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Appreciation for Brian Wansink, Run Amok

I love Brian Wansink and so was delighted to see his work celebrated quite prominently this past week. That is, I was delighted up to a point.When I say I love Brian, I mean it quite genuinely, and both personally and professionally. Personally, we are friends. Brian could well have inspired the lyrics of “for he’s a jolly good fellow.” A good…

Top 5 Reasons to Celebrate Obamacare's 5th Anniversary

Doctors in white coats marched in the rain from Freedom Plaza near the White House to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2010 to show support for health reform and to ask the Senate to do likewise. I was one of those doctors, drenched but undeterred. We represented thousands of health care providers in organizations like the National…

Uncommon form of heart attack likely runs in family: study

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) – Although oncologists increasingly distinguish breast, lung, and other cancers by their molecular drivers, cardiologists have lagged behind in efforts to do something similar for heart disease. A study published on Monday could help remedy that: Researchers have found evidence of a genetic basis for an enigmatic kind of heart attack that preferentially strikes young women. Just as breast cancers driven by one mutation