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The Eczema and Broken Bone Connection
By Nicholas Bakalar
Eczema sufferers are more likely to suffer bone fractures and other joint and bone injuries.Read more…
Treating Disease, and Spreading It?
By Abigail Zuger, M.D.In the case of Ebola, caretaking is a job of the highest risk, and doctors and nurses are innately terrible at even the basics of infection control.Read more…
Placebo May Aid Baby’s Cough
By Nicholas Bakalar
Need help for a baby’s cough? In some cases the best treatment may be a placebo. Read more…
Emotion Is Not the Best Medicine, Ebola Case Further Shows
By Jane E. BrodyPeople ideally would base medical decisions on an unbiased evaluation of evidence. But people are often irrational and don’t rely on facts.Read more…
The Workout: Running While Pregnant
By Anahad O'Connor and Lindsay CrouseClara Horowitz Peterson, an elite runner, mother of three and expecting, talks about training during and after pregnancy.Read more…
Low Vitamin D Tied to Asthma Attacks
By Nicholas Bakalar
Raising vitamin D levels may help control flare-ups in people with asthma.Read more…
A Heart Risk in Drinking Water
By Deborah BlumEven trace amounts of arsenic in drinking water may increase the risk of heart disease, researchers have found.Read more…
Living With Cancer: Not Talking About Medical Mistakes
By Susan GubarDoctors make mistakes, but they don’t like to talk about them, writes Susan Gubar, who suffered from medical mistakes made during surgery to remove ovarian cancer.Read more…
Pronouncing the Patient Dead
By Daniela J. Lamas, M.D.
It was only when I walked into the room and saw my patient still and utterly silent, his tired family sitting around the bed, that I realized no one had ever told me precisely how to declare death.Read more…
Is 10,000 Hours All I Need to Run a Faster Marathon?
By Jen A. MillerPopular research tells me that if I put in 10,000 hours or 10 years of training, I can become a master at anything.Read more…