Why You Should Make Sure You’re Sick Enough for the ER Mark Wien Science & Medicine The healthcare system is one of the most confusing and difficult-to-navigate industries that exists. Healthcare makes up the greatest percentage of the US gross domestic product, with over $3 trillion in...
The Truth About Concussions Mark Wien Science & Medicine NFL linebacker Junior Seau committed suicide on May 2, 2012 after playing for the NFL for more than 20 seasons. Seau’s family donated his brain to the NIH after his death. Eight months later, the scientists...
What is Good Healthcare?: A Global Study (pt. 3) Mark Wien Science & Medicine This is the final part of a three-part series. Read parts 1 and 2 here and here. The World IS Flat Advances in technology let you bring diagnostic tools from blood tests, urine tests, and water testing...
What is Good Healthcare?: A Global Study (pt. 2) Mark Wien Science & Medicine This is the second of a three-part series. Part 3 will appear on December 23. Where There is Life, There is Hope Cultural and religious beliefs define many of us, and the decisions we make....
What is Good Healthcare?: A Global Study Mark Wien Science & Medicine This is the first part of a three-part series. Part 2 will appear on December 16. 1. The Band-Aid Treatment: We can cover the blood, but we aren’t stopping the bleeding. In June of 2015 I began a...
Why Doctors are America’s Most Wanted Mark Wien Medicine, Science & Medicine We’re not even close to adequately beefing up the doctor supply—and here’s why.
Ebola’s Predecessors: What These Five Epidemics Can Teach Us Mark Wien Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Media portrayals of Ebola paint a stark picture—hazmat suits, mass graves, evacuations. But what do past worldwide epidemics have to teach us? Medical student Mark Wien examines epidemiology’s history lessons.
