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Pathology

How Does Anesthesia Work?

Posted on 4/29/22 by Sarah Boudreau

It’s difficult to imagine undergoing surgery without anesthesia, and it would have been impossible to develop modern surgical techniques without it. Today on the Visible Body Blog, we’re talking about the three kinds of anesthesia—local, regional, ...

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Pathology

Endometriosis: A Common but Misunderstood Disorder

3/11/22 by Sarah Boudreau

Endometriosis may be the most common disorder you’ve never heard of: if you have a uterus and you’re between the ages of 25-40, there’s a 5-10% ...

Pathology, Biology

Four Brilliant Black Scientists from the 20th Century

2/18/22 by Sarah Boudreau

To celebrate Black History Month, let’s explore the stories of Marie M. Daly, Charles Richard Drew, Ernest Everett Just, and Jane C. Wright: four ...

Pathology

What We Know—And Don’t Know—About Long COVID

12/17/21 by Sarah Boudreau

Some experts have called it “our next national health disaster.” For almost two years, much of the medical research community has focused on ...

Pathology

[Non-COVID] Medical News Roundup 2021

12/10/21 by Sarah Boudreau

2021 was a huge year for health news here in the United States as COVID vaccines were rolled out and we had to learn several fraternities’ worth of ...