Here’s where the system starts to break down. Hospitals, clinics, physicians all set prices based on a number of variables: ...

UCSF elevators win neat national award. the elevators at UCSF have pioneered the concept of the “multiple permutated floor ...

A psychiatrist at Stanford, Kenneth Colby, is trying to program a computer to do therapy; he calls it “the mad doctor.” Conditioning by an electric shock was recently done in England to cure an ...

On February 23, the Family Medicine Interest Group hosted Family Medicine in the Valley, a lunchtime panel that brought three ...

I heard it in several settings from family medicine clinic to a thoracic surgery operating room, from different levels of the healthcare hierarchy including attending physicians, nurses, technicians, ...

I served as EIC of Synapse from Fall 2016 to Summer 2019. I wanted to serve as the EIC because I’m passionate about science communication and wanted to help other students find their voice and hone ...

Every time you step into a political argument, you’re not simply debating another person – there is a battle happening in your mind that you can’t quite see: it isn’t a clash between political ...

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It’s been one of those days. You lock yourself out of your car. You get into an argument with a loved one. Your professor decides to assign an additional packet of readings over Thanksgiving break to ...

Were fleeting ghosts or if we should stay, I feel the weight of first love fray. I fear the feelings are bound to pass, Yet still I am, was, and stayed They seduce and they smile, they brood and they ...