Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: We'd like to imagine that the drug the doctor prescribed will do exactly... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Dr. Brian Goldman has worked the night shift in the emergency room at... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Doctors once thought that celiac disease was extremely rare, but within the past... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: No one knows why so many people now have thyroid dysfunction; researchers have... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: In the past few decades, obesity and type 2 diabetes have risen at... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Thyroid dysfunction is extremely common, and the symptoms make a person miserable. They... (Read More)
Most children love to roll or spin until they feel dizzy. But though adults may also enjoy amusement rides, unwanted dizziness is no fun. There are many potential causes, and diagnosis can be difficult. A leading expert on balance disorders... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Sometimes simple approaches can be surprisingly effective. A new study shows that helping... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Statin-type cholesterol-lowering drugs are extremely popular, with approximately 180 million prescriptions issued each... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: BPA, or bisphenol A, is widely used as a component of clear hard... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Research shows that a sedentary lifestyle is inimical to good health. Even exercising... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Popular sleeping pills could be doing more harm than good. A research team... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: More than 100 years ago, a New York surgeon named William Coley developed... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Difficulty breathing is not only frightening; it can lead to serious medical complications... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Vitamin D has long been recognized as critical for preventing rickets in the... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Aspirin was first developed and marketed more than a century ago. As an... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Washing your hands may be a good way to avoid catching colds, but... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: The Veterans Health Administration is an enormous bureaucracy, but it is striving to... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: How does our exposure to the environment affect our health? Medicine is beginning... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Acetaminophen is often considered the safest pain reliever available, and it is certainly... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: At the start of a new year, many of us resolve to adopt... (Read More)
Surgeons, especially neurosurgeons, have incredible technical skills that can help patients survive in difficult circumstances. Sometimes, though, they find they need to look a bit beyond their usual abilities to figure out how to proceed. We talk with a neurosurgeon... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Sugar seems like an improbable treatment for hard-to-heal wounds. But the ancient Egyptians... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: Thousands of years ago (and more), human beings co-existed with a wide range... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: One American man in every six is diagnosed with prostate cancer at some... (Read More)
The obesity epidemic in the U.S. has been increasing alarmingly. The usual explanation is that we eat too much and exercise too little. But some scientists think that the explanation lies in the type of food now found in our... (Read More)
Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: For years we have been told that all calories are equal. In theory,... (Read More)
Joints like shoulders and hips are susceptible to injury as well as arthritis. Conventional medicine usually offers physical therapy or surgery, or most likely both. One doctor who specializes in physical medicine has developed some unorthodox treatments that are often... (Read More)
When X-rays were first developed, they seemed like magic because the doctor could see problems inside the body without doing surgery. Before long, however, physicians learned that too much X-radiation could cause illness. Modern CT scans combine radiation with computerized... (Read More)
Conditions like glaucoma and macular degeneration are very common among older Americans. They often result in impaired vision and affect quality of life severely. Are there health practices that can reduce the risk of these serious problems? Dry eye is... (Read More)
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