In the world of healthcare, less can be more. Following increasing investments and progress in pharmaceutical drug development, patients...

Heart-warming stories of miracle babies’ triumphs over sickle cell disease, nephritis being magically cured overnight, or patients...

The perverse increased cost of prescription drugs in the United States by drug manufacturers harms people, especially when they are most...

Industries are constantly being revolutionized by the implementation of new technologies which aim to improve efficiency and deliver...

Amid the rising opioid epidemic in the United States, there looms a silent killer ravaging the lives and families of individuals...

Undocumented immigrants in the United States basically have to wait until they are on the brink of death to receive care for renal...

At some point, most people have encountered the frustrating obscurity of hospital billing. Hospitals often cannot provide cost estimates...

In 2017, healthcare costs reached a record high of $3.5 trillion, or $10,739 per person [1]. The Institute of Medicine estimates that 8%...

In today’s digital age, almost anything can be ordered online and delivered to your front door. We don’t even have to step outside to get...

Dr. Media Rasheed, a fourth-year resident specializing in hematology, was convinced by many family members that she was in imminent...

The established link between the energy-intensive healthcare sector and climate change represents a two-fold motive for a greener...

Why study the treatment for a disease when you can study how to prevent it? This was the question asked by infectious disease specialists...

While we generally think of knowledge in a singular sense— limited to textbooks and scholarly learning— there isn’t just one specific...

What is medicine? Perhaps you first visualize images of digital prescriptions at the doctor’s office or bottles of pharmacy medications....

Our entire healthcare system and thus all of our own health and well-being depends on the oft-overlooked supply chain that feeds our...

“Marijuana” is often used interchangeably with “cannabis,” but the two are not necessarily the same. The latter refers to the plant,...

The ironic quandary of hospitals lacking in providing adequate hospitality is a vital problem that all healthcare facilities should...

Compared to other high-income countries, the United States has repeatedly ranked low in every metric of healthcare- from access and...

Most people go to a CVS or Walgreens to grab a quick snack, buy laundry detergent, or pick up a prescription and some cold medicine....