This week is a big week for me: my doctor shows finally return to primetime television! I have been waiting a long time since the plane crash cliff hanger finale of last season’s “Grey’s Anatomy” for my tv counterparts to return. Last night I was taken by surprise– just after the first elimination round of… Continue reading My Doctor Shows
The great Greek physician and teacher Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them with the Greek word "carcinos", meaning crab or crayfish. This name comes from the appearance of the cut surface of a solid malignant tumor, with the "veins stretched out on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet, whence it derives its name."