Medicine

Recent advances in research and therapeutics are creating exciting possibilities: the ability to grow new organs for transplant; the potential to reverse autism through behavior therapy; or even the once inconceivable—the editing of the human genome to treat diseases caused by a genetic mutation. Yet many medical mysteries remain. Where else might we turn for Read more

  It felt good to be back on Indian soil, the place where I first entered this world.  The Indian air was thick and hot, cars and motorbikes honked in the background. As I exited the auto-rickshaw and entered the hospital, I noticed the enormous line of patients waiting to be seen in the diabetes Read more

I’ve been a night owl since college, and that sleep pattern continued into my medical school years. My most productive study times were between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. I would routinely miss early morning classes, knowing that transcripts were available. Pulling an all-nighter to cram for exams was not beneath me, either. Those habits Read more

The January 2013 release of the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer shows that the incidence of cancer over all is down slightly, but the report details a troubling spike in HPV-related oral cancers. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is the most common sexually transmitted virus, infecting more than half of all those Read more

Experts in public health use the apt phrase “silent killer” to refer to hypertension, or high blood pressure, because there are often no symptoms of this dangerous condition that affects millions globally. High blood pressure is a slow killer, wreaking havoc on the body with acute manifestations such as stroke and heart failure—which present many Read more