Body & Brain/General Health and Medicine

There Is Such a Thing As Too Much Medical Care

March 6, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Less Medicine, More Health by H. Gilbert Welch. Listen to SciFri on Friday, March 6, to hear Welch talk about the misconceptions of medical care. We Americans consume a lot of medical care. By some metrics, we are the most medicalized society in the world. To be sure, there […]

Picture of the Week: Human Placenta

February 26, 2015

A Jaguar Needs a Root Canal? The Dentist Is In

October 16, 2014

A Doctor’s First Night On Call

September 26, 2014

Are Generics the Same As Brand Name Drugs?

September 12, 2014

Quiz: How Good Are You at Learning?

September 3, 2014

The following quiz comes from How We Learn's author Benedict Carey. Tune in to SciFri on September 5, 2014, to hear Carey talk about learning and the brain. HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT LEARNING? 1) You have a book on algorithmic trading to read over the weekend before you write a review due on Tuesday, […]