What Is the Difference Between a Man Doctor and a Woman Doctor?
They both look freaking hot in a nerd way, but you only respect one of them.
Texas Senate Passes Bill Allowing Doctors to Withhold Information From Pregnant Women
In a mind-bogglingly dangerous move, conservatives in the Texas Senate have passed a bill that some say would make it legal for doctors to lie to pregnant women about discoveries made during prenatal testing.
Director of Prestigious Wellness Clinic Is an Anti-Vaxxer
The distinguished Cleveland Clinic is facing a firestorm of complaints after the director of its wellness institute, Dr. Daniel Neides, posted an anti-vaccination article online. The Cleveland Clinic has disavowed the post, but anti-vaxxers will undoubtedly exploit this incident to the fullest given the source of the…
10 Lies You Shouldn't Tell Your Doctor
Doctors have this nasty habit of asking a lot of questions, many of which make us uncomfortable or self-conscious. So we bluff. A lot. Here are 10 typical lies we tell our doctors, and why these seemingly innocuous fibs are hazardous to our health.
A Twisted Movie Called Doctors Just Got an Amazing Director
There’s a bunch of good news here so let’s get right to it. Mike Cahill, the talented director of the amazing scifi films Another Earth and I Origins, is returning to the genre he loves. He’s helming Doctors, based on a graphic novel by Dash Shaw, and if you don’t know the premise, it’s awesome.
India Is Training ‘Quacks’ To Do Real Medicine. Here's Why
Aditya Bandopadhyay has treated the sick for more than twenty years. He works in the village of Salbadra, in the state of West Bengal, India. He has no degree in medicine.
Smartphone Cameras Could Help Diagnose Ear Infections Right at Home
Ear infections, the number one reason parents take kids to the doctor, are an exceedingly common and exceedingly annoying fact of life. But a new smartphone app and accessory could help ease the irritation (of going to to the doctor's on a false alarm) by promising to diagnose ear infections right from home.
Doctors Could 3D Print Their Own Tools For a Fraction of the Cost
The cost of the instruments needed to run a hospital or a lab is often exorbitant—but what if doctors and scientists could simply print their own tools from an open library of designs? That's what a paper published today suggests.
Nearly all experts agree that bacterial and viral diseases will have been virtually wiped out [by the year 2000]. Probably arteriosclerotic heart disease will also have been eliminated. — February 25, 1966 issue of Time magazine
Doctors Aren’t Actually Bound by the Hippocratic Oath
A binding agreement, as much a social contract as Social Security or Medicare, the traditional Hippocratic Oath holds those who swear to it to a strict code of professional and personal conduct. Contrary to popular belief, though, most doctors never take this oath—and, actually, most of us are probably glad they never…
This robot butt is a painfully realistic video game for doctors
How do doctors become better doctors? By doing more doctor things, duh. Things like spending years at residency, doing rounds, poking synthetic cadavers and yes, practicing prostate exams on a plastic robot butt video game.
This freakish skinless body is actually a synthetic human cadaver
Though it may look like it, this is not a still frame from a torture porn movie directed by the sadist Eli Roth. Instead, it's the new synthetic cadaver that medical students are now using to get their learn on. Instead of poking humans or operating on animals, medical students can play doctor with these frighteningly…
Your Smartphone Can Now Be Your Eye Doctor
It was only a matter of time before smartphones made the transition from communication device to full blown Star Trek tricorder. And with the development of Peek (an acronym for Portable Eye Examination Kit), that transition is nearly complete.
One in Four Surgical Errors Is a Machine's Fault
Technology might be transforming the world of healthcare, but it's also throwing up its fair share of problems, too: according to a new study, 1 in 4 surgical errors is a result of a technological glitch.
Awesome Doctors Give Children Superhero Formula to Fight Cancer
Cancer sucks. Always. But it might be at its absolute suckiest when it strikes kids. Thank God for awesome doctors like these ones in Brazil. Instead of doling out regular chemotherapy medication, the doctors repackage the medication into a superhero formula complete with its own superhero case.
Four Healthy Habits You'll Kick Yourself for Ignoring Now
We all know our health is important, but we often neglect some of the little stuff that comes back to bite us later. Here are four of the simplest and cheapest things you can do now to make your future self happier and healthier.
Doctors Don't Follow Their Own Advice on Medical Treatment
It's been known that doctors tend to avoid their advice for patients when it comes to treating themselves but it's pretty amazing how big the difference really is. Radiolab dug up a decade-long survey made by Joseph Gallo of John Hopkins that showed what doctors really think.
Would You Be Comfortable Trusting Your Health To a Robot Doctor?
Technology is marching ever forward and the medicine is no exception. CNN's Fortune Tech predicts tech will eventually take over 80 percent of what doctors do today, and that might be great, but would you feel comfortable putting your life in the hands of Dr. Robot? Chances are that someday, you won't have a choice.
Using Your iPhone To Detect Ear Infections Also Keeps the Doctor Away
Forget that daily apple. Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed the Remotoscope, an accessory that turns the iPhone into an ear-inspecting otoscope so doctors can diagnose and treat kids remotely in the event of an ear infection.
Would You Trust Yelp Reviews With Your Life?
Yelp is a great way to weed out the lousy dry cleaners from the pros and locate various services in your area—but just how much should we be relying on the user reviews that keep this site alive?
