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A review of more than 2,000 articles retracted by major biomedical journals revealed that more than two-thirds were retracted because of some type of fraud.

Should you put your trust in medical research?

A friend of mine, a physician with 30 years of experience in medical research who has published in the world's top medical journals, recently said to me, "I don't believe...
On May 27, 1979, American Arlines Flight 191 crashed one-half mile from the runway's end. Loaded with 80,000 pounds of kerosene fuel for a flight to Los Angeles, it exploded furiously, all 271 people on board and two people on the ground.

American Airlines Flight 191 still haunts

The Memorial Day weekend of 1979 began beautifully, erasing memories of the record snowstorms that battered Chicago only months before. The mild Lake Michigan breezes, aroma of blossoms, and trees...
The British radio station BBC Radio 1 recently banished Madonna's latest single, "Living For Love," from its playlist, after deeming the pop star "irrelevant" to today's audience.

Madonna and a cruel fact of life

Madonna has been dissed, and she is not happy. The 56-year-old proclaimed Queen of Pop, with more record sales than any woman in history, received a distinctly unroyal reception by...
Most people might say Chicago's "golden age of sports" was the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s, but really it was 1958-1964.

‘The Golden Age of Chicago Sports’

Was there ever a "Golden Age of Chicago Sports"? Many Chicagoans would cite the 1990s, when the legendary Michael Jordan-led Bulls won six NBA championships in eight years. Those Bulls...
Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, interim health officer from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, briefs the media in Los Angeles last week.

Doctors, talk tough on measles

The deserted graveyard called Vunivesi sits silently by a small brook obscured by a mangrove canopy on the South Sea Island of Fiji. The mass gravesite, abandoned decades ago, is...
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel's advice to forgo annual physical exams relies on an analysis with considerable shortcomings, among them a lack of research conducted in recent years.

Is it smart to skip your annual physical?

The poorly told truth may be the most misleading falsehood. Last year, Ezekiel Emanuel, a leading American physician, provoked national debate by suggesting that most people should not live past...