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When Helping Hurts: Medical Care, End-of-Life, and the News

When Helping Hurts: Medical Care, End-of-Life, and the News

by Heather Zeiger | Sep 5, 2023 | Science in the News

In August, during my Science in the News spot on Mornings with Carmen, we talked about medical care for the frail elderly and The New Yorker article  by Sunita Puri, author and palliative care and hospice physician, on the moral distress physicians experience...
How to Practice Discernment When Reading About Climate Change

How to Practice Discernment When Reading About Climate Change

by Heather Zeiger | Aug 11, 2023 | Science in the News

This summer’s heat wave across the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, parts of Europe, and China would have been virtually impossible without “human-driven climate change,” according to a study published by researchers at World Weather Attribution. The study...
June 2022: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Interesting Stuff

June 2022: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Interesting Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Jun 11, 2022 | Science

Big Projects I took some time off from my regular writing at Mind Matters News on China and technology so I could finish a couple of long-term projects. The first was a special report on the ethics of fetal tissue research, published on The Center for Bioethics &...
December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Jan 4, 2022 | Science

Beginning Again in the New Year NFL quarter back Philip Rivers had a Latin phrase printed on hats, shirts, and the walls of the Chargers’ locker room: Nunc Coepi. Last year Rivers retired after playing seventeen seasons in the NFL. His favorite phrase Nunc Coepi means...
December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

November 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Dec 23, 2021 | Science

This Fall update comes out a little late as I am working on updating my website. I’ve made my publications page much more user-friendly, and in the coming months, I am going to add some creative pages for those, like me, who would like a little more art, nature,...
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  • When Helping Hurts: Medical Care, End-of-Life, and the News

    In August, during my Science in the News spot on Mornings with Carmen, we talked about medical care for the ..

  • How to Practice Discernment When Reading About Climate Change

    This summer’s heat wave across the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, parts of Europe, and China would have been virtually impossible without ..

  • June 2022: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Interesting Stuff

    Big Projects I took some time off from my regular writing at Mind Matters News on China and technology so ..

  • December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

    Beginning Again in the New Year NFL quarter back Philip Rivers had a Latin phrase printed on hats, shirts, and ..

  • November 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

    This Fall update comes out a little late as I am working on updating my website. I’ve made my publications ..

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