The Speed of Time in Health and Disease
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My father was an economist who came up with a formula for pricing derivatives called the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. He was interested
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Thinking About Side Effects
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I have been thinking a lot about how we characterize the side effects of drugs. Truth be told, that is a topic
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Atomic Imprint: A Legacy of Chronic Illness
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In a sense, my complicated health history began a decade before I was born. In 1951, on a chilly pre-dawn morning in
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Childbirth in America
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I recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on February 14, 2020. He is my second child, but this pregnancy and
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Are Some Foods Addictive?
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What is Addiction?When we hear the word addiction, what comes to mind are things like illicit drugs, nicotine, alcohol, or behaviors that
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What Is Thiamine to Energy Metabolism?
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What Is Energy?Energy is an invisible force. The aggregate of energy in any physical system is a constant quantity, transformable in countless
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