Medicine

Alex Spencer has earned thousands of dollars as a research subject. “That vein right here on the left side of my left arm ha ...

Guests: Guy Diamond, Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, Matthew Wintersteen The controversial Netflix series, 13 Reas ...

On Aug. 10, 2016, less than one month before my wife Kate was due to give birth to our second child, she and I received news that would change our lives forever.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s latest stop on a state-wide anti-opioid abuse tour was on Monday, in Princeton. Nearly 200 health ...

Three pharmacy school students gathered outside a windowless brick storefront in Fairhill, just blocks from Philadelphia’s most not ...

Guests: Angus Deaton, Anne Case, David Folkenflik For most western countries, mortality rates have been in declin ...

Guests: Liz Evans, Priya Mammen, Devin Reaves Prescription painkillers and heroin are killing hundreds of people ...

Vera Rubin. Zora Neale Hurston. Eugenie Clark. On this episode, we celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists ...

Guest: Joselin Linder Joselin Linder carries ...

Thomas Starzl, whose death at age 90 was in the news last week, was the most driven man I've ever met.

I spend a lot of time in the place no one wants to be — the cancer center. Every two weeks I’m there with my husband. He is the p ...

For four years now, the pediatric wing at Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia has blocked off Thursday mornings to meet with re ...

Guests: Robert Field, Timothy Jost House Republicans tried more than 60 times to repeal and replace the Affordabl ...

When it comes to investing in our health, not all issues are treated equally. This idea seems all the more relevant as we await the fate ...

Let’s explore the most complex computer system on Earth: the brain. On this episode, we’ll examine this wondrous organ — wh ...