A pioneering heart valve transplant, creating speech for a paralyzed patient, and more. Check out advances in academic medicine that are changing patient care.
Traditional hospital gowns draw concerns that they dehumanize patients and make many providers uneasy. New versions offer dignity, comfort, and practicality.
During COVID-19, doctors have been allowed to provide medications for opioid addiction via telehealth. Now, we need those temporary rules made permanent.
More Black and Hispanic students are attending, new data show. Overall applications returned to pre-pandemic levels after setting records amid COVID-19.
Debunking medical lies can be too late to change minds. Prebunking strategy teaches disinformation tactics so people can recognize and resist false messages.
Medical students are learning to protect patients from firearm injuries. Lessons include suicide risks, gun locks, and handling hard conversations with respect.
As more states legalize recreational cannabis, scientists still know little about its risks and benefits. That’s largely due to federal research restrictions.
Black patients wait a year longer for an organ transplant than White patients — and that’s just one transplant inequity. An expert offers a way forward.
Thomas Insel, MD, neuroscientist and psychiatrist, says the mental health crisis can be solved by focusing on social supports and mental health care systems.
