Lourdes save me!: "Hankering after the lie"

E mile Zola's emotionally powerful book, Lourdes , published in 1894, is a poignantly detailed account of people suffering from severe d...

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Heart disease - the 7.5% solution?

S tatins are in the news again, and not just because of the new PCSK9-based drugs, at least one of which is likely to be approved by the FDA...

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What do Earthquakes Have to do with Thyroid Masses?

I'm not sure what is going on within the Italian Court system, but in October 2012, the Italian Court convicted 7 scientists to jail te...

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Has Evidence-Based Medicine Gone Too Far?

Although there is no question that evidence-based medicine is a very important development in the evolution towards higher quality healthcar...

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Making Twitter Work for a Specialty Medical Practice (Like ENT)

I've been asked by a few ENT colleagues how I got Twitter to work for my practice and how in the world I managed to get more than a few...

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The Amazing Story of Holly Dunsworth and her Osteopathic Doctor

Recently I read a fascinating article on The Huffington Post called, “ The Amazing Story of Charles Darwin and his Homeopathic Doctor .” Quo...

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