Profiles

Chaplains strive to balance medical challenges with the spiritual needs of patients with Covid-19.

Nine out of 10 people will survive a strike. But what happens when the human body is exposed to millions of volts?

RGV clinicians promote access to long-term contraception while guarding against even subtle coercion. 

Dr. Mary Austin refrained for years from telling her patients about her birth defect, one that she strives to repair in-utero.

It's the heart of this West Texas community. Babies are born here. Knees are patched up. Rattlesnake bites are treated.

Modern medicine has created so-called watchful waiters, snared by aggressive testing and clinical uncertainty.

Why are cancer patients blamed for their illness? Such judgments stigmatize and reflect the interrogator's insecurities.

The radioactive capsule in the palm of my hand appeared surprisingly small, almost ordinary. But it came with a catch.