Category Cancer

Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation

A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.

Hope as a Moral Commitment

Jade Ealy frames hope as a moral commitment—not rooted in a feeling, but in how we choose to show up in the world and how we care for one another.

AI’s Quiet (R)evolution in Healthcare

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon discusses the integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare and emphasizes the need for sustained ethical engagement to address AI’s deep-seated impacts.

Praise be the Subject: Altruism and Therapeutic Misconception

Palmer Montalbano recommends using public policy that reinforces altruism as a solution to the problem that truly informing patients about the risks of participation in cancer research trials would hinder recruitment.

Polygenic Risk Scores to Select Embryos: A Need for Societal Debate

Hazar Haidar discusses the need for a societal debate to explore challenges related to polygenic embryo screening.