Is Medicine A Business or a Profession? This is a question most doctors grapple with at some point in their lives. Most will want to argue the latter. Seasoned physicians may concede the former. All will wish...

Today is Leap Day February 29 when scientists compensate for the fact that there are really 365 and 1/4 days in the year. That means it takes the earth that long to make a circle around the...

  The Politics of American Health Care: What Is It Costing You? The health care crisis is upon us. In response to soaring costs, a jumbled patchwork of insurance programs, and critical problems in delivering medical care,...

In the debate on health care, many Americans cite Quality-of-Life issues as being an important yardstick. Few people I have spoken to express a desire to live on after the quality of their life has gone. Many...

“All would live long, but none would be old,” observed Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. At a time when men lived an average of 41 years, Franklin lived to be 84. “I am in the prime of senility,”...