Medicine

In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who's who — at least for outsiders.

Pa.'s DOC has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years.

Taking fish oil supplements to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer may not be effective.

Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Scott Kelly SCOTT KELLY spent 3 ...

Catherine Guthrie already knew a lot about breast cancer when she found a lump on her left breast at age 38.

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez  The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...

Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...

The FDA has identified hundreds of supplements tainted with pharmaceuticals – from antidepressants and erectile dysfunction to weight-loss drugs.

Who has time to read the small print — to go over all the “stuff” that’s in our food, medicine, or supplements? And what’s carr ...

Advances in science don’t just happen — sometimes, real progress requires heroic measures. On this show, we explore the lengths peopl ...

Doctors are often rated on Yelp or other online platforms.

Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.