My Turn

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

By Eva Briggs, MD You probably read a lot about the health risk to essential workers of potential exposure to COVID-19 during the current

By Eva Briggs I recently had surgery, and that meant figuring out how to deal with pets while recovering. Since two thirds of U.S.

By Eva Briggs Like many people, I look forward to a vaccine for COVID-19. Until then, I am glad that scientists are working on

About one in every 20 children has a food allergy By Eva Briggs Kids aren’t born with the allergies. Not even if a parent