KevinMD.com Christopher Johnson, MD | Physician | November 13, 2018 The stethoscope. Nothings says “I’m a doctor” more than the stethoscope in a pocket or draped around the neck. Forty-five years ago when I got my first one, a gift from [...]
TIME By Markham Heid November 7, 2018 During cold season, people often search for natural cold remedies and immunity boosters. Echinacea has long been rumored to both prevent and knock out colds. But the evidence in favor of the herbal supplement [...]
KevinMD.com Varun Verma, MD | Physician | May 9, 2018 We had no choice in becoming the “crazy” family that left a hospital against medical advice. Our four-day-old daughter was completely helpless, her condition deteriorating and the staff was ignoring our [...]
The first patient, let’s call him Mr. Smith, called up one day last week with a brand-new symptom, which after a phone call was ultimately determined to be disturbing enough that he was offered a same-day appointment. After coming in that [...]
MEDPAGE TODAY's Kevin MD.com Annie Ray, MD | Physician | October 29, 2018 Dear patients: A few things come up daily in my office that need to be addressed. I’m just going to put these out there in the blogosphere in [...]
TIME Health By Alice Park July 18, 2012 When it comes to being couch potatoes, Americans aren’t alone. Physical inactivity has become a global pandemic, say researchers in a series of related papers published in the journal Lancet. According to one of the reports, [...]
TIME Health By Jamie Ducharme October 19, 2018 Rishab Jain at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge Andy King for Discovery Education An Oregon teenager’s innovation could change [...]
TIME Health By Alice Park October 18, 2018 April Doyle, a single mom from Visalia, Cal., only lets herself look three months into her future. Since she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, she’s tried a new treatment every [...]
TIME Health By Alice Park October 20, 2018 In many cases, breast cancer is considered a treatable disease — as long as it’s diagnosed early and treated with the proper combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or targeted drugs. But triple-negative breast [...]
TIME Health By Cassie Shortsleeve October 19, 2018 Just getting to work can be a bacteria-ridden experience. The subway is full of it, as are stair railings and revolving doors. But once you finally sit down at your desk for the day, [...]