MICHAEL WEISS, MD | PHYSICIAN | JANUARY 17, 2019 In the last decade, specifically in the last five to six years, we have seen the gradual disempowerment of America’s physicians as well as their unfortunate patients. Starting with health management organizations, managed care, all the [...]

BY SANYA MANSOOR JULY 24, 2019 A new study on the mysterious origins of a deadly fungal infection that seemed to have simultaneously emerged in far-flung corners of the globe finds that global warming may be to blame. Candida auris, a fungus that can [...]

KATIE KLINGBERG, MD | PHYSICIAN | JULY 15, 2019 Reflexively, I often feel my breath catch, and my eyeballs roll ever-so-slightly when a patient leads with, “I saw on the internet …” The precious minutes available to connect, inspect, and direct the management of their [...]

The idea of certain aspects of our diet being healthy or not, often come with a lot of confusion. Salt fits safely in the category that bewilders most people! I remember the first time I wondered about salt in my dental [...]

PETER UBEL, MD|POLICY | JULY 3, 2019 Jill Ladkin was already having a terrible autumn. It began with a seizure that put her in the hospital with what seemed like scores of unfamiliar physicians attending to her state of health. The brain scan revealed a [...]

HANS DUVEFELT, MD|PHYSICIAN | JULY 9, 2019 My first job after residency was in a small mill town in central Maine. I joined two fifty something family doctors, one of whom was the son of the former town doctor. I felt like I [...]

Love, meaningfulness and the power of connection don’t stop just because we get old. Aunt Doris on her 106th birthday. Aunt Doris on her 106th birthday.CreditCreditAmy Eisenberg By Barry Eisenberg May 22, 2019 My Aunt Doris recently passed away, exactly two weeks [...]

BY JAMIE DUCHARME  JUNE 21, 2019 More than a year ago, a pair of Australian researchers published a paper in Scientific Reports to little fanfare. In it, they noted that a surprising number of young people were developing bone growths on the backs of their skulls. The [...]

Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, have documented the prevalence of bone spurs at the back of the skull among young adults. (Scientific Reports)By Isaac Stanley-BeckerJune 20 at 4:40 AM Mobile technology has transformed the way we [...]

National Library of Medicine/Public DomainBY KATHERINE FOXHALL JUNE 18, 2019 The following is adapted from an excerpt from social and medical historian Katherine Foxhall’s new book, Migraine: A History, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, and out June 18, 2019. In 1936, Alfred Goltman, [...]