Dr. Perry Hookman

The FDA sent out a nationwide announcement about "the potential side effects of osteoporosis drugs like Fosamax [alendronate]." t...

10 Tips on Dietary Fiber 1. Keep in mind that a high-fiber diet may tend to improve: • Chronic constipation • Coronary heart disease • Hemor...

At hospitals, gastric distress is a part of the holiday tradition." Indeed, "in the early hours of Thanksgiving...emergency rooms ...

"DNA examination of four cigarette brands shows, for the first time, that cigarettes are 'widely contaminated' with hundreds of...

Sharing a hospital room increases your risk of picking up an infection during your stay, a new study shows." The work, by researchers f...

Tom Baker, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, is the author of “The Medical Malpractice Myth. Says that our medical l...

If you’re a mouse using a cell phone you’ve got it made. In mice prone to an animal form of Alzheimer's disease, long-term exposure to e...

Under the American Medical Association Code of Ethics, physicians have an ethical obligation to advise a patient when they commit consequent...

For patients with both coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes, outcomes are similar regardless of whether revascularization or medical ...

Approximately 100,000 people per year die from medical errors caused by doctors alone. According to Dr. RJ Roberts of the University of Wisc...

THE SIX QUESTIONS: A GUIDE TO JUDGING FAVORABLY As Jews approach the High Holy days it is useful to remember that the Torah teaches that, wh...

Cellphones release microwave radiation when they're in use, a fact that inevitably leads to fears of brain cancer. Chris Woolston writes...

The agency advises consumers to discontinue use of these supplements and then to consult their healthcare provider. Bumex carries a Boxed Wa...

Nearly 30 weight loss products sold over the internet and in retail stores are tainted with undeclared, active pharmaceuticals or chemicals,...

The risk for death after AF ablation is 1 in 1000 patients or 1 in 1385 procedures. Catheter ablation is an accepted procedure for patients ...