Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in healthcare refer to specific measurable performance metrics assessing the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of care provided by organizations to understand ...

The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s health, clear grounds for reparations exist. What happens, then, if our ...

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the difference between physiological and psychological hunger can help you make more ...

Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973. UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more bad news” for the university. Hitch, speaking at the monthly meeting of the ...

In his essay “Resistance to Civil Government, or Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau writes:“Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but ...

In the quiet uncertainty of an emergency department, a woman in gut-wrenching pain arrives, unable to catch a breath. Within a matter of minutes, Dr. Sally Graglia completes a point-of-care ultrasound ...

According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change service, 2024 is set to be yet another hottest year ever recorded. The same group of researchers also concluded that Earth’s average global ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a topological map design inside, scaling the outer edge of my left ankle. His fine lines and tasteful detail ...

When the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa refused to heed the call from the international community to end its racist, immoral and illegal treatment of Black South Africans, the global ...

San Francisco has long been associated with cultural movements that challenge the status quo, and one of its most iconic moments was the Summer of Love in 1967. The era of peace, love, and music left ...

I’m albino. My eyes are … different. In many ways, the world is not built for me. Every time I open Outlook on my iPhone and FaceID pops up, I have to pull the phone far away from its usual position — ...