Category: 5. Health

In the fifth episode of The Deep End, Jon Nelson describes depression as a “no-casserole disease,” one that people are often afraid to acknowledge because of the stigma around mental health disorders. This episode lets listeners into the experience of having a disease that’s…

The U.S. educational landscape has been drastically transformed since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered school campuses five years ago.

Access to high-quality teachers and curriculum developed by teachers is shrinking, for example. Likewise, there has been a loss of emotional support for…

Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment. Similarly, in 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in a massive environmental catastrophe. The official…

Artificial intelligence algorithms are being built into almost all aspects of health care. They’re integrated into breast cancer screenings, clinical note-taking, health insurance management and even phone and computer apps to create virtual nurses and transcribe doctor-patient…

The National Institutes of Health is the largest federal funder of medical research in the U.S. NIH funds drive research and innovation, leading to better understanding and treatment of diseases and improved health outcomes.

The NIH provided more than US$35 billion in grants to over 2,500…

Few cities have experienced a sharper economic change of fortune than Detroit.

It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950.

In the nearly 75 years since then, it has lost over 60% of its population, becoming the defining example of a postindustrial city…

How can medical cannabis help treat patients over 50 years old with a variety of age-related health issues? This is what a recent study published in Cannabis hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the benefits of medical…

Strep A is a bacterial infection that can infect both children and adults. Worldwide, 750 million people are affected by Strep A, which leads to over 500,000 deaths each year. The infection is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes and is transmitted…

Cancer affects millions of individuals and their loved ones each year. Both hematologic or blood cancers, and solid tumors can have fatal outcomes. Fortunately, the advancement of medicine and technology has helped generate robust and effective therapies…