Today is Elie’s birthday and, while Elie does not usually care about gifts, I do feel bad that I did not get her anything. As

As a medical student, one of the things in which we reveled was eponyms. These are the names that are given to clinical signs, symptoms

My mother died when I was 8 years old and consequently I have always had an inordinate fascination with death and its trappings. I often

I was lucky enough to attend the 1987 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology when Charles Moertel delivered the annual Karnofsky Memorial

I recently finished reading a marvelous book by David Grann, “The Wager.” It recounts the story of the Wager, a British man-of-war in the 1740s

OK, I confess—I am a television addict—always have been and always will be. And one of my favorite shows is “Law & Order.” In 1994,

Measurement is central to science and medicine, and therefore any imprecision in this critical function can obscure our analyses and interventions. This issue applies to

Thomas Carlyle popularized in the 19th century the Great Man Theory of History and, following on its precepts, we begin today a series of five

Last week we introduced the problem of allergic reactions in response to exposure to medications. As we noted, this can occur with almost any medication.

Allergies to medications are a well-known problem in medicine. They represent a reaction of a patient’s immune system to a drug where it mistakenly assumes

I recently gave a talk in shul on measures that are utilized in halacha and medicine. We are all familiar with the use of the