My Turn

By Eva Briggs, MD Recently, I read an article about the emergence of fungal disease as the next potential cause of a pandemic.  The

By Eva Briggs, MD ‘Stay calm if a stinging insect is flying around because swatting may provoke it to sting. But if you are

In recent years, the grief from pet loss has become more widely recognized and accepted By Eva Briggs, MD Losing a pet produces grief

Some are beneficial for humans and other cellular organisms By Eva Briggs, MD What comes to mind when you hear the word virus? Do

By Eva Briggs, MD Recently a physician assistant colleague called me to ask whether I had any ideas about what was going on with

By Eva Briggs, MD Imagine a world devoid of smells. No scent of spring flowers and no aroma of rising bread. No warning of

By Eva Briggs, MD I begin this article intending to write about a futuristic idea to improve infant bottle feeding, to produce a substance

By Eva Briggs, MD By age 18, one out of every five children in the United States will have some degree of hearing loss.

By Eva Briggs, MD Last month I wrote about the different kinds of anxiety — to access the article, just type “Eva Briggs “on

By Eva Briggs Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the United States. It arises from a complex set of risk factors, including