White Coat, Black Artwith Dr. Brian Goldman

Maggie Silver tells what happened when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control almost broke the internet with a disaster-preparedness campaign based on the zombie apocalypse.

The 200th anniversary of Frankenstein is being celebrated at Stanford University this year. Anesthesiologist Audrey Shafer tells us what the Frankenstein story can teach today's doctors.

Dr. Michael Green teaches a comics in medicine course at Penn State College. He says med students create zombie comics as a way of describing the miseries of life as a resident.

This week: The surprising intersection between the worlds of medicine and monsters.

When former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer murdered vulnerable patients in Ontario nursing homes, she did more than leave a trail of shock and grief behind — she exposed serious cracks in the long-term care system.

Dr. Goldman talks to Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda. While best known for his role on MASH, he's forged another career as an expert communicator, helping doctors relate better to patients. He also talks about his new podcast and his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

What do you most want to know from medical experts as Canada moves to legalize recreational cannabis?

More than half of women have dense breast tissue. The more dense it is, the more difficult it is for a mammogram to detect cancer. And even though mammograms reveal breast density, most women aren't told about it.

Looking to the tiny European nation for feedback on Canada's impending legalization. Spoiler alert: they've got serious concerns.

Dr. Brian Goldman travels to Iceland to find out how they turned around a culture of binge-drinking among youth, and discovers what we can learn from their incredible public health turnaround, just as Canada prepares to legalize cannabis.

Kids with life-threatening allergies have a tough time navigating school and activities to keep themselves safe. But they also face the added burden of "allergy bullying”—from the movie Peter Rabbit to stand-up comics who poke fun at allergies, to their own peers.

Dr. Kim Kelly describes going public about her #MeToo experience as a “career-defining moment.”

White Coat, Black Art spoke to students and residents at almost every medical school across Canada. They detailed incidents ranging from inappropriate comments to unwanted groping to sexual assault — often by their direct superiors.

Stem cell therapies have shown promise for treating disease from heart ailments to diabetes. But where there is hope, a hoax often follows, says author and researcher Tim Caulfield.

Alex Kasprak, science editor at Snopes, says fake health news thrives because "there's very little reward for accuracy and a lot of reward for sensationalism."

Don't believe the internet's claims about dandelion tea.

A Canadian doctor is caught in the eye of a fake news storm. Snopes Science editor Alex Kasprak tells us how to sniff out fake health news. And why stem cell stories are so vulnerable to becoming fake-news clickbait.

Dr. Kim Kelly describes going public about her #MeToo experience as a “career-defining moment.”

Kids with life-threatening allergies have a tough time navigating school and activities to keep themselves safe. But they also face the added burden of "allergy bullying”—from the movie Peter Rabbit to stand-up comics who poke fun at allergies, to their own peers.

Maggie Silver tells what happened when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control almost broke the internet with a disaster-preparedness campaign based on the zombie apocalypse.

The 200th anniversary of Frankenstein is being celebrated at Stanford University this year. Anesthesiologist Audrey Shafer tells us what the Frankenstein story can teach today's doctors.

Dr. Michael Green teaches a comics in medicine course at Penn State College. He says med students create zombie comics as a way of describing the miseries of life as a resident.

White Coat, Black Art spoke to students and residents at almost every medical school across Canada. They detailed incidents ranging from inappropriate comments to unwanted groping to sexual assault — often by their direct superiors.

A Canadian doctor is caught in the eye of a fake news storm. Snopes Science editor Alex Kasprak tells us how to sniff out fake health news. And why stem cell stories are so vulnerable to becoming fake-news clickbait.