Patients with this rare genetic disease cannot be exposed to sunlight or they will quickly develop skin cancer.
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An Interview With Seth Mnookin, Author of The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Reporter Seth Mnookin wades through myth, hype, and science history to shoot down the vaccine-autism myth.
Read More »Society of Actuaries: Medical Errors not Litigation Cost U.S. Economy Billions
Cost of medical malpractice litigation only a quarter of the total cost of medical errors.
Read More »Book Review: The Kitchen Shrink by Dora Calott Wang M.D.
A personal and deeply moving account of a doctor’s life and her insights into the troubled American health care system.
Read More »An Interview with Musician/Storyteller Michael Heralda of the “Aztec Stories” Project
Ancestral wisdom for a modern world.
Read More »Music Review: Engineers – Three Fact Fader
Like a transcendental joyride without the Maharishi, or falling down the rabbit hole without the drugs.
Read More »House, M.D.: Looking Back at Season Five
No one could have prevented Kutner's suicide, but should his colleagues have seen House's crash coming?
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