A Dose of Slow Medicine: Abigail Zuber, M.D., dicusses "slow medicine" — described as "a family-centered, less expensive" alternative to hospital-based, high-tech impersonal treatments. This approach is the focus of the new book "My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing ‘Slow Medicine,’ the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones," by Dennis McCullough, M.D. Study: [...]

by Liz Smith | bio Once upon a time, nobody knew what being "allergic" was.  Growing up I knew lots of folks who had what they called "hay fever" — well, hey, that would never happen to me. But of course it did. Now almost everybody knows they are allergic and some people even know [...]

by Ooi-Thye Chong The 14-day celebration of the Lunar Chinese New Year recently concluded. This year marks the Year of the Rat. I've lived in New York for 18 years, and I admit that with each New Year I feel increasingly nostalgic about my childhood in Malaysia. The Chinese New Year was always an exciting [...]

Barbara Seaman: A Remembrance: Jennifer Baumgardner writes about her friend Barbara Seaman, who died early this morning of lung cancer. The feminist author and women’s health activist was 72. Call for Change: Ellen Bravo writes at Women’s eNews about why she and other women’s rights activists are supporting Sen. Barack Obama. The Double Standard: "While [...]

by Alice R. Cathrall What visual information do we gather to pass through our days? I am studying art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia, and a significant amount of what we do is learn how to identify what about an object is important to communicate through our art. For instance, you [...]

by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio So it’s come to this: Real estate agents organizing bus tours for potential home buyers to visit foreclosed properties. The house-hunting-by-bus story is in the Boston Globe, but Massachusetts isn’t the only state where such desperate measures are underway. In fact, the Boston-area realtor got the idea from a "60 [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio I watched the 80th anniversary of the Academy Awards last night with hundreds of millions of viewers around the world. I loved the spectacle of beautiful women in their gowns and jewelry, and I can never get enough of Colin Farrell and George Clooney. My taste in men [...]

by Laura Sillerman | bio Oh, please. Don't try to tell us you wouldn't take the pen name of Diablo Cody or take a year off to experience the life of a stripper as Brook Busey-Hunt did on her way to gaining an Academy Award nomination for her screenplay of the acclaimed film, "Juno." All [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio The New York Times is at it again. First it was Sen. Barack Obama and front-page questions about his youthful drug use. Today it is Sen. John McCain, above the fold with rumors that eight years ago he may or may not have had a romantic relationship with [...]

by Robin Gerber | bio Students in Florida haven’t been doing well on national science exams. So, what’s a board of education to do? Why, pass a new curriculum that mandates the teaching of evolution (good, so far) but calls it "a scientific theory." Sort of like the "scientific theory" that the earth revolves around [...]