A couple of loyal readers emailed me to ask what death by “natural causes” means. In the last three weeks
A Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is sometimes referred to as a “mini stroke” or a “warning sign” of an impending
Sharron Thornton, a 60-year-old grandmother who lost sight in both eyes 9 years ago due to a rare corneal disease,
A loyal reader asked me to write a Medical Minute about Tonsiloliths, aka tonsil stones, also called tonsil calculus, pebbles,
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According to an inside source, incarcerated rapper T.I., real name Clifford Harris Jr., is not among those inmates sickened by
Past medical studies comparing skin cancer rates among Caucasians and blacks have shown that cases among whites were proportionately higher
On Monday Barack Obama made another in a series of embarrassing goofs by suggesting that the swine flu pandemic was
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Loyal reader Beverly Garrett is a friend in my head — as Wendy Williams would say. Bev emailed me today