healthcare
The Thin Line Between 'Bad Drugs' and Medicine
Medical anthropologist Danya Glabau is teaching a class in how the discourse around drugs has changed.
We Asked an Expert: Why Haven't We Cured Cancer Yet
We pump millions of pounds into research, they always tell us we're having breakthroughs: so why haven't we found the magic cure for the Big C?
Sunday's Democratic Debate Showed How Seriously Bernie Sanders Is Being Taken
With two weeks left before the Iowa caucuses, the story in the Democratic race is Bernie Sanders's surge, and whether Clinton can successfully handle herself in the face of growing pressure.
We Asked an Expert How the Price of a Pill Could Leap from 12€ to 700€ Overnight
Hitler lookalike, ex-hedge funder and emo fan Martin Shkreli made headlines for hiking up the price of life-saving medication. How can we stop price-gouging from happening?
What It's Like to Create Fake Medical Crises for a Living
I help train doctors in horrifying life-or-death scenarios using fake patients, fake blood, and fake shit.
'Skinny' Health Insurance Plans in the US Let Employers Offer Shoddy Healthcare to Their Workers
Obamacare loopholes are making it easy for big corporations to continue screwing their employees when it comes to basic medical care.
Dr. Atul Gawande Wants Us to Die Better
That means acknowledging that the medical establishment does a pretty lousy job at preparing people to die.
Remember When Greece Used HIV to Terrorise Its Sex Workers?
The eleven women wrongfully charged with prostitution do.
Fifty Thousand People Raged Against the Tories in Manchester Yesterday
They turned up outside the Party Conference in a bid to save the NHS.