X-rays and Seeing
Before I ever came near a stethoscope or a white coat, I understood the beauty of X-rays. The reasoning was simple, nearly elegant. If we could just take a picture of the inside, we would know what was happening.
This Date in UCSF History: Medical Breakthroughs Earn Nobel
[Originally published in Synapse on October 12, 2000.] Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm...
Patient Encounter Note
[Second place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest for non fiction.] S: Subjective. “June” is a 79-year-old woman with a...
The Urgent Need for Climate-Resilient Healthcare in Puerto Rico
Imagine this: It’s your first semester of college — just one month in — and you suddenly can’t reach your...