Don’t Become the Next Medical Error Statistic

Medical mess-ups are still the norm in most hospitals, despite all the attention being drawn to risky and preventable hospital-acquired infections and other needless medical center mistakes. Hospitals in general have not been able to effectively admit or implement proven strategies to cut such unnecessary risks, according to a new study published in the…

How People in Pain Can Revive Their Sex Lives

One of the most difficult things about chronic pain is the profound impact that it can have on your sex life. But if you think you are the only chronic pain sufferer with intimacy issues, think again. “It’s a silent epidemic,” says Clifford Gevirtz, MD, medical director of Somnia Pain Management in New Rochelle,…

HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Primitive medicine

In the long process of discovering which plants are edible, humans in the Stone Age also identify many which seem to cure ailments or soothe a fever.

Herbal medicine is the earliest scientific tradition in medical practice, and it remains an important part of medicine to this day – in a line descending directly from those distant beginnings. The…

How to Talk to a Doctor

It is not uncommon to feel lost in the haze and maze of having a conversation with your doctor or health care provider. It may feel like you have just landed in a foreign country without a clue to the language and culture. Like Alice falling through the looking glass, you may become overwhelmed and confused. Effective communication,…

Ben Carson Biography (1951-)

Neurosurgeon, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in 2008. Benjamin Solomon Carson was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 18, 1951. The second son on Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson, Ben grew up in the hardened climate of inner-city Detroit. Ben’s mother was raised in Tennessee in…