May 26 Watch 4:38 New ‘superbug’ becomes first drug-proof bacteria to hit U.S. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 10 There’s a gender gap in top medical journal bylines By Lauren Silverman, KERA While women were better represented as first authors in 2014 than 20 years earlier, their numbers have plateaued in recent years, the scientists found, and have declined in some journals. Continue reading
Apr 15 Reclassifying pot could usher in a new era in medical marijuana research By David Noonan, Scientific American As the government considers reclassifying cannabis, researchers say easing the rules could lead to big advances. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 6:40 Is there a racial ‘care gap’ in medical treatment? By PBS News Hour A new survey has found implicit biases in medical students that may explain why black patients are sometimes undertreated for pain, with some students believing that black people feel less pain and have thicker skin than white people. For more… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 8:56 South Africa mulls regulating traditional healers for the modern age By Connie Kargbo In South Africa, practitioners of traditional medicine, including herbalists, midwives, and faith healers who claim to speak to ancestors, have historically practiced openly and freely. But the government now aims to formally register and regulate the estimated 250,000 self-described healers,… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch 9:38 Big data meets modern medicine in a life-saving equation By PBS News Hour There are so many ways to spend money on health care, but which offer the most bang for the buck? Dr. Chris Murray is trying to answer that question with an equation that measures the impact of different interventions. Countries… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 3:44 Scientists open ‘black box’ of schizophrenia by discovering potential genetic cause By PBS News Hour Medical researchers have discovered a gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia, a mental illness that afflicts more than two million Americans, sometimes causing delusions and hallucinations. Associate Professor of Genetics at Harvard University Steven McCarroll joins Alison Stewart to… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 6:14 Drug shortages force U.S. doctors into ‘unethical corner’ By PBS News Hour Shortages of some prescription drugs are forcing doctors to make difficult decisions, in some cases choosing one patient over another, or sharing a dose between multiple patients. Hari Sreenivasan learns more about the rationing from Sheri Fink of The New… Continue watching
Jan 14 Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a renowned medical missionary with a complicated history By Dr. Howard Markel In 2016, Albert Schweitzer may be a somewhat forgotten, or even a controversial, figure but a half a century or more ago, the mere mention of the name Schweitzer instantly conjured up images of selflessness, heroism and the very model… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 9:15 2015’s biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies By PBS News Hour CRISPR, a new method for editing genes, has been called a development that could revolutionize medicine. Cheaper and more precise than past gene editing, this promising tool has also raised concerns. Gwen Ifill talks to Jennifer Doudna of University of… Continue watching