Category: Myths and Realities

By Oliver Stewart

Peer Reviewed

Growing up in a Caribbean household, spicy foods were a pillar of my diet as an adolescent. I distinctly remember the joy that I would feel during the holiday season when my father ignited the grill and began …

By B. Corbett Walsh, MD

Peer Reviewed

Case: A 65 year-old man with cirrhosis is admitted to the ICU for severe pneumonia. His hepatic dysfunction is chronically severe, as indicated …

By Dana Zalkin

Peer reviewed

Recently, my own mother approached me with a personal medical question: “Is it true that I need to avoid antiperspirants given that I’m a breast …