Author Archives: Marc Siegel

Hamas’ depravity reminds this doctor to rail against dehumanization and fight for human dignity There is a reason that many Jews have never been comfortable with direct comparisons with the Holocaust. Historically, the Nazis managed to conduct the systematic trivialization ...

Should the World Worry About China’s New Mystery-Pneumonia Outbreak? When you hear about a mysterious pneumonia outbreak occurring in northern China that is hospitalizing children, you cannot be faulted in this post-pandemic era if your mind immediately jumps to a ...

The Unending Surge of Migrants is Creating a Public Health Crisis As a physician, I tend to view the burgeoning migrant border crisis as much as a public health emergency as it is a national security emergency. The distinction is ...

Despite Hamas horrors, patients are surviving but facing ‘second wave of complications’ Dr. Yoram Klein, director of trauma and critical care surgery at Sheba Medical Center, located just outside of Tel Aviv and the largest medical center in the Middle ...

This country held its psychological breath after 9/11 and waited for the next attack which never came. Still, we were damaged as a society, and anxiety and depression resulted, even among those who lost no relatives and were nowhere near ...

Courage, love and empathy flow through the same areas of the brain as fear. That’s why compassion for the victims and their families and courage are the best responses. Overwhelmed by the war in Israel? Here’s how to protect your ...