medicine

John Pearson works in the emergency room at Highland Hospital in Oakland. He says healthcare workers there were already experiencing critical shortages…

Who has the right to decide my own medical treatment other than me?In our healthcare system, parents normally make medical decisions for their kids…

People with diabetes depend on insulin to survive, but the price has tripled in the last decade. Studies show some patients are skipping doses as a…

Professor of Journalism Elena Conis wrote a book on the history of vaccines. She says, since we’ve had vaccinations in this country, we’ve had opposition…

Host Joseph Pace and guests explore the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) will impact US healthcare. Will doctors become obsolete? Will existing…

Have you heard about the popular new cannabis health product, CBD? THC’s non-psychoactive cousin, CBD gained fame earlier this decade after being used to…

A growing number of parents whose kids suffer from seizures have discovered that medical cannabis can reduce their frequency and intensity. Over the past…

Imagine for a moment the year 1800. A doctor is meeting with a patient – most likely in the patient’s home. The patient is complaining about shortness of…

How do mental disorders differ from diseases of the body? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the primary reference catalog for mental health…

The narrowly averted closure of a special care facility at St. Luke’s hospital in San Francisco highlights a bigger problem in the region — and even…