Amid widespread deregulation, private law is poised to play an increasingly central role in the health care system. But reliance on private law comes with risk.

As her father awaits an organ for his third transplantation, a surgical resident retrieves a kidney from a fellow hockey fan, recognizing at a deep, personal level the value of his gift of life.

A man from rural India presented with redness and blurry vision in one eye. Examination was notable for panuveitis and a live worm in the posterior segment; the worm was removed in a pars plana ...

A 19-year-old woman with a history of depression and anxiety symptoms was admitted to the hospital because of seizure, ...

“Corporatization” of health care, a process predicted decades ago, now refers to the general trend throughout the industry ...

This Double Take video explores the link between certain strains of human papillomavirus and cancer and reviews the evidence ...

Though infant mortality has continuously been targeted by health policy agendas, policies tend to place it in an individualistic and narrow frame, failing to consider and address its structural ...

Understanding today’s corporatization of U.S. health care requires seeing it from a historical perspective, as a process that began with a change in the business model of care delivery in the 1920s.

Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) is primarily caused by oncogenesis mediated by ultraviolet radiation, and β-human papillomavirus (β-HPV) is believed to be a mere facilitator that is ...

A 73-year-old woman was referred to the hematology clinic for evaluation of anemia. Bone marrow biopsy revealed trilineage hematopoietic maturation with severe dyserythropoiesis. Laboratory studies ...

Risks and rewards change during the life cycle of a drug. In the innovation period, drug companies invest in developing new products but cannot sell them. Newly approved drugs initially have exclus ...

Policy discussions related to affirmative action have typically focused on its effects on education, employment, and earnings. But affirmative action may also play a role in shaping population health.