Medicine

Catherine Price has Type 1 diabetes; Keysha Brooker has Type 2. As part of The Pulse’s “The Cost of Diabetes” episode, we invited them to our studio to meet.

As more states legalize marijuana, there's growing interest in a cannabis extract — cannabidiol, also known as CBD.

Shkreli was initially free on bail but was jailed in September.

Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.

Hospitals around the country are looking at whether patients need so many opioids prescriptions. It turns out most of them don't.

Bill sponsor Assemblyman Herb Conaway, D-Burlington, says his goal is to respect parents' religious objections but create stricter standards for exemptions.

The American College of Physicians has issued a position paper on "ethical obligations" for medical volunteers.

We recall the riots that erupted in Wilmington upon the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. fifty years ago today. Mayor Jim Kenney announce ...

Many doctors and students hide disabilities out of a real 'fear of judgment, bias, and skewed perception of ability,' a report finds.

Imagine this: A pesky mosquito sips some of your blood. Hours later, the blood-sucker drops dead, poisoned by the very blood it just slurped down.

"The days of making residents jump through hoops are coming to an end," Murphy said. He added later: "We recognize that patients should be treated as patients, not criminals."

Councilwoman Cherelle Parker hopes to work with stakeholders across the city on guidelines to help patients figure out their rights and prevent negative consequences.

The mutated gene is called RAS, and it's the very first human cancer gene ever discovered. It's also amazingly common.

Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors.