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The Transgender Community Has a New Way to Find the Right Doctor

Many trans people struggle to find physicians who understand their specific needs. That just got a little bit easier.

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Does Cuba Hold the Cure for America’s Doctor Shortage?

Normalizing relations with the island nation is not just good for business, it brings out decades of embargoed medical expertise.

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Doctors Rally With Candid Napping Pics to Show the Need for Sleep

Siesta solidarity brings to light the severely demanding working conditions in Mexico’s healthcare system.

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Why I Created a Crowdfunding Platform for Medical Research

My own daughters were only three- and five-years-old when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 at the age of 32.

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Can Empathy Lead to Hygiene? How to Get Doctors to Wash Their Hands

A new study says reminding doctors and nurses of the greater good of hygiene can inspire compliance with hand-washing recommendations.

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This Social Network Helps You Find Cheap Health Care

At a time when medical costs are through the roof, a new social network spreads the word about health care bargains.

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Dubai Student Designs Mobile Prenatal Care Device

This 20-year-old Dubai student's new mobile device could make childbirth much safer in developing countries.

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Developing Better Teachers by Training Them Like Medical School Residents

A new training program is educating teachers the way medical schools educate doctors. Can it help close America's persistent achievement gap?

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Winner Announced: GOOD's Hospital Hand-Washing Challenge

We asked GOOD readers for ideas about how best to get doctors and nurses to regularly wash their hands. See the winning entry inside.

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Project: How Do We Get Doctors to Wash Their Hands?

Medical professionals are always forgetting to wash up before dealing with patients. How would you remind them?

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Do Your Doctors Take Cash From Drug Companies? Find Out.

A new ProPublica report and database lets you search for your own doctors by name, to see who is taking money from pharmaceutical companies,