From one of America's top physicians, a "riveting," "fascinating," and "timely" (Nature) history of risk in medicine? Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no…

An acclaimed medical expert and patient advocate offers an eye-opening look at many common and widely used medical interventions that have been shown to be far more harmful than helpful…

One of America’s top physicians traces the history of risk in medicine–with powerful lessons for today Every medical decision–whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery–is a risk, no matter…

Is lowering your temperature when you have a fever helpful? Do you really need to finish every course of antibiotics? Or could some of the treatments you think are healing…

Science doesn’t speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and naive in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights…

Bacterial infections are becoming progressively resistant to the only medicines that can treat them–antibiotics. This resistance is quickly developing because antibiotics are over-prescribed, particularly to children, who account for more…