Disease

Let’s start with the disclaimers. Most importantly, “excess” deaths, meaning a higher number than might be anticipated, are based on the assumption that the baseline death used to determine excess was accurate.

Not surprisingly, others have pondered this question as well.

Much of our data comes from the CDC, which collects state-wide data from “Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs), which are representatives of diverse

During the years of my medical career, when I treated patients (always in hospitals), I was one of those rushed doctors who focused on efficiently formulating and implementing diagnostic and treatment plans rather than on the patient’s emotional n

Where there’s smoke, is there fire?

There is little doubt that beauty is culturally constructed.

The study reported in the Open Forum of Infectious Diseases is based on data contained within the Innovative Support For Patients with SARS-Co-V-2 Infectious Regi

Most of our genes lie within the nucleus of our cells. Mutations in the DNA that constitutes our genome can be beneficial, neutral, or harmful. Through cellular repair and natural selection, harmful mutations tend to get weeded out.

We’ve all had that one doctor we really didn’t like, the one who didn’t listen, was brusque, and gave you what turned out to be bad advice, right? You know, the one whose bedside manner was somewhere between Don Rickles and Bill Maher.

The data comes from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health a study of adults 18 years or older, living in the community, based on in-person, but computer-aided structured interviews.