What weighs about three and a half pounds, outnumbers the cells in your body and goes with you everywhere?

A Riddle Wrapped In a Mystery, Inside an Enigma

                 Why, after more than forty years with no history of allergies, would a man suddenly wake in the middle of the night, covered in red, fiercely itching hives, his throat and mouth so swollen he can’t speak, and his blood pressure so low he can’t stand without fainting?...

 Of all biological imperatives, perhaps the strongest is the need for air.

 With lungs laboring to breathe, patients in the midst of an asthma attack may feel not only pain but also panic...

Genetics and Autoimmune Diseases

Some families seem to have more than their share of autoimmune diseases.  Grandpa’s bad back turns out to be ankylosing spondylitis,...

Finally some good news for tax exempt hospitals.

Perhaps providing some much needed breathing room for tax-exempt hospitals, the Treasury Department (the “Department”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) on April 5, 2013 that appear to offer tax-exempt hospitals proposed...

Truthfully, the bad news came as no surprise.