I had my first personal encounter with death when I was a third-year medical student. At that time, as a way of processing my thoughts, I wrote an essay that was published in The New Physician (Anbar, ...

Most of the memorable lessons I learned at college occurred outside of its academic environment. Make the Best of Your Circumstances On the same day I was accepted as a freshman at UC San Diego in ...

I am terrified of flying and have been since I was a teenager. The terror starts during taxi and take off, and my fear escalates as we are climbing. Add any bumps or ...

Look into my eyes. You’re getting sleepy. You don’t feel hungry. If only losing weight could be that simple. Well, it may be. Surgery-free weight loss may all be in the power of your mind. It’s a ...

STANFORD, Calif. - It was no way for an 11-year-old to live. For a month the boy had endured daily episodes of uncontrollable jerking and foaming at the mouth, and his physicians at Lucile Packard ...