Smart or Misguided? The Proactive Doctor
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For doctors, searching out disease before it appears can also carry risks.
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Well-designed studies suggest several ways to improve the brainâs viability.
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Doctors and public health officials must weigh the benefits of knowledge against the risk of alarm.
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Neurologists urge caution upon reports of a successful therapy.
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"RealAge" Dr. Michael F. Roizen has a lot of tools to spread his gospel of healthy living: best-selling books, radio call-in shows, regular TV appearances and, perhaps, his own energy and enthusiasm.
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Review Can it appeal to novice and pro alike?
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Feel like going to the doctor is a waste of time? With a little preparation, your next doctorâs visit can be a lot more productive.
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Genetic tests may soon help doctors find the best treatment for each individual.
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When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately.
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Learning through tests that oneâs defibrillator has a faulty lead can create agonizing decisions for patients and doctors.
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Those who use the Internet to research their own chronic diseases often wind up in worse condition than if they had heeded a doctor&#39;s advice.
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Sometimes really smart people say really dumb things. Here's a case in point.
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Fast company It&#146;s a familiar tension in business. Business people think designers are mere stylists; designers think business people are Neanderthals who forfeit quality for profit. That&#146;s because traditional business runs on logic that is inductive (using observation to prove something works) and deductive (using principles to prove that something must be). But designers rely on abductive reasoning. Huh? It&#146;s ...
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Every day, in hospitals all over the country, biology clashes with medicine. Biology demands sleep; medicine dictates long hours without it.
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It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.
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Or are the techies the smartest of us all? Also in this week's column:â¦
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Sometimes it takes one doctor's persistence to help a desperate patient find relief.