Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, had the darndest time convincing others that type 2 diabetes wasn't caused by a lack of …
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“Are we there yet?” Exploring the promise, and the hype, of longevity research
The days are getting longer, and it's no longer dark outside when I drop my teenager at school for her early-bird class. I appreciate the …
Why physicians should pay attention to web reviews
While some doctors have criticized Web sites where patients can rate medical practitioners as unethical and defamatory, Milwaukee psychiatrist Shaili Jain, MD, argues that physicians …
Group sessions shown to help women maintain healthy pregnancy weight
More than 50 percent of pregnant women, myself included, gain more weight than the recommended national guidelines. Personally, I had grand ambitions of maintaining my pre-pregnancy …
Voodoo doll?
Year: 1983 Setting: Branch of the St Francis hospital in Lagos, Nigeria Position: Private general practitioner The air conditioner roars and rattles, and the waiting …
Bye, bye BPA baby bottles
As Amy Graff over at Mommy Files recently reported, the six largest manufacturers of baby bottles have voluntarily agreed to stop using bisphenol A, an …
A Memorial Day break
We’re off today in honor of Memorial Day. Scope will resume publication tomorrow. Photo by Vjeran Pavic
Dwindling fertility gives birth to higher sex drive in women
For some of us entering our late twenties and early thirties, the missed milestones are piling up. Marriage? House? Kids? Nope. And yet the clock …
Better tumor-imaging contrast agent: the surgical equivalent of “cut along dotted line”?
It would be tough for most people to take a snubbed-nose scissors to an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of blank paper and carve out a …
Drooling over Open Lab 2010
I have to confess, I'm a little distracted today by the release of Open Lab 2010. The book is an anthology of some of the …
How efficient should medicine be in the business sense?
Marya Zilberberg, MD, wonders on KevinMD about how efficient medicine should be: ...I worry that in our traditional American single-minded zeal we will go overboard …
Science vs. religion at the NIH?
As a church-going scientist-turned-writer, I was on the fence about the recent nomination of geneticist Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health. There's …
Investigating the role of inflammation in pulmonary hypertension: An update
Back in 2013, I wrote a blog post that has received more comments and requests for updates than any other story I’ve written. The piece highlighted …
Rare African genes might reduce risks to pregnant women and their infants
When Hugo Hilton began working at Stanford as a young researcher several years ago, his supervisor set him to work on a minor problem so …
Deceased athletes' brains reveal the effects of head injuries
Much has been in the news today about the harmful effects of head injuries among professional football players. If you're at all interested in the …
Picasso helps fund medical research
Those of you who doubt that art and science can coexist in harmony should think again. According to this Nature News blog, an anonymous donor …