There have been a few of  articles appearing over the last week or so that support the claim that walking helps combat certain cravings – in particular, smoking and food addictions. Aside from the obvious distraction …

How can  you tell if you need antibiotics to treat that upper respiratory infection that’s causing you to feel so miserable – and when should you go to see your provider?
In the otherwise healthy adult, …

Although plantar fasciitis affects adults of any age, it occurs twice as often in women than men and in overweight/obese people. It can also frequently occur in athletes, especially runners. It is characterized by sharp heel pain that occurs with …

Ganglion cysts are small, rubbery fluid filled sacs that can appear on the wrist (80%) or fingers (12%). They are essentially outpouchings of a ligament, tendon or bursae. They can occur spontaneously or can occur …

Singultus, more commonly known as hiccups, is largely a benign, self-limiting process that all of us have experienced. The word comes from the Latin singult, which means “the act of catching one’s breath while sobbing”.  It is …

When the phone call came from the radiologist about my patient, Edie, early on Wednesday morning, I wasn’t surprised. The day before, I had palpated her abdomen which had felt thick and spongy – the …

From NEW SCIENTIST
Years ago I was startled when an old family member confided in me that she believed that there really existed a cancer cure and that the government was hiding this fact- for what …

Last week I attended a conference in primary care, internal medicine, sponsored by Harvard Medical School. I attended many interesting lectures one of which was given by Sadia Haider, MD who is an instructor in …

Medical researchers from the University of Columbia in Vancouver, Canada have called for the halt of codeine use in infants and children. Citing the different rates of metabolism in the body that has led to …

According to Dr. Abraham Verghese, the senior associate chairman for the theory and practice of medicine at Stanford Univerity, today’s physicians are woefully inadequate in their ability to diagnose by touching, looking and listening and his goal …