In 1920, a diagnosis with diabetes was a death sentence. 100 years later, the prognosis for many Americans is only slightly more optimistic. There is…
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The Democratic Party’s cry to battle these days seems to be Medicare for All. What was once deemed an extreme and far-left-of-mainstream idea from Bernie…
In the news and media, Cuba is portrayed as a country too ambitious for the political reality we live in. The political reality we live…
This article contains themes regarding depression and other mental health complications. Reader discretion is advised. Psychiatric patients in Ghana’s prayer camps aren’t only tied…
We are in the middle of a “war.” No, it’s not of the same magnitude as the Second World War, or of Vietnam for that…
It was a sunny Sunday in Los Angeles when my great uncle, Gaylord Moss, got a phone call from my grandmother, Sabrina, in Cambridge, England.…
The women of SURJ at UC Berkeley In a matter of weeks, the University of California, Berkeley, may become the first university in the country…
United States of Incarceration “It’s a level of suffering that is unprecedented. The degree of suffering and the degree of harm to these patients is…
Have California lawmakers solved the state’s healthcare budget problems? Yes, or at least for now. Currently, under the regulations of the Affordable Care Act and…
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to shadow an oncologist, a physician who treats cancer patients. From day one, he emphasized how much…
If you have ever gone to the doctor’s office, chances are an ICD code, critical to your health care and billing, was used. The ICD…
Over one and half billion people live in India and Indonesia, two immense nations whose histories have long been intertwined. Last year, in a monumental…