Have you ever heard of pancake syndrome? No, it鈥檚 not the medicalization of having breakfast for dinner, nor is it a skin rash reminiscent of those delicious flat cakes. It鈥檚 a severe allergic...
鈥淣ot everything that can be counted, counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.鈥 That quote is commonly attributed to Einstein although there is no evidence he ever said it. Even if he...
Do you know your best friend鈥檚 phone number? In the 1990s, I had my best friend鈥檚 phone number memorized, and I鈥檓 pretty sure I remembered it just now after thinking about it for a minute. But the...
Physicians today are unlikely to encounter 鈥淕ilder鈥檚 palsy.鈥 But prior to the 19th century this ailment had to be considered when a patient presented with tremors, irritability, increased...
鈥淎 spoonful of sucrose helps the medicine go down,鈥 as Mary Poppins told us. But she neglected to say that it also increases our risk of cardiovascular disease. Actually, Mary didn鈥檛 say sucrose,...