A conversation about what the pandemic has made intolerable
Tag: medicine
Posted inNews & Politics
Cannabis vs. Coumadin
How do cannabinoids interact with prescription and over-the-counter medications?
Posted inCity Life
The south-side doctor who performed the first successful open-heart procedure
Daniel Hale Williams was a pioneer in many ways.
Posted inArts & Culture
HeLa turns the story of Henrietta Lacks into a key to the universe
Playwright J. Nicole Brooks weaves together race, medicine, and basic humanity into a heartfelt drama.
Posted inNews & Politics
In Illinois, a cancer diagnosis doesn’t guarantee access to medical marijuana
Doctors statewide have been reluctant to prescribe medical marijuana—even to patients battling serious illnesses.
Posted inNews & Politics
This week’s Chicagoan: Rosita Arvigo, master herbalist
This week’s Chicagoan is Rosita Arvigo, a master herbalist.
Posted inNews & Politics
Dr. Titus Chiu, the healer
The People Issue: Dr. Titus Chiu, skateboarding chiropractic neurologist
Posted inBlogs
The power of negative thinking
Warning: the enclosed drug warnings may make you sick.
Posted inBlogs
Today in Worlds Colliding: Final Placement and Medicine
Obscure shoegaze guitarist engages Internet-popular shitshow guitarist
Posted inBlogs
“I have the distinct feeling that the patient in America is becoming invisible”
Doctors are becoming medical technicians, seeing mainly computer data where they once saw human beings.
Posted inBlogs
Cruel and usual
The early 2000s? Oh yeah, that’s when the U.S. completely lost it. A shame, really.