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New Year's lists abound on how to have a better, more productive, happier 2018. Almost without fail, "get more sleep" is somewhere on the list. 

We may sound like a broken record when it comes to flu season, but, the number and severity of the tragic stories emerging about the flu this season are a reason for concern. 

The Finnish people live a bit longer than those of us in the United States. While the reasons are multifactorial, a study in the Journal of Human Hypertension [1] wants to give some credit to the cardiovascular benefits of – the sauna.

An observable trend in pediatrics, during my tenure practicing in New York City, was the consistent truncating of pediatric divisions and services.

CNN's Jake Tapper revealed the following about former Governor Mitt Romney:

The Cleveland Clinic is held in extremely high regard. If there was an Ivy League of hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic would be in it. At about this time last year, however, the scientific community's faith in the Cleveland Clinic was shaken.

If bats had a recurring nightmare, white-nose syndrome (WNS) is it.

The Annals of Internal Medicine produced a hat-trick of material on screening for lung cancer, a study, a letter, and editorial. What is the big interest?

Tinnitus, a humming or ringing sound you hear when no sound is actually present is a clinical condition that affects about 15% of the US population. It is the most common service-connected disability of our veterans.

I ran across two articles this morning, which I need to share in part because they are profoundly troubling to me.