DEBBIE MOORE-BLACK, RN | POLICY | JUNE 3, 2019 In 1976, we couldn’t wait to be nurses. Our starched white dresses with the nurse caps and stripes symbolized our graduation status as we were called one by one to receive  our diploma and a rose. [...]

BY JAMIE DUCHARME  AUGUST 8, 2019 Caffeine can be both a treatment and a trigger for migraine headaches, which makes it difficult for sufferers to know how much to sip. Experts believe caffeine helps block adenosine, a molecule involved in migraine attacks, from binding [...]

BY JAMIE DUCHARME  NOVEMBER 20, 2017 Now is the season to think about what makes you most thankful, but research supports making it a year-round habit. Many studies have found there are benefits of gratitude — both mental and physical — and all [...]

BY MARKHAM HEID  AUGUST 1, 2019 Kids love sweets. Of course, so do many adults. But even those grown-ups with a serious sweet tooth would likely struggle to polish off a big bag of candy, while the average kid would relish that chore. [...]

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 [...]