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Patient records are unruly; they consist of numbers, images, and text. Electronic health records (EHR) are more frequently digital “Xerox” versions of the patient chart’s you’d associate with the kindly physicians depicted by Norman Rockwell.

Lovers of escargot, you have company. Newly-discovered company. But they eat a bit differently than you do.

The Gray Lady has gotten raunchy in her old age.

There's no nice way to put this. Academia is in the midst of self-destructing, not just in the United States but worldwide.

Light – both in its abundance and absence – is a crucial determinant in a person's ability to sleep.

In case anyone still had any lingering reservations about Dr. Oz's quack status, he removed all doubt in his recent endorsement of astrology.

In our postmodern society -- where truth is relative, "fake news" is prevalent, and scientific facts are just an opinion -- it shouldn't come as a surprise that modern medicine is facing a backlash.

How can we get more parents to vaccinate their children? That is one of the questions that keep me and others in the pro-science community awake at night. 

OK, time for a pop quiz based upon reading Access Imperative by McKinsey and Company.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released their preliminary report on the fatal crash of an autonomous Uber car and pedestrian in A