Category Archives: info

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 ...

The FDA and the DEA say the Adderall shortage is largely due to high demand, potential overprescribing and lack of production. A 27-year-old patient of mine has taken Adderall since early adolescence. A successful bonds trader who works long hours, ...

Dr. Marc Siegel believes the country needs better leaders in office, who are physically and mentally at their best. Over the past few weeks, there were two disturbing incidents noted in the media that involve our aging politicians. In the ...

Asylum seekers could be bringing infectious diseases across our southern border. When they are bussed to New York and elsewhere, these diseases go with them. In 1903, my grandfather Alex entered the United States from Bialystok, Poland, following a pogrom ...

I asked Bernie Siegel, 99, about the progress in space travel. by Dr. Marc Siegel My 99-year-old father, Bernie, is a long-retired aeronautics engineer who worked on the Apollo moon landings for American Bosch Arma Corp., a subcontractor for Northrop ...

OPINION | by Dr. Marc Siegel In the news business, reporters track stories independently and don’t generally see common ground, except in retrospect. The two big stories over the past week were the battle for the US House of Representatives ...