Answers To Diseases

Stanford’s Abraham Verghese challenges readers to solve his medical riddle, without using Google.
These exercises, when thought through, offer the student the opportunity to “formulate hypotheses, go to the book, research and eliminate possibilities . . . and come to the answer,” and can be a valuable learning experience.

Many medical schools are in the midst of purging pharmaceutical companies from their halls.
But can subtle marketing tactics can influence perceptions of prescription drugs?
It depends on where you trained.