Commentary
Perspectives
Toxic chemicals we consume without knowing it
“A grossly underappreciated driver in what ails us is the role of environmental toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals.”
Commentary
Physicians and clinicians should be required to get flu shots: Ethicist
“I think flu vaccination is something that has already been shown to be useful and important.”
Commentary
Postop RT: Meaningful survival improvement in N2 lung cancer
“When you have patients with N2 disease, after the completion of systemic therapies, think about the use of PORT and get the advice of a radiation...
Commentary
What’s new in brain health?
A new study shows that nonmedical treatment is effective in people with frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headache.
Perspectives
A doctor must go to extremes to save a choking victim
The restaurant served steak and salmon, and this woman made the mistake of ordering the steak.
Commentary
Local therapies show promise for metastatic lung cancer
Local therapy for colorectal cancer with limited liver-only metastases is now established as a path to potentially excellent long-term survival....
News
Could ChatGPT write this column?
I asked ChatGPT to write an article about itself in the style of Christopher Hitchens. It was nothing like his incisive and eloquent prose, but it...
Commentary
Joint effort: CBD not just innocent bystander in weed
‘I visited a legal cannabis dispensary in Massachusetts a few years ago, mostly to see what the hype was about.’
Commentary
The 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is increasing
‘Research is making a difference. And we’re making progress against cancer in general,’ says expert.
Commentary
The X-waiver is dead
When Erin Schanning lost her brother to an overdose, she wanted to know what could have been done to have helped him.