Three Life-Saving Medical Breakthroughs That Sound Like Science Fiction Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine Today is an exciting time for medical science. Due to breakthroughs in technology and medicine, new doors are opening in terms of potentially life-saving treatments. From the tricorder to the development of...
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...
When Cancer Isn’t Just a Word: Translating Medicine’s Native Language Laura Christianson Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Doctors may not be poets—nor do they need to be—but their use of language is critical in assuring effective patient care.
