The scourge of preposterous “pre-conditions:” Ivan Oransky, Executive Editor of Reuters Health, says labeling too many patients with subclinical illnesses leads to overtreatment, with potentially fatal results.
Diane Kelly, a comparative biologist from the University of Massachusetts, fields questions about how the mammalian penis becomes erect.
What explains mammalian penile erection? Diane Kelly, a comparative biologist from the University of Massachusetts, explains the organ’s internal pressure system and collagen structure.
Katie Couric, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer and TV journalist, talks with legendary tennis champion Billie Jean King about keeping kids healthy, wellness and cancer prevention.
Ivan Oransky, Executive Editor of Reuters Health, takes questions about being both a medical doctor by training and a journalist; and how to break our cycle of pre-conditions …
Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society, answers questions about cancer overtreatment and how lifestyle choices may cause cancer – even decades later.
Author Albert-László Barabási answers questions on how mapping cellular protein reactions can help us to discover how diseases work.
Networks guru and author Albert-László Barabási says diseases are the results of system breakdowns within the body, and mapping intracellular protein networks will help us discover cures.
Jonathan Eisen of the University of California of Davis answers questions about the human ecosystem, which includes a microbial community that operates as a virtual organ.
Not all microbes are pathogens. As Jonathan Eisen of the University of California of Davis points out, the health of our microbiome is vital to protecting us from …