I am not willing to count out the 41-year-old Brady to win his sixth Super Bowl ring this Sunday. Why? Conditioning, experience and, above all, mind over matter.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Kamala Harris' 'Medicare-for-All' plan plagued with problems, bad for patients
The ‘Medicare-for-All” plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris would cost trillions of dollars and cause many problems for patients and doctors.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: It’s time to end the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela — Maduro needs to removed from power
President Trump announced this week that he is officially recognizing the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the interim president of Venezuela. This move is an extremely important shift in U.S. policy that could lead to man…
{FD} Dr. Siegel: Alzheimer’s disease — Why results from a vaccine and a test offer concrete reasons for hope
A blood test that could potentially detect Alzheimer’s disease, and a vaccine that might be able to treat it, are promising developments.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: I visited a national park during the government shutdown. Here’s what happened
I was apprehensive and wondered if I might encounter anything from sewage to a wandering grizzly bear.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Miracles await — 2019 will be a year of amazing strides in medical innovation
Remember when Dr. McCoy on “Star Trek” was able to make diagnoses with a tricorder and perform brain surgery by simply putting a futuristic band around a patient’s head? That kind of medicine seemed like pure fantasy at the time.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Prevent needless deaths – Get vaccinated for all these reasons
Get a flu shot and other vaccinations to protect yourself and others from illnesses that can kill some people.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Justice Ginsburg overcomes cancer … and critics
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 85 years old, fell and fractured three ribs back in November.
{FD} Dr. Siegel: Vaping among teens is skyrocketing — We must do more to address this epidemic
Beyond regulating and worrying, what else can be done to address the rising rate of vaping among America’s youth?
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: ObamaCare is here for now, but needs to become more effective to survive
Despite a court ruling that said ObamaCare is unconstitutional, the law remains in effect while the decision is appealed.
{FD} Dr. Siegel: Screen time is doing serious harm to our teens
Research is showing that America’s adolescents are suffering from all of the time they are spending looking at screens.
{FD} Dr. Siegel: A cancer mystery — what caused it and what powerful tools are fighting it
Four women are all suffering from ocular melanoma, and all attended Auburn University in the early 1990s. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel on the Presidents Bush: There is only one now, but the legacy of the father lives on
Back in 2012, when I first told people I was going to Texas to ride mountain bikes with the wounded war fighters and President Bush, I frequently encountered the reply “Which President Bush?”
{FD} Dr. Siegel: The surprising reasons life expectancy is down, and the reasons I’m hopeful it will rise again
Drug overdose and suicide are driving down life expectancy in America. But steps are being taken to reverse this disturbing trend.
{FD} Dr. Siegel: Why the mysterious condition AFM is making every parent worry
All parents want to keep their kids out of harm’s way. But we still don’t know what’s causing Acute Flaccid Myelitis. And so we can’t help but worry.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Why is the FDA approving a powerful new synthetic opioid in the midst of a crisis? Here’s why
The drug serves a potentially important medical niche providing an alternative for rapid pain relief in austere settings like the battlefield.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Dementia — what you need to know
Up to 40 percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease suffer from significant depression. And depression can be treated.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Mystery muscle-weakening disease is frightening, but here’s why we shouldn’t fear it
A muscle-weakening disease striking children is extremely rare and children have almost no chance of getting it.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: The lurking health risks of Florence
As Tropical Storm Florence abates, millions of people remain at medical risk.
{FD} Dr. Marc Siegel: Free tuition at medical schools can improve health care
I’ve seen a lot of smiles and innumerable nods of appreciation coming from members of the incoming freshman class at the New York University School of Medicine after they learned they wouldn’t be charged tuition.