medicine
Canada's Medical Marijuana Programme Is Hurting Patients
Chatting about cannabis medications and eating weed pizza with patients.
Testing a Cannabis Extract Designed for Cancer Patients in Vancouver
"This is what cancer people just love".
Meeting the Human Guinea Pigs Who Test Your Meds
I signed up to a clinical trial to get to know the people who take untested drugs for cash.
Doctors Without Borders Responds to the Ebola Outbreak in Guinea
About 60 international Doctors Without Borders staff members are working alongside additional Guinean medical workers in Conakry, Gueckedou, and Macenta. According to Guinea's Ministry of Health, there have been at least 134 suspected cases and 8...
Doctors in British Columbia Can Now Prescribe Heroin
It's an effective treatment, but the conservative government hates it.
Barnaby Jack Could Hack Your Pacemaker and Make Your Heart Explode
He's trying to stop assholes hacking into other people's life-saving devices.
Young Diabetics Are Slimming Themselves to Death
It's an incredibly depressing trend and it's happening all over the world.
My Month Without Sex
Believe it or not, doctors blasting cancer out of your cervix with lasers has its downsides.
India's Street Doctors Will Bleed the Sickness Right Out of You
They'll cut you open with razor blades and fill the gutters with your blood.
Alan Russell
Alan Russell is the founder of Pittsburgh's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the biggest multidisciplinary center for regenerative medicine in the world.