Editor’s note: When Dr. Neugut emailed that he’d be writing a column for the Purim section, Bracha Schwartz, our special section editor, said it was
An old physics joke: A proton walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender asks, “Are you sure?” The proton says, “I’m positive.”
My daughter is getting married next week (Mazel tov!) so I felt this topic would be good. While some may feel it is inappropriate to
Each January, the American Cancer Society publishes its analysis of cancer statistics for the U.S. They provide a sense of what is doing better and
By the age of 40 in 2013, Amy Reed seemed to have obtained everything you could want in life. She grew up in Philadelphia, her
I have just finished reading George Eliot’s wonderful novel “Middlemarch.” Whenever I read a book or see a movie from the Victorian era, I am
In ancient times, ignorance about the workings of nature and the universe resulted in almost all people having a belief in one or another deity
heI am frequently asked about clusters—the occurrence of cancer cases in a given neighborhood or building or other population thought to be unusually high and
Bacteria and humans are very different from each other. Therefore, it is relatively simple to find metabolic differences between the two species that can be
A well-known 1981 analysis of the causes of cancer estimated that occupational exposures were responsible for 2-3% of cancer. Subsequent analyses have not much altered
A discussion of communication of the diagnosis of cancer and the end of life to patients is not an easy one. Maybe 40 years ago
Three old fellows are talking about what they want the rabbi to say at their funerals. Sam says, “I want the rabbi to talk about
