By John Hwang, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Ongoing review of documents leaked as part of the Snowden affair reveal the National Security Agency’s astonishing capability to defeat encryption technology safeguarding a wide variety of satellite and Internet communications. At the …
By Brian Park
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide. In the United States, the incidence is rising, with over two million people diagnosed each year [1]. More cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each …
By Molly Somberg, MD, MPA
Faculty Peer Reviewed
This Labor Day weekend marked the unofficial end of summer, which meant the end of long lazy beach days and back to school …
By Daniel Taupin
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Image. Typical e-cigarette consisting of (A) LED light, (B) battery/circuitry, (C) atomizer, (D) replaceable mouthpiece cartridge containing glycerin or propylene glycol, water, flavorings, and often dissolved nicotine. Courtesy of Horsten at en.wikipedia.
A man sits in …
By Brian Greet, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
On the twenty first of this month, rebels proclaimed that they had been attacked by the Syrian government with the use of chemical warfare. Medicins Sans Frontieres is reporting this week that they …
By Sara Gallant
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Each year in the US, an estimated 2.3–3.5 million individuals are homeless [1]. Homelessness has a complicated association with poor health. People at risk for …
By: Kelly Forrester, MD
At Fenway Park on Sunday, after hitting a 6th inning home run that led the Yankees to a victory against the Red Sox, Alex Rodriguez made the ultimate statement to angry officials and fans that …
By: Theresa Sumberac, MD
What do the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping have in common? Their successes are all due, in varying extents, to …