Was Angelina Jolie “Medically Hexed?”

Was Angelina Jolie “Medically Hexed?”

In this New York Times article, A-list actress Angelina Jolie bravely announced that she made the tough decision to undergo elective bilateral mastectomy after her doctors warned her that she has an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of getting...
What If You’re NOT In Control?

What If You’re NOT In Control?

I have always tended to be a bit of a control freak. I’m not sure whether medical training turns doctors into control freaks, or whether control freaks are drawn to medicine. But it never felt like there was much room for being out of control in my life as a medical...