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Premed Students: Avoid 4 Physician Shadowing Mistakes 03/05/2018 07:00pm • For prospective medical school students, shadowing a physician is an opportunity to learn about the complexity and difficulty of practicing medicine. These experiences allow them to observe doctors working hard at recording patient notes, handling challenging cases or explaining complicated procedu U.S. Passport Renewal: How to Update an Expired Passport 03/05/2018 07:00pm • If you're planning to travel internationally in the next year, it's time to check the expiration date on your passport. While processing times for passport renewal can vary (it typically takes four to eight weeks, depending on seasonality), travel experts and the U.S. Department of State recommend s 11 National Universities Where Students Rarely Bring Cars 03/05/2018 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Ethics in Sports (and All) Medicine 03/04/2018 07:00pm • The Larry Nassar sexual assault case was a life-altering journey of heartbreak for his victims and a scandalous and hugely disappointing blow to the field of sports medicine. And it has illuminated the distressing fact that the moral compass of sports medicine (perhaps all of medicine) is off. Afte Is There a Best Diet for Breast Cancer? 03/04/2018 07:00pm • Nutritional science continues to sharpen our understanding of how the foods we eat may contribute to the development of cancer as well as how certain foods can support a patient nutritionally while in active treatment. With breast cancer specifically, research is showing that because it's often a h Making 'medicine' at a young age: Day care curriculum highlights STEM 03/02/2018 12:26am • WASHINGTON — At a Bright Horizons day care center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a class of 4-year-olds are tasked with an important morning activity: making medicine. Granted, the “medicine” they’re mixing has a bright blue hue and is speckled with glitter, but the process they follow i Married With Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease 03/01/2018 07:00pm • Striding from Penn Station through the sidewalks of Manhattan to start each workday, Mike Powderly seemed at the top of his game. From his home life in Long Island with his wife and three young sons to a rewarding career in the radio business, everything seemed right as the 2000 millennium approach How Do I Find the Best Allergist? 03/01/2018 07:00pm • Sneezes and coughs, runny noses and strange rashes -- these are all common symptoms that might signal you're having an allergic reaction to something in your environment. An allergy is triggered "when your immune system reacts to a foreign substance, called an allergen," according to the Asthma and What to Do About Drug Diversion in Hospitals 03/01/2018 07:00pm • The news has been full of stories on the opioid crisis and its impact on American society. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the federal government are putting resources into the war on drugs on the domestic front with new vigor. Prescribing rules and audits are now common to try to decrease t Why Pregnancy Can Be Tough on a Mother's Mental Health 03/01/2018 07:00pm • Pregnancy is often portrayed as a wonderful time in a woman's life, filled entirely with happy and hopeful emotions. And it is, for some lucky women. But the reality for a large percentage of pregnant women doesn't match this image. A recent study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry bear Study: More Nurse Practitioners Practice in Low-Income Areas 03/01/2018 07:00pm • When you visit your doctor's office for a check-up, chances are you might actually get evaluated by another health care provider like a nurse practitioner. And the likelihood of seeing such a medical professional might depend on where you live. New research published in the Journal of General Intern How to Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen 03/01/2018 07:00pm • You show up five minutes early for your doctor's appointment and wind up waiting 20 in the lobby and another 10 in the exam room. As you hear your doctor approach, talking in the hallway, you ready yourself. If you're lucky, you have the next 15 minutes to voice your concerns, be examined, receive t Got Prediabetes? 6 Nutrition Tips You Need to Follow 03/01/2018 07:00pm • More than one in three American adults has prediabetes, a condition marked by too-high blood sugar levels. And while prediabetes can put you on a fast-track to Type 2 diabetes -- as well as the health complications that accompany it -- unlike diabetes, prediabetes is not just manageable; it's rever Stage 4 Metastatic Prostate Cancer Doesn't Have to Be a Death Sentence 02/28/2018 07:00pm • Nearly 12 years ago, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer and told I had one year to live. I was 42. My journey with prostate cancer started in 2005, when I went to the doctor for pneumonia and my doctor noticed a solitary pulmonary nodule on my lungs. I should have gotten it checked out li 6 Things to Know About Colon Cancer 02/28/2018 07:00pm • The basicsA colonoscopy isn't exactly a pleasurable experience for patients, given that it typically involves drinking a diarrhea-inducing solution to clean out your bowel beforehand. But considering that colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the U.S., the procedure could be worth