First Opinion Podcast

Today, we’re sharing a special episode from the new miniseries “The C-Word: Stories of Cancer” from Say More, a podcast from The Boston Globe Opinion. In the first part of this series, host and award-winning columnist Shirley Leung talks for the first time about her breast cancer diagnosis. She opens up about the perso

Paul Knoepfler of the UC Davis School of Medicine has a bit of a hobby: keeping track of stem cell clinics operating in the U.S. He estimates that there are 1,000-2,000 in the U.S. alone, offering unproven treatments using adult stem cells. On the season finale of the podcast, he and Torie discuss how to balance safety

Anna and Jordan Rathkopf met in Prague at an ’80s nightclub. While music brought them together, another creative outlet soon became central to their relationship: Anna began teaching Jordan about photography, which later became his career. Years later, they were living in Brooklyn with their young son when Anna was dia

From our friends at KFF Health News, Chief Washington Correspondent Julie Rovner gathers top reporters to discuss the latest health and health policy news.  Check out this episode and if you like it, be sure to give them a follow.  

Pretty much everyone in the U.S. agrees that the American health care system is not working for patients. The disagreement comes over what to do about it. On this episode, law professor Charles M. Silver proposes that the U.S. should have a market-based system, just as we do for many other sectors of the economy. Insur

No one goes to medical school because they want to type quickly while listening to patients talk. But that’s what practicing medicine means for many today: fingers flying over the keyboard to log data. Later, they will use that information to create a note for the patient’s file. Technology now offers a solution to thi