Ear wax, known as cerumen,  consists of dead cells mixed with glandular secretions containing lipids, peptides, fatty acids and alcohol.  The composition of the wax varies with ethnicity although the significance of this is largely …

Several times a year I get a patient who comes in for scabies. Generally, they have been in contact with someone and are concerned that they have contracted this little mite that burrows under the …

Patients sometimes forget if they have removed one of their contact lenses and worry if the lens has become lost somewhere in the eye. The eye is anchored in place and does not move around …

Scientists create a functioning heart using a heart “shell” and stem cells.

This article published in the NY Times shows that the reformulated version of OxyContin, which turns to pasty substance when altered, has prompted more people to turn to other, easier to get drugs of addiction …

In this image of heart cells in a mouse that has had a heart attack, some of the red cells are new cells generated to repair the heart attack damage.
Scientists discovered that mice who received …

Iron can be hard on the stomach and many patients complain of constipation or GI upset such as diarrhea or abdominal cramping when they take iron. Given all that you have to go through when …

It is less than a week since the tornado struck killing 4 people and causing significant tornado damage to Springfield, MA, my home town. It was my father’s 85 birthday and my mother had planned …

This article showcases some of the research currently being done at National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. It was published recently on the National Institutes of Health website.
Scientists funded in part by the National Institutes of Health …

          Bedbugs which are on the rise again in the U.S., are notoriously hard to kill largely because they are so hard to detect. They hide in crevices and cracks and unlike cockroaches, don’t respond …