Last week a patient dying from C. difficile, a bacterium that strikes in the intestines, was cured by receiving a stool transplant from a healthy donor. No antibiotic had helped her and her native imm

As we debate health care reform, keep in mind two points: One, fixing the fundamental problem with health care is seldom addressed. Instead, we continue to argue about how to finance a broken system.

You need to see this movie or read the book. Get a box of Kleenex. I am surrounded by animals at my house. They teach me a lot, mostly to be still, love more and speak less. I wish the same for you. R

I have been warning people about indiscriminate hormone therapy my whole career. They are not the Fountain of Youth. This does not mean they should never be used. If the proper test signals a problem,

 

Let’s get the guys out of the way first: It does happen to guys, too; and it is more likely to be fatal in men. The same factors behind breast cancer affect men’s prostates. If it happens to a woman c