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"When a young African-American aged 15 to 29 dies in Philadelphia, more than half [of] the time, it's a gun homicide," says Scott Charles, the trauma…

The call came in late one summer night. Immediately, Paul Butler’s stomach sank and his heart sped up.“It’s always a worry in the back of your mind that…

If you’ve ever put in an eyedrop, some of it has almost certainly spilled onto your eyelid or cheek.The good news is the mess doesn’t necessarily mean you…

It's not uncommon to hear claims that young people these days have higher rates of mental health issues than in the past. But the data don't back that up. So how come millennials get a bad rap?

Jonathan Goodman can recall most of the lectures he’s attended at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He can recite detailed instructions given…

Internal medicine physician Chinazo Cunningham runs a family health center in New York's South Bronx.She has an appointment with Dinah, one of her regular…

A pediatrician at Harlem Hospital Center is finishing up a visit with her 11 year old patient. Alysia Borden has asthma. It’s made worse because she’s…

When I was diagnosed with Stage III melanoma at age 23, I faced an onslaught of emotions: frustration that it took two misdiagnoses and 10 valuable months…

Marianne Boruch is a poetry professor at Purdue University. She came into the studio recently to talk about her long-form poem called “Cadaver, Speak.”…

Ditmire: Dr. Stephen Blumberg is a researcher at the National Center for Health Statistics. His dad Joe is executive director of the Men's Health and…