The Mental And Physical Toll Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Our experts discuss treatment approaches and a new program aiming to end the stigma and offer support for patients.
Medical Notes: Brain Implants To Treat Depression, How Emergency Rooms Can Save More Kids, and We May Soon Have Bionic Skin
Would you get a brain implant? Is the ER a place for kids? We may soon have bionic skin.Listen to this before becoming vegetarian.
The Suicide Stigma: Stories From Parents, Experts, And Attempt Survivors
Our experts discuss the different perspectives of suicide and the stigmas that follow them.
How To Combat Medical Ignorance Of Rare Diseases
Having a rare disease means that not all doctors will know how to treat you.
Helping Patients Feel Like Kids Again: The Magic of Children’s Hospitals
For many long-term, young patients, children's hospitals become their entire world and not just the place where they receive treatment.
How Safety Net Hospitals Increase Access to Health Care
Dr. Ricardo Nuila discusses why the safety net hospital model may be more effective than the standard, privatized healthcare approach.
Finding Pain Management Strategies That Don’t Involve Opioids
Life Care Coaches are being integrated into hospitals to help patients safely use prescription opioids and even offer pain management strategies that don’t involve drugs.
Home for the Holidays: Why ER Visits Spike Around Christmas
Experts discuss this phenomenon and share tips on how to safely make it through the holidays.
Have We Relied Too Much on Healthcare?
Dr. Michael Stein explains the difference between healthcare and public health, arguing that we should pay more attention to preventing conditions before they occur.
Dissecting the Emergency Room: Every Patient Has a Story
As an ER doctor, Jay Baruch wears many hats. He’s a healer, listener, traffic director, and so much more during each shift. But in such a chaotic space, how can doctors maximize their time with patients?
Medical Notes: September 18, 2022
Gyms may soon be filled with older adults looking to workout their brain; Artificial intelligence could diagnose your next illness; Parental alcoholism may affect your children more than you know.
How Just One Night in a Hospital Can Cause Years of Trauma
Research has shown that hospitalized adolescents can walk away physically healthy, but years later, are still dealing with symptoms of post traumatic stress from their experience.
