BY ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN JULY 1, 2015 The effects of having a few drinks can differ person to person, but often people may not realize just how risky their drinking patterns are, or what that alcohol is doing to them under the hood. There are two definitions for “safe” drinking. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines say moderate alcohol consumption is… Read more »
SIDE HUSTLE SCRUBS, MD|PHYSICIAN | OCTOBER 18, 2018 I want you to do me a favor. Pretend we’re meeting each other for the first time. You have to describe who you are in 10 words or less without mentioning any relationship to another human being. You can’t cop out and say: I’m Anne’s husband, Paul’s mom or… Read more »
BY ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN JULY 5, 2017 Exercise is just as good for the brain as it is for the body, a growing body of research is showing. And one kind in particular—aerobic exercise—appears to be king. “Back in the day, the majority of exercise studies focused on the parts of the body from the neck down, like the heart… Read more »
LINDA GIRGIS, MD | PHYSICIAN | OCTOBER 9, 2018 Recently, my inbox has been overfilled with offers for programs, yoga, meditation, and a whole host of mindfulness training opportunities to combat physician burnout. I think by now everyone knows that doctors are fighting high burnout rates. But, those sending these “special offers” don’t get the root of… Read more »
ByElizabeth BernsteinApril 2, 2018 10:12 a.m. ET You’re feeling depressed. What have you been eating? Psychiatrists and therapists don’t often ask this question. But a growing body of research over the past decade shows that a healthy diet—high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish and unprocessed lean red meat—can prevent depression. And an unhealthy diet—high… Read more »
The New England Journal of Medicine TO THE EDITOR For 30 years, end-of-life experts, including bioethicists1 and clinical researchers,2 have maintained that dying without artificial hydration is more comfortable than having dehydration relieved by intravenous fluids. The review article by Lowell (Jan. 31 issue)3 suggests that this is not true. By identifying the brain regions and neuronal pathways… Read more »
NADIA SABRI, MD | PHYSICIAN | APRIL 25, 2019 Being a doctor mom is a beautiful paradox of feeling like a badass one moment and a frazzled I-don’t-know-what-the-heck-I-am-doing mess of a person. Being a female physician, the majority of us feel there is a societal and cultural pressure to be perfect all the time in every sphere of our… Read more »
BY JAMIE DUCHARME APRIL 29, 2019 Unvaccinated individuals have been the focus of attention during this year’s measles outbreaks. A record 704 cases of the illness have been confirmed in 22 states so far in 2019, and the CDC says the majority of those diagnoses have been in unvaccinated people. Health officials have repeatedly warned nearly everyone to get… Read more »
6 things wrong with hospital medicine DAVID M. MITCHELL, MD, PHD | PHYSICIAN | SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 In 2002, when I began my first hospitalist job, I was a dyed-in-the-wool hospital medicine convert, convinced that the transfer of inpatient care to true specialists in hospital medicine (hospitalists) would dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of inpatient care, increase patient… Read more »
BY JAMIE DUCHARME UPDATED: APRIL 17, 2019 10:08 AM ET | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MARCH 26, 2019 Officials in New York’s Rockland County are banning people who have been diagnosed with measles out of public places and keeping improperly vaccinated children out of school, in their latest attempt to stop an “accelerating” measles outbreak there. The order… Read more »