Medicine

Can We Change the Way We Perceive and Process Pain?

Two years ago, I wanted to reduce the amount of material being thrown into disposal bins at the end of operative procedures at my institution’s hospital. After I spoke with all the parties involved—supply...

When healing is the target Illness is the bow. What is a bow but a device for the transfer of energy? Likewise an illness. — Haven Trevino Soon after Steve Johnson moved from Brooklyn to Beaufort,...

Our faces are stretching. Taking a step forward takes up all our strength. We cling on to the rock walls to pull ourselves forward. We are at one of the edges of the Indian Ocean at the southern tip of...

When a medical student has time to read, what does she read? Today’s Top Reads comes from Hippo Medical Correspondent Laura Christianson, with books featuring empathy, inspired wisdom, service work, and...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. There is a good chance that your grandparents were born at home. I am going to go ahead and assume they turned...

The days of doctors making home visits may have come and gone but the personal side of medicine is still with us. Humanism in medicine is a growing trend and it emphasizes maintaining the ability to connect...