Disease

In plain language, “food is medicine” programs provide free, healthy food through clinical care to patients whose conditions may be affected by diet and who also struggle to afford enough food.

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. 

Today, we rank 50th in life expectancy globally and have increasingly diverged from our “high-income” country (HIC) peers. By any measure, we spend more on healthcare than any other wealthy nation.

The third season of The Pitt just concluded with episode 15, which may or may not have sucked, depending on your tolerance for gratuitous gore and screeching karaoke singers at the end [1].

For patients, alpha-gal syndrome can be startling. A tick bite in the summer can lead, months later, to hives, gastrointestinal distress, or even life-threatening anaphylaxis hours after eating a hamburger or steak.