Department: Feature Article

Looking for something to add to your iPod? Check out this playlist of tunes on medicine, nursing, and working life!

A woman writes of caring for her husband who has terminal cancer, and about dealing with family and friends, and their visits, questions, suggestions, and advice.

Sometimes the only difference between therapy and toxicity is the dosage.

A troubled teen through tough times thanks to some counseling and to grandma biting her tongue.

The story of a generous, dedicated woman who has devoted more than 25 years of her life to helping the developmentally disabled.

After 52 years of marriage, a widow adjusts to the ups and downs of the single life.

A spin of the wheel, and an interactive exhibit takes a writer to an MSF logistics posting in Bolivia, and teaches her about MSF campaigns.

What do you get when you combine a scientific conference, political demonstrations, arts events, and a networking forum?

Looking for inexpensive liposuction? Need a heart valve replaced on the cheap? Would you consider becoming a medical tourist?

From the bizarre, to the disgusting, to the deadly – welcome to the long and strange history of aphrodisiacs.

Have you ever heard of the "Great War of Africa"?

Despite its illusory name, phantom pain is as real as it gets.

Didya hear the one about …

Checkups, eye care, dental, medication – thanks to Lillian Cingo, RN, and Lynette Coetzee, it's all there on South Africa's Phelophepa Train.

Want to know what it's like to drive a mobile ophthalmology clinic across northern Ontario?

Nurse Margot Wider's Harlequin heroines are historical.

We've all heard of doctors making house calls, but what about OR nurses making barn calls?

Improved status of healthcare professionals and advances in hygiene, procedures, and medications. Could war have a good side?

Bioterrorism is no laughing matter, but we think we can teach a few basics through humor.

An historic dish with impressive health benefits (and, many would say, an awful smell and appalling taste) …