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The Boogyman, a vestige of many childhoods, was an amorphous monster. And while his outline was unclear, his purpose wasn’t; it was to frighten kids into obedience.

A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, from the University of Chicago presents a cost an

There are so many scientific journals nowadays, it is understandably challenging for the untrained eye to be able to discern the good ones from the bad ones. Heck, sometimes it's hard for the well trained eye.

The value of computer-driven medical devices in capturing data is ubiquitous, but the real power of these systems will and do come from how recommendations that support the decision making of physicians and patients.

Today, surgery and anesthesia go hand in hand. For many medical procedures, being both unresponsive and unconscious is a luxury that did not always exist.

I met a friend at a coffee shop in Seattle today. We covered a lot of ground in the short time we had together -- politics, the state of our nation, the state of our city.

A story of misconduct surrounding a paper published last year in Science has been unraveling for over a year.&n

One of the predictable consequences of our tribalistic, hyperpartisan society is a collapse in basic decency.

I have lived in Manhattan for five years.

The ability to extract DNA from cells is a cornerstone of molecular biology. Without the ability to isolate pure DNA, there is no ability to sequence, clone or manipulate that DNA.