

Health Dec 08

This minor genius of mirth lost his left eye at the age of 6.
By Dr. Howard Markel
Health Nov 07

None of her doctors knew what was causing her rare blood disorder. And given this was more than 50 years ago, the treatment options were rather limited.
By Dr. Howard Markel
Health Jan 21

Over the last century, the Lenin preservation laboratory has created a long list of measures that help patients.
By Dr. Howard Markel
Health Sep 14

The man best suited to operate on the president was a legendary surgeon with extensive experience in treating abdominal wounds. He, however, was in Niagara Falls. McKinley died on Sept. 14, 1901.
By Dr. Howard Markel
Aug 19

By Dr. Howard Markel
The turmoil of Groucho's last few years are all too familiar to adult children everywhere who are concerned with the welfare of their elderly parents and other relatives.
Jul 14

By Dr. Howard Markel
Huntington's disease -- which Guthrie inherited from his mother -- can lead to serious mood disorders, uncoordinated and involuntary body movements, balance problems, psychotic breaks, dementia and death.
Jun 21

By Dr. Howard Markel
A singer of remarkable power and range, Garland was one of the brightest stars. But she also suffered a lifetime of mental and physical health problems, fueled by addiction.
Before her early death of pancreatic cancer, the groundbreaking writer made history with "A Raisin in the Sun."…
Apr 23

By Dr. Howard Markel
In "Hamlet," William Shakespeare contemplated the fact that once a person dies, no living person knows where that departed soul goes. That same uncertainty hovers around the final hours of the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon.
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