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World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to …

The Top 8 Respiratory Illnesses and Diseases

Respiratory illnesses are a common problem in the United States. Learn about the most common types and the leading cause of respiratory diseases.

Top 15 Anti-Inflammatory Foods

In an anti-inflammatory diet, we primarily move away from the overly processed, unbalanced diets of the West and toward the ancient eating patterns.

Why this physician stopped prescribing birth control

With my scribbled signature I dissolved the boundary that nature had given her to own and protect her own body.

How to Avoid Botched and Overdone Procedures

Robert Pearl, MD on doctors and the 5 stages of grief [PODCAST]

Robert Pearl is a plastic surgeon and author of Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients. He can be reached on Twitter @RobertPearlMD.He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "Doctors and the 5 stages of grief."

Rhodes Scholar’s Mother Helped Him With Autism Breakthrough

About 50,000 children diagnosed with autism turn 18 every year and about one-third of them enter college. Now one, Jory Fleming, is a Rhodes Scholar.

When I Fell in Love With Family Medicine

This is a finalist in the 2015 STFM Blog Competition. When I decided to pursue a career in medicine I knew that I wanted to go into primary care. Primary care physicians were the individuals that …

Richard Rhodes: Master Stonemason Turns Sculptor

Master stonemason Richard Rhodes branches out into fine-art sculpture.

We're All Becoming Robert Kraft, But We Just Don't Realize It

So, do you think Robert Kraft did anything wrong at that massage parlor?

4 things every parent should know about MD Anderson

The MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Center may be the best-kept secret in Houston, but Jennifer Robinson is out to change that. Her daughter Elise was treated there for osteosarcoma in 2014, and that’s when she learned what sets MD Anderson apart.

'All the old gods are long gone. But still..." An interview with Robert Plant

Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin, his solo career and more...

Readers Write: How to Sell to MD Anderson