Cold and Flu Season is here, and there’s a few things to do to make it less miserable. Photo: Master1035 Freepik How to Beat the Common Cold Achoo! Got a cold? You’re not alone. Your eyes may be the window to your soul but your nose is a door to the rest of your... News 06 Jan 2023 | 02:39
Telemedicine has become everyday normal for patients since COVID. Happy New (Medical) Year Track the history of medicine from leeches to MRNA vaccines, and you will find yourself on a steadily inventive path that... News 29 Dec 2022 | 10:33
Alan Alda as Hawkeye and Jamie Farr as Klinger in “M.A.S.H.” Photo: CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Pleasing Prescriptions Are you a serious M*A*S*H fan? If so, you’re likely to remember either the live or repeatedly re-run Season 6 Episode 25... News 16 Dec 2022 | 03:02
Image by prostooleh on Freepik Faithful Friends When is Fido more than a friend? According to the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), when he’s working to “perform... News 02 Dec 2022 | 03:16
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine administered at NYU Langone Health in Manhattan, December 14, 2020. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The COVID Scoreboard What a difference three years make. On January 21, 2019, when the first U.S. case of COVID 19 was confirmed, we knew literally... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:37
Keeping Candles on the Cake Happy Birthday. It took a whole lot of work and time to get here but now that you or your partner, friend, sister, brother,... News 02 Oct 2022 | 09:26
A post-Paxlovid positive home test. Photo: Michael Oreskes COVID Times Two Here’s the story: You catch COVID, or, more accurately, COVID catches you. Luckily, it’s happening now rather than two years... News 26 Aug 2022 | 08:56
Maintaining Mental Muscles No question: Working out builds biceps. Will it also build muscles in the brain? Or more precisely, enhance the connections... News 12 Aug 2022 | 12:39
Men at the protest at Foley Square on May 3. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Men and Abortion When it comes to choice, where are the men? If you believe what you’re likely to read, they’re over there on the other side,... News 20 May 2022 | 10:09
A prescription for yogurt. Meet Your Microbiome Remember the last time your doctor prescribed an antibiotic? Chances are a prescription for yogurt came right along with... News 22 Apr 2022 | 02:08
What Color is Your Memory? You know those thoughts that come from time to time, making you smile as you remember? The Greeks had a word for it, νημονικός... News 10 Apr 2022 | 11:07
Citi Bike racks in front of The Seafire Grill on East 48th Street. Photo courtesy of The Seafire Grill Letters to the Editor BIKE RACKS AND RESTAURANTS As of the issues of March 31 - April 6, you have now covered two disturbing aspects of Open Dining:... News 05 Apr 2022 | 09:58
Dr. Gunda Georg of the Department of Medical Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. Photo via University of Minnesota website The Male Pill In the 62 years since The Pill appeared, it has been a resounding success at giving women a way to control fertility. By... News 25 Mar 2022 | 02:25
Living Safe and Well Alone Live alone? You’re not alone. Several recent surveys show that almost half of all Manhattan tenants are singletons. It’s... News 18 Mar 2022 | 12:06
Bonding With Babies It’s a fairly well-known view that it may take two to make a baby, but once the deed is done and delivered, one of the pair... News 04 Mar 2022 | 03:16
