Radio Health Journal
The latest in health, science & tech, and the intersection of medicine & public policy.
Pain varies from person to person and is totally subjective. It can’t be truly measured. This makes pain management one of the greatest challenges in healthcare. An expert discusses how pain works and how doctors struggle to contain it.
Millions of Americans believe they are allergic to penicillin. However, most of them are wrong.
The crisis with opioid painkillers is making doctors look at alternative medicine therapies for a substitute for these drugs.
Some retirement homes are offering local college students room and board in return for interaction with elderly residents.
Plagues can wipe out entire populations and create fear and great mystery in how they spread. An author who has explored plagues and dangerous diseases explains.
Doctors are taking what they’ve learned in hand transplants, especially in nerve regeneration, and applying it to eye transplant development.
Motorized, computer-controlled braces are making the concept of the bionic human into reality. Experts discuss how these exoskeletons work and how they may be used in the future.
Researchers have found that poor health and disabilities can be factors leading to prison. An expert discusses the life cycles that can make this occur.
Children with chronic diseases often have a tough time transitioning from pediatric care to adult care, which has to be managed by the patient.
Patients who have bariatric surgery stand to lose not only lots of weight but often an identity which changes many of their relationships.
A well known sportswriter and parent shares the red flags he saw as well as the benefits of playing youth football.
During the Halloween season, many people seek out frightening experiences. This controlled fear has a psychological and developmental purpose, as an expert explains.
