In honor of “Movember”—the global movement that raises awareness for men’s health, men around the world grow mustaches during the month of November. The cause is specifically geared toward shedding light on little-discussed health conditions,…
In March of 2019, the beloved “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek announced he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He died on Sunday. In September, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died from complications of metastatic pancreatic…
The current and unprecedented global pandemic has shed a bright light on many problems that exist in healthcare and in society. Specifically, the racial inequities and injustices that have been going on for far too…
Children in the United States are being impacted by coronavirus infections at “unprecedented levels,” according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. During the last week of October, there were 61,000…
A second wave of the coronavirus is raging across Europe, and multiple countries have implemented new rules and social distancing guidelines in an attempt to stop the spread—and in the hopes of avoiding a full…
The COVID-19 health crisis is a pivotal point in history marked by the tragic loss of more than one million lives worldwide and far-reaching deterioration of well-established economies. As the impact of COVID-19 continues to…
A new tally of 300,000 deaths in the US caused by the coronavirus between January 26 to October 3, includes not only the deaths directly attributed to Covid-19—but also about 100,000 additional fatalities that are indirectly related, according to a report released by the CDC.
2020 has been fraught with illness, anxiety, fear and stress. Physicians bear the weight of their patients’ mental health along with their own. Even in regions that have been successful at controlling the pandemic, many…
This week, two high-profile clinical trials—Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine testing and Eli Lilly’s Covid-19 drug—were paused due to safety concerns. Only one month earlier, AstraZeneca’s vaccine trial was paused after two volunteers became ill.…
The traditional experience of the solo doctor providing individualized care to patients is shifting. A recent article by the Wall Street Journal projects that “in the future, patients will be more likely to see a…
Studies have shown that higher levels of education and higher incomes are linked to lower risks of depression and discrimination. This is true for white people and black women. But, according to a recent article…
The highly contentious 2020 U.S. presidential election is about a month away—and key topics in health care have skyrocketed to the forefront of the debate. According to an article in The Lancet, “the 2020 US…