Moore Lowdown
Time for Plain Talk about Particulate Matter
Might the result of one particle—or a dozen, or a hundred—be negligible in relation to human health? Sure. But put enough particles out there, and things change
Celebrity Health
Be the Match, Save a Life
Patients from mixed or non-Caucasian backgrounds will not get the life-saving bone marrow transplants they need because there is probably no match for them in the donor registries. Are you the match?
Moore Lowdown
PulsePoint: An App with Lifesaving Potential
Got cardiac arrest? There's an app for that, and it's called PulsePoint. With any luck it's coming to a town near you. And it just might save your life—or help you save someone else's
Moore Lowdown
Organ Donation Compensation: A Simple Solution or Inevitable Inequity?
No doubt allowing people to sell their organs would increase the supply for those awaiting transplants. But would the societal benefits of such a move be offset by a further widening of the gap between the rich and poor?
Best Medicine
Prostate Cancer Part Deux, Here I Go Again
When all is said and done and the experiences I have had over the last little while have become just another hot flash in my memory, I want cancer to be only a footnote in my life story as opposed to a chapter heading
Celebrity Health
Here's to a Hangover-Free New Year
Bringing in the New Year with a hangover doesn't have to be an annual event. So what do celebrities do when they want to indulge, but showing up looking like Frankenstein is not a good idea?
Celebrity Health
Lower Your Expectations
Holidays...the “most wonderful time of the year," we all know that's a joke because it's actually the most stressful time of the year. Maybe it's because every year we go into them with unrealistic expectations
Celebrity Health
Have you ever met a Vampire? Are you sure?
When it comes to vampires, most people think of the classic Hollywood image of the suave Transylvanian Count, or if you’re 14 you think of the sparkly Cullen family, right?
Celebrity Health
Halloween...Who’s Tricking Who?
We know that candy isn’t exactly good for us, but have you ever thought about what eating so much of it does to a child’s small body - Stacy Matson
Dr. X
Who on Earth Would Have Thought
Once in a while when Dr X has been at sea too long he has been known to suffer from flashbacks, although some insist they may be hallucinations from all those past night shifts. This incident happened toward the end of his career
