The history of medicine is marked by epidemics known for killing vast numbers of people.  Today we are living through one of these...

The human mind is an amazing tool that can be trained to do some remarkable things.  We are able to perform complex tasks or translate...

Yes, contrary to popular opinion, we have one.  But what isn’t a surprise is that the male brain thinks and processes things very...

In the past several years, our nation has been made aware of growing crisis known as the opiate epidemic.  Due to increasing potency of...

Why do we sleep?  Do we really need 8 hours or can we get by with 6 or less?  In this book, sleep researcher Matthew Walker discusses his...

I have spent in total 25 years of my life in school and in training for the job that I now do.  From kindergarten through high school,...

Medicine is a unique profession.  It is equal parts art, science and technology.  Some patients practically read the textbooks and others...

A lot of attention is being paid to Obamacare.  Some claim that it saved their lives.  Other say that it is itself in a death spiral....

In the stillness of a quiet February night, Ellie and Bob’s lives are dramatically changed by the terrifying sights and sounds of their 2...

Obamacare has been one of the most controversial pieces of legislation passed in the past decade.  Statements like, “You have to pass the...

In this book Hal Friedman chronicles his son’s harrowing experience with Tourette’s syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  In his...

Finding an abdominal mass, Henrietta Lacks, the daughter of an African-american tobacco farmer, seeks health care at Johns Hopkins.  She...