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Record Numbers of Californians Die From COVID-19, Surgeon General Promotes Yoga and Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences

When evidence faces off against the power of celebrity status and charisma, the evidence is left lying face down in the street. That becomes particularly important to take into account during a pandemic in which people are dying from misinformation.

Death Is Not A Failure

In my conversation with Dr. Elaine Chen of Rush University Medical Center, who is both an Intensive Care and Palliative Care physician, I asked...

Brain Organoids: Promise, Limits, and What Comes Next

Brain organoids, sometimes called “mini-brains,” are three-dimensional clusters of human brain cells grown in labs from pluripotent stem cells. These stem cells can become many types of cells and...

Has Therapeutic Touch Lost Its Way in Medicine? Or Is It Lawsuits?

Touch has become a subject of lawsuits and medical interventions. The MeToo movement pulled touch into an unexpected, negative spotlight in our culture.