Health and Medicine — Articles

Health care is a stressful field for both professionals and students. Learn why maintaining your mental health is important now and in a future medical career.

Nurses and doctors are in high demand, and aspiring health care professionals should know what their higher education options are. Learn more here!

Visualize yourself in the health care field by checking out these colleges and universities with exceptional health and medicine programs in the Midwestern US.

If you're looking for a great college or university to study health and medicine, this list of schools in the Southern US can help you start your search!

Hoping to study health and medicine when you go off to college? These schools in the Northeast are perfect for students interested in medical fields!

Dentistry is a lucrative and rewarding career to go into. Here's why it's a great choice, what to know about field specializations, and how to get started.

Happy National Nurses Week! Celebrate the incredible nurses who've done so much during COVID-19 by learning about great health science colleges in New England.

Looking for a great college to launch your health sciences career? Here's a great list of schools offering Health & Medicine degrees in the Western US.

If you plan to pursue a health major in college, you're going to need to take the Test of Essential Academic Skills. Here's what you should know about the TEAS!

The coronavirus pandemic may have sent nursing to the bottom of your dream career list, but before you rule it out, consider all these positives.

The demand for qualified nurses has never been higher. Here are just a few reasons more prospective students should consider a major in Nursing.

If you're considering med school, you probably have a lot of questions. Medical student and author Elisabeth Fassas shares her insight in this exclusive Q&A!

If you're interested in the health sciences, here's what you should consider during your college search to find the best fit program for your career goals.

No matter what your reason for wanting to be a nurse, you have probably done tons of research into the topic, found out more about the types of degrees that are available, and discovered all that you might expect while in nursing school... What's that? You haven't done all that research?! That's okay. You can start right now!

If you are a high school student with your sights set on medical school, it can be hard to determine what you need to do to get there.

Over a decade of schooling is required to become one of these specialized dentists who correct teeth alignment, improving oral development as well as their patients' self-confidence.

Midwives are known for offering a more personal approach to women's health care. They support and guide their patients before, during, and after childbirth.

So you want to be a doctor. It's a long road, but it leads to a career with practically unparalleled rewards. Here's how to take the first steps.

What exactly does becoming a veterinarian entail? And what will your college years be like? Read on to find out.

From physician assistants to radiologists to dietitians, there are so many career options in medicine for you to consider beyond being a doctor or nurse.

There is no magic formula for getting into med school. But when it comes to your undergraduate education, there are some things that work well--and some that don't.

The human body encounters a phenomenal amount of wear and tear. Those who suffer major and minor physical problems may benefit from the attention of a physical therapist.

When your passion for the game meets a passion for helping others through health care, you may just find the perfect career in sports medicine in its many varied incarnations.

With the advances of modern medicine, people now live longer than ever before. A field with enormous potential, gerontology is the study of the biological, social, and psychological needs of the elderly.

Interested in a career in genetics? Here, we break down the responsibilities, education needed, job growth, salaries, and more!

As a nurse, you will naturally find yourself at your patients' bedsides, caring for and comforting people when they need it most. But what does the work really entail? Get ready to take a peek at the future of this rewarding, dynamic career.

Optometrists help the world see as perfectly as possible. But what exactly do optometrists do, and how to they learn to do it?

Nurses and doctors, the general practitioners as you may know them, are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to health care professionals. There is a wealth of health careers out there in what are known as the allied health fields.

When people walk into a hospital, chances are staff nurses will greet them. But the men and women you encounter at the hospital are just the beginning.

The medical school application process can be challenging, exciting, invigorating, and, at times, frustrating. The more you know about the process, the better off you will be.

Over the last 25 years, pharmacy has evolved as a dynamic field that provides a broad range of health-related services and is practiced in a wide variety of settings. Truly, the opportunities are nearly limitless.

Perhaps you feel it--the call to become a physician. The path to medical school and the subsequent practice of medicine is notoriously rigorous and very competitive. Yet, some say the hardest part of the journey is the admission process.

What makes someone an ideal med school applicant? What do admission counselors look for? How should students, both pre-med and not, prepare?

Changes within health care, highlighted by the passage of the federal health reform in the spring of 2010, afford tremendous opportunities and challenges for nurses.

The residency is one of the last steps toward becoming a full-fledged doctor. It's an exciting, stressful, amazing learning experience, and I am right in the middle of it as a resident at the Duluth Family Practice Center in Minnesota.