John LantosJul 4, 20223 minMaking football safe for prayerThere are some serious theological questions here. What sort of God would desire prayers offered on the fifty yard line immediately...
John LantosJun 29, 20222 minMiscarriages (of justice) Bioethics was born as a result of debates about contraception and in vitro fertilization. The challenge was to explain why reproductive...
John LantosJun 23, 20222 minSurgery is the new sexWhat, exactly, makes us human? Or inhuman? Those questions animate David Cronenberg’s disturbing new film, Crimes of the Future. The...
John LantosJun 21, 20222 minHow 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...
John LantosJun 15, 20222 minCPR still better on TVNearly 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...
John LantosJun 14, 20222 minHelping Students CheatI just had a really weird experience. I was searching for my 2016 essay about Henrietta Lacks. To critique Rebecca Skloot’s book about...
John LantosJun 11, 20224 minGenome 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...
John LantosJun 6, 20223 minThe cost of miraclesIf 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? ...
John LantosJun 2, 20222 minDonate 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...
John LantosJun 2, 20222 minCOVID Orphans: The Hidden PandemicChildren 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...
John LantosJun 1, 20222 minGood science without painAre there ever situations in which a painful sham procedure can be done (with analgesia) in order to increase the scientific rigour of...
John LantosMay 28, 20224 minSchool 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...