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 treated …
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 …
Please enjoy this post from the Archives dated September 29, 2010
By Lara Dunn, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In 1958, EC Heyde published 10 cases of aortic stenosis (AS) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the gastrointestinal tract in the New England …
By: Matthew Weiss, MD
Though Don Draper publicly explained to us “Why I’m Quitting Tobacco†as far back as 1965, we’re still collectively dealing with the repercussions of those smokers, Don included, who didn’t follow his …
By Michael Tanner, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
What Doctors Feel, Danielle Ofri’s answer to Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors Think, explores how doctors’ emotions affect the practice of medicine in good and bad ways. As the …