Leprosy, An Illness that Lingers — Pacific Standard, June 5, 2013
Hillary Clinton, Hospitalized with a Blood Clot, Faces New Decisions — Guest Blog, Scientific American, Dec 31, 2012
Lance Armstrong: A Survivor’s Tale Unravels — The Atlantic, Dec 7, 2012
An October Metastatic Breast Cancer Gathering — The Atlantic, Oct 17, 2012
So There’s Arsenic in Our Rice — Now What? — The Atlantic, Sept 27, 2012
The Physician Burnout Epidemic: What it Means for Patients and Reform, The Atlantic, Aug 22, 2012
On Astronaut Sally Ride, and Slow Progress in Pancreatic Cancer — The Atlantic, July 25, 2012
Chemo: A Treatment that Could Wind Up Giving You (Another) Cancer - The Atlantic, June 15, 2012
Do Abortions Cause Breast Cancer? The Shaky Science Behind the Kansas’ House Abortion Act - Slate, May 23, 2012
What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Cancer (on Wit) - The Atlantic, Feb 28, 2012
Is Oral Sex to Blame for the Surge in Cancer of the Mouth and Throat? - The Atlantic, Jan 24, 2012
On Breast Cancer and Drinking Red Wine - The Atlantic, Jan 10, 2012
The Placebo Debate: Is It Unethical for Doctors to Prescribe Placebos? - The Atlantic, Dec 19, 2011
More Butter For Your Bread? - The Atlantic (Life), Nov 22, 2011
What Should Doctors Wear? - The Atlantic (Life), Nov 7, 2011
Plastic Surgery Is not for Everyone: Options Following Mastectomy - The Atlantic (Life), Sept 23, 2011
Unlocking the Mystery of Cancer Stem Cells - Cure Magazine (with Kathy LaTour), Fall 2011
Lifting the Fog (on chemobrain) - Cure Magazine (cover story), Spring 2011
New Drugs, New Direction (on new drugs for breast cancer) - Cure Magazine, Winter 2010
Who’s a Survivor? (on the term’s history and evolving meaning) - Slate, Oct 5, 2010
“A Clinical Eye on Abramovic” — (on the artist’s work, at MoMA), (scanned from old print, pdf) - The New York Observer, May 25, 2010
A Chip Against Cancer (on a nanotechnology device) - Scientific American, April 2009 issue
The Enduring Clicks of An Ancient Game (on playing Mahjongg in Manhattan) — The New York Times, print 2/15/09
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HuffPo Favorites:
The X-Rays of Others (on Marilyn Monroe’s medical films, and privacy) — June, 2010
Better Education, Better Health (on literacy) — April, 2010
Doctors Need Time to Think (on work) — May, 2010
We Are All Fat and Have Cancer (on responsibility) — March, 2010
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Here’s a very partial list of publications from my former research career, as considered in a reflection posted in April, 2011:
Cancer Investigation, 2002: Apoptosis in Lymphocytic Leukemias and Lymphomas
Autoimmunity, 2002: Inhibition of Fas-mediated apoptosis by antigen: implications for lymphomagenesis
in Neoplastic Hematopathology, ed by D. Knowles, in 2001: “Immune System: Structure and Function”
Blood, 2001: Survival of leukemic B cells promoted by engagement of the antigen receptor
The Journal of Immunology, 2000: Modulation of NF-kB Activity and Apoptosis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells
Blood, 2000: Inhibition of NF-kB induces apoptosis of KSHV-infected primary effusion lymphoma cells
Leukemia, 2000: Proliferative response of mantle cell lymphoma cells stimulated by CD40 ligation and IL-4
British Journal of Haemotology, 1998: Novel association of haemophagocytic syndrome with Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-related primary effusion lymphoma
Immunologic Research, 1996: Fas expression and apoptosis in human B cells
Blood, 1996: CD4+ T-cell induction of Fas-mediated apoptosis in Burkitt’s lymphoma B cells
The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1995: CD40 ligation induces Apo-1/Fas expression on human B lymphocytes and facilitates apoptosis through the Apo-1/Fas pathway
connections…