read
CPR still better on TV
Nearly 30 years ago, we showed that CPR worked much better on TV than in real life. This was true both on the shows that focused on...
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John Lantos
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Helping Students Cheat
I just had a really weird experience. I was searching for my 2016 essay about Henrietta Lacks. To critique Rebecca Skloot’s book about...
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John Lantos
Jun 11, 20224 min read
Genome sequencing for all babies? We are not there yet!
For decades, leading scientists have predicted that soon, very soon, genome sequencing (GS) of all newborn babies will allow diagnosis...
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John Lantos
Jun 6, 20223 min read
The cost of miracles
If you knew that your child would be unable to walk, talk, swallow or breathe on their own, how much would you pay for a curative drug? ...
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John Lantos
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Donate a Kidney, Visit Yellowstone
When Martha Gershun donated a kidney, it cost her about $6000 out-of-pocket. The costs were for lost work, travel, and other incidental...
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John Lantos
Jun 2, 20222 min read
COVID Orphans: The Hidden Pandemic
Children are less likely than adults to die of COVID-19. But over 200,000 children in the United States have lost a home caregiver – a...
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John Lantos
Jun 1, 20222 min read
Good science without pain
Are there ever situations in which a painful sham procedure can be done (with analgesia) in order to increase the scientific rigour of...
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John Lantos
May 28, 20224 min read
School shootings and political will
Americans love their guns. They vote based on that passion. Politicians follow the votes. A recent Pew poll shows a deeply divided...
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John Lantos
May 23, 20223 min read
Redonda Vaught and the Stench of Corruption
A stench of corruption hangs over the whole debacle of the trial and sentencing of nurse Redonda Vaught. She was the designated...
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May 11, 20224 min read
California U-Turn on Vaccine Mandates
The California legislature appears to have caved to pressure from opponents of a COVID vaccine mandate for schoolkids. I’d prefer to...
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