Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in healthcare refer to specific measurable performance metrics assessing the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of care provided by organizations to understand ...

The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s health, clear grounds for reparations exist. What happens, then, if our ...

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the difference between physiological and psychological hunger can help you make more ...

In the quiet uncertainty of an emergency department, a woman in gut-wrenching pain arrives, unable to catch a breath. Within a matter of minutes, Dr. Sally Graglia completes a point-of-care ultrasound ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a topological map design inside, scaling the outer edge of my left ankle. His fine lines and tasteful detail ...

When the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa refused to heed the call from the international community to end its racist, immoral and illegal treatment of Black South Africans, the global ...

The social determinants of health are the underlying factors that influence our health outside of the doctor’s office, including the environments in which we work, live, and play. And the science is ...

I’m albino. My eyes are … different. In many ways, the world is not built for me. Every time I open Outlook on my iPhone and FaceID pops up, I have to pull the phone far away from its usual position — ...

A place where individuals can inject drugs with either in-person or virtual supervision may sound like a dystopian reality, but in actuality, it may be the key to solving one of our nation’s most ...

It was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I rushed into San Francisco’s (SF) Civic Center Courthouse, at ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977. Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for medical experimentation. Although the inmates participate in the ...