Disease

The old “Dr. Google” era has given way to a faster, louder medical marketplace: TikTok, Reddit, podcasts, and influencer-led telehealth.

In December 2023, the FDA approved the first two gene therapies with curative potential for sickle cell disease (SCD): Casgevy, which uses CRISPR to edit a patient’s own stem cells, and Lyfgenia, which uses a viral vector to deliver a functi

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Before answering that question, it helps to understand what cancer screening is meant to do—and why even good screening tests can create difficult trade-offs. Why earlier is not always simpler

In early 2025, I wrote about the dismantling of USAID and the impending resurgence of HIV as a result.

The New York Knicks have not won a championship since 1973, when Walt (Clyde) Frazier, arguably the greatest Knick ever, led them to a five-game obliteration of Wilt Chamberlain's LA Lakers. 

I am not one to consider a 1% shift in mortality particularly meaningful, but deaths in our middle years are rare, so a six-fold increase in premature deaths gets my attention.

America’s Favorite Stimulant Meets a Growing Fear

May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and while we have missed Melanoma Monday, the first Monday in May, it is not too late to talk about a cancer that has dramatically changed trajectory over the last decade.