April Fools' Day, celebrated on April 1st, is a light-hearted holiday focused on harmless jokes and tricks. Its origins are debated, with a common theory pointing to 16th-century France and a calendar ...

As a child, Peter Lio, MD, FAAD, was an enthusiast for all things mysterious -- telepathy, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster. Despite this fascination, Lio, the founding director of the Chicago ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

A landmark step toward strengthening Ghana’s traditional medicine sector was taken yesterday in Accra with the official launch of, ‘The Wisdom of African Traditional Medicine for Professionals, a new ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines evidence-based practice (EBP) as an interdisciplinary approach to clinical decision-making that includes the best available evidence, care context and ...

Clinical practice in the United States is marked by significant variation, leading in some cases to suboptimal quality of care and poor health outcomes. Despite the proliferation of clinical practice ...