Spork for Your Sorrows?
Nikki Huiras practices professional cuddling.
February 7, 2017
Biohacking Your Way to a Better Brain
Are nootropics—the so-called smart drugs—really that smart?
January 30, 2017
Rethinking Gender Boundaries
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital expands gender center services to Oakland, spreading awareness for gender-expansive kids.
December 8, 2016
What’s In Your Doctor’s Medical Bag?
Smartphones, computers, and tablets are as essential as the stethoscope for physicians delivering everyday health care as the popularity of telemedicine increases.
November 9, 2016
My Lead-Poisoned Year
A mother reflects on her daughter’s brush with lead poisoning and contemplates living with uncertainty.
October 28, 2016
Pubic Peer Pressure
As the popularity of Brazilian waxing and related grooming increases among women, doctors have become concerned.
October 27, 2016
Custom Prosthetics Get Cool
An Oakland industrial 3D printing and design studio, FATHOM, and online community e-NABLE team up to get artificial limbs to children and people in need around the world.
October 26, 2016
The Future of Health Care Is Avatars, Driverless Cars, and Virtual Reality
Teams at Kaiser’s Garfield Innovation Center test-drive solutions with doctors, nurses, patients, and consultants whose ideas may lead to a new health-care delivery system.
October 25, 2016
A Most Remarkable Physician
Dr. Caroline Hastings digs deep for a solution to a rare pediatric disorder and forms long-lasting family relationships along the way.
October 24, 2016
Marika Chop Spreads the Power of Healing
In Marika Chop’s opinion, everyone deserves body, mind, and spiritual wellness. As the owner and director of the Alameda Wellness Center, Chop is doing her part to bring healing and wellness to her clients.
January 13, 2016
