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If you sequence her child’s genome, there is a chance you’ll have good news to report, but there is a chance that the mother’s fears will be realized, and that knowledge could alter both their lives in inconceivable ways.

In today’s world, doctors order X-rays to diagnose all sorts of problems: a broken bone, pneumonia, heart failure, and much, much more. Mammography, the standard screening method for breast cancer, uses X-rays. We barely think about it, it’s so ubiquitous. But not so long ago, a broken bone, a tumor, or a swallowed object could not be found without cutting a person open.

Temporary, endoscopically placed device helps patients feel full without surgery.

Leonardo Da Vinci: a Renaissance Man amongst renaissance men. We remember him for the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and…the thyroid?

CABG better than Interventional Procedures for Patients with Diabetes

It was a mystery even Albert Einstein couldn’t solve.

Just six days shy of his 55th birthday, John Ritter—the Emmy-award winning sitcom star—wasn’t feeling quite right.

If you’ve ever had manicure in New York City, you’re probably aware of the ubiquity of the New York City nail salon. There are about 17,000 of them across all five boroughs. Customers can get pampered for $10 yet few consider about what goes on behind the scenes to make that experience possible. The reality isn’t pretty.