Jan 17 An annotated page from ‘Heart’ By Elizabeth Flock Many of the experiments surgeons performed in the 1950s brought us to our current understanding of the human heart, but "would not pass muster with any institutional review board today," Sandeep Jauhar writes. Continue reading
Dec 26 January’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘Heart’ By Elizabeth Flock "Heart: A History" is an exploration of our most vital organ and favored metaphor. Continue reading
Dec 26 These surprising health stories shaped 2018 By Laura Santhanam Gun violence, prolonged mental trauma for children and the ongoing opioid crisis were just a few of the major health stories that captured national attention this year. Continue reading
Nov 01 How llamas could help us fight the flu By Vicky Stein Researchers now think they’re on the path to universal flu protection. The source of their new defense: llamas. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 9:54 HHS secretary on Medicare drug pricing, gender definitions President Trump has announced several proposed changes to how Medicare buys certain expensive prescription drugs, relying in part upon a benchmark price index of other developed countries, who negotiate lower prices. But critics wonder why the U.S. government doesn't do… Continue watching
Aug 11 Effort to diversify medical research raises thorny questions of race By Maya Miller, Scientific American A federal study aiming to collect the health information of one million U.S. residents is limited by the very problems it hopes to solve. Continue reading
Jun 24 Will launching plants into orbit yield new medicines? By Eric Boodman, STAT A team of biologists and chemists hopes that this alien environment might prod these floral cosmonauts into producing new and improved molecules for drugs. Continue reading
May 19 More patients are taking home recordings of their doctor visits. But who else could listen? By Casey Ross, STAT Tech giants have developed speech recognition and machine learning technologies that allow doctors to automatically transcribe audio recordings. Continue reading
Apr 12 Franklin D. Roosevelt’s painfully eloquent final words By Dr. Howard Markel FDR’s health finally gave out after years of carrying the weight of the United States, and ultimately the free world, on his muscular shoulders. Continue reading
Mar 21 Your trip to the dentist wouldn’t include anesthesia without this doctor By Dr. Howard Markel Our collectively aching teeth thank you, Dr. Carl Koller. Continue reading