Disease

We are currently undergoing an explosive outbreak of Cyclospora, a curious little critter that causes diarrhea. Scientists know almost nothing about it.

Have you ever wondered why mosquito-transmitted infections were responsible for shutting down the first attempt to build the Panama Canal (rampant yellow fever) or are able to kill hundreds of thousands of children (malaria) each year in Afri

This week, the General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting in New York.

Precision medicine, the promise of highly targeted, customized care is so alluring, but much of its hope and attraction is lost in the translation from science to practical care.

Caravaggio (1571-1610) was an artist who famously painted various biblical scenes, some of which were quite violent.

It's every sports fan's worst nightmare: Your favorite player suffered a torn ACL and is out for the season.

Cancer remains a frightening diagnosis. But for a growing number of cancers, we feel comfortable talking about remission or long-term survival; it is not the automatic death sentence of 30 or 40 years ago.

The British tabloids are running wild with the story of a 20-year-old woman who had her thumb amputated because of a rare form of cancer. The cause, we are told, was her incessant nail-biting.

Plasma surrounds the white and red blood cells accounting for slightly more than half of your total blood volume. It is the home of the “secretome,” a host of proteins that serve as inter-cell communicators.

Nothing controls our blood sugar as well as the pancreas, that should be no surprise.