Department: Feature Article

Patients with adequate insurance, who live in an appropriate location, can receive the best care in the world – but the rest …

Army nursing is only a 4-year commitment, and there's no boot camp!

The whys, hows, whos, and results of bariatric surgery.

The risks and considerations of bariatric surgery.

Dr. Fred Einesman makes acting look like the real thing on ER.

Genetic counselors are in increasing demand. But what do they do?

Perhaps soil is something you'd only serve to your plants, but some people around the world eat it regularly.

In this excerpt from Cortney Davis's remarkable book I Knew a Woman, the nurse practitioner provides insight into her own close call with cancer.

Micheline Piquette-Miller is into drug trafficking of a different kind. Curious?

High-tech, universal, but not free: healthcare in Japan.

They know instruments as well as they know the human body. This orchestra ensemble is composed of medical musicians.

The history of transplants, from BCE to the 21st century.

Did you know that beauty can be calculated as: (1 + √5)/2?

Julia Leszko excels in pharmacy and fencing.

Leeches: Everything old is new again.

We've all had to do it. Cortney Davis has her own strategy.

If you can afford it, the private health system is top notch. If you can't, it's a completely different story. We cover the quality and concerns of healthcare in South Africa.

Meet Dr. Alfred Martin's Mighty MED and the Health Avengers!

Two "enemy" psychiatrists choose to work together to help stop the Israel-Palestine conflict.

From the Ancient Greeks to modern-day China to 21st-century North America, mental illness is present eveywhere. But the experience of the afflicted is different in each of these cultures.