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After getting a mammogram callback about a dense area in my right breast I was urged by my doctor to get more tests ASAP. I decided to wait...

Peter Ubel’s article in Forbes, “Has Mammography Created an Epidemic of Pseudo-Survivorship?” makes for painful reading. By recounting th...

This year, my annual physical was scheduled for late July. I always get the regular blood tests done a few weeks ahead so my doctor and I ca...

When it comes to providing clear explanations of complex medical and health-related issues, there is no one better than Aaron Carroll. As a...

A friend of mine, now in his eighties, had been unhappy with his distance vision for several years. Each year or so he had his eyes tested ...

Prato della Valle is a huge open space at the edge of the old part of Padua. Once the site of a Roman theater and of Renaissance jousting ...