Chronic hoarseness, throat clearing, and other vocal behaviors don't always signal reflux disease. Think habituation, says Dr David Johnson, and help the patient learn to break the harmful cycle.
Dr Mark Kris recognizes the achievements of the dedicated group of researchers who developed antiemetics, helping to overcome one of the most feared side effects of cancer treatment.
Henry Black and George Lundberg on combating the misinformation in consumer medical news, the ethics of the physician as entertainer, and other ills that plague medical reporting.
Indiana's new 'right to try' law, which allows terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs for compassionate use, offers nothing, but potential harm, says Dr Kathy Miller.
Dr David Kerr reports on a compelling epidemiologic study of lifetime risk for cancer in the United Kingdom demonstrating that for many adults, there is now a 1 in 2 chance of getting cancer.