Until we become aware of our mistakes, we are doomed to repeat them — The most prevalent & powerful bias — in scientific research as well as in day-to-day life — is the subconscious tendency of the human mind to prioritize & remember information that matches our beliefs, to interpret facts in a manner that reinforces our opinions, and to dismiss or downplay any…

Either being coerced or forced into having sex without your consent is not rape, or it is — the double standards must stop — (*While the names have been changed to protect privacy, all other information is factual & describes actual events) Jordan* lived in a state of constant fear & anxiety. After being caught in an affair, Logan* (Jordan’s spouse of sixteen years) had moved out of their house and filed for divorce…

Part One of a Series on the Science of Biomechanics — Ask a room of people what healthcare condition consumes the greatest portion of the healthcare budget in the United States each year, and the most likely answers will be cancer (surprise — it’s not even in the top ten), heart disease (number four, at $89 billion), COVID (communicable diseases, number…

It’s time to reconsider everything we thought we knew about the male sexual experience Female sexuality is mysterious & amorphous, ethereal & inexorable, as undeniable as it is undefinable. Like the tidal force of the moon, it transcends time & distance to shift the very cradle of the world with…

I made the decision to be honest about my feelings and to bring up the idea of pursuing a romantic relationship with my patient, but I left the decision on how to proceed in her hands. I made it clear that, if she never brought it up again, neither would…

To answer that question, let’s lay down our stone-casting arms, and put on our warm fuzzy plush empathy sweaters — It’s been said that a woman’s greatest fear is that a man will kill her, while a man’s greatest fear is that a woman will laugh at him. It’s easy to look at these two things these two experiences and fall into the trap of comparing & contrasting them, categorizing…

Being loyal to the wrong person is betraying yourself Once, I believed cheating was one of the few acts which was never justifiable under any circumstances. Life challenged that belief (and many others) during my divorce: my ex-wife had not limited herself to only one man for over ten years…

It was never about winning the case; it was about refusing to remain silent — When I first began hearing about the details in the relationship between these two celebrities, my first reaction was sympathy for Johnny Depp: I know from experience that, as a man, when an ex-romantic partner publicly discusses personal details of your relationship that portray you in a negative light, you…

Many of us think we are — here’s how to know for sure — It’s called “the Wobegon effect” — after the fictional Lake Wobegon, where “all the children are well-behaved, the women are good-looking, and the men are rich.” We all have a tendency to over-estimate our own abilities and under-estimate our shortcomings; in reality, in every category, almost half of us are…