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
Nov 02 Watch 7:23 For Karachi's poorest patients, this hospital makes high-quality care accessible By Fred de Sam Lazaro Jinnah Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, has long served the poorest patients despite, desperate conditions, overwhelming demand, and even falling victim to terrorism. A public-private partnership has helped the government hospital make modern updates to its equipment and care. In cooperation… Continue watching
Oct 04 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 'cool' 3D pictures of bioarchitecture By Nsikan Akpan Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way to image biomolecules at cold temperatures. Continue reading
Sep 09 Third dose of mumps vaccine could help stop outbreaks, researchers say By Helen Branswell, STAT The findings come as health officials confront large and protracted mumps epidemics that have become more common around the country. Continue reading
Jul 27 Forget stitches. These slug-inspired adhesives could soon heal your wounds By Teresa Carey Researchers at Harvard University have invented super sticky, medical adhesives inspired by slug mucus. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 3:15 My daughter escaped being a scary health statistic. Here's what I learned. By PBS News Hour When Elizabeth Silver's daughter was 6 weeks old, she suffered a serious stroke and spent weeks in the NICU. Confronted with damning statistics, Silver began to see the numbers as one version of a story, with room for interpretation. The… Continue watching
Jun 30 Drastic price hikes hit medicines for radiology scans By Ed Silverman, STAT The cost of two widely used radiology medicines for lung and kidney scans has jumped between 500 percent and 1,800 percent over the last four years. Continue reading
May 14 Missouri targets doctor dearth, expands first-in-nation law By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Numerous doctors from around the U.S. could become eligible to treat patients in Missouri's underserved areas as a result of a planned expansion of a first-in-the-nation law aimed at addressing doctor shortages. Continue reading