U.S. life expectancy declined in 2015 for the first time in more than two decades, according to a National Center for Health Statistic...

Recently, President-Elect Trump selected Rep. Tom Price, MD to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.   Suffice it to say,...

It is about time I cover a well-known parental nuisance known as head lice.   This is one of those time-honored childhood rites of passa...

My last story about a patient ended in sadness, so I am sharing one with a more uplifting outcome this week.   Two months into my priva...

“All men are created equal; endowed by their creator with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”   This is as powerf...

On November 8 th America elected a President who ran on the promise to restore government of the peop...

The world is not going to end.   We witnessed a revolution earlier this week.   The people have spoken and they chose the anti-esta...

As of Sept. 15, 85 children from 33 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have died due to infection with the flu during ...

Should patients fire their doctors if they suspect burnout?   In a recent PBS interview , Dr. Noseworthy suggested patients should “ch...