My Turn

By Eva Briggs Much of the practice of medicine involves finding ways to persuade the body to make something happen or to stop happening.

Strange and bizarre problems cancer can cause By Eva Briggs Cancer is a dreaded disease that nobody wants. Actually, cancer isn’t just one disease;

The consensus is that NYS one day will legalize recreational marijuana — but is it a good thing? By Eva Briggs A few days

By Eva Briggs My husband, his mother and three of his four siblings have dimples. No one in my family has dimples. It took

By Eva Briggs As per pest control services, a patient recently was concerned about an insect pest that I’d learned about in medical school

Insects are a source of protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats By Eva Briggs While my daughter was an exchange student in Ecuador, she

Over 80 percent of babies are born with some sort of birthmark By Eva Briggs Birthmarks are skin irregularities present at birth or appearing

By Eva Briggs A friend who recently had hip replacement surgery suffered a dislocated hip about a month after her surgery. It turns out

By Eva Briggs Up to 75 percent of people with dementia have behavior changes that could drive even the most patient caregivers bonkers. They

By Eva Briggs Several years ago, while on an extended backpacking trip of the Appalachian Trail, I noticed pain in my right heel. It