Like most physicians, I’m a great believer in preventive medicine. Along with being strongly pro-vaccine, I also endorse colonoscopies to detect early cancers in the colon or rectum. Mixing my metaphors, I recently voted with my feet and came face to face with artificial intelligence ...
How many times have you experienced it at a crowded football game? Hoping to get a better view, the fans seated in front of you stand. Then, with your view blocked, you and others in your row stand tall. The upward wave continues. Very quickly, everyone is standing, getting weary, and no one ...
Body positivity has challenged the conventions of traditional healthcare, showcasing that body shape and size have little correlation with bodily health. Nevertheless, detractors of body positivity have persisted in their shaming language and behaviors, even suggesting that larger bodies are an ...
What happened to the kingmakers of journalism? They seem to have died in 2011 with David Broder of The Washington Post. In an age when columnists could still influence the flow of events, Broder stood out as much for what he wasn’t as for what he was. He wasn’t, for example, a flashy ...
The Department of Energy announced recently that it was planning to offer a low-cost federal loan of up to $9.2 billion to a joint venture between Ford Motor Co. and South Korea’s SK Innovation to build three electric vehicle (EV) battery factories in Tennessee and Kentucky, with the project ...
The Food and Drug Administration recently sent a flurry of warning letters targeting small retailers with unapproved vape products on their shelves. But the retailers — many mom-and-pop shops and locally owned convenience stores — say the problem is the FDA’s foot-dragging approach to ...