PAIN, OR RATHER THE TREATMENT OF IT, has been in the news a lot lately. In a cascade of poor…
Well, it has happened again. Nearly two hundred people have come down with intestinal illness in a US wilderness area,…
IN THE LAST ISSUE, we began to review the host of other disorders associated with tick exposure besides Lyme disease, starting…
AS I HAVE WRITTEN MANY TIMES, in decades of leading expeditions into the wilderness ranging from days to months, I…
ALONG WITH NEIGHBORING PENNSYLVANIA, New York State is the epicenter of tick-borne illnesses in the U.S. Outdoor publications, including this…
LATELY I HAVE BEEN SPLITTING my time between the Adirondacks and the Gulf Coast of Florida. While these areas are…
IN MANY OUTDOOR SPORTS equipment malfunction or misuse is a major cause of injury. This is generally not the case…
THIS COLUMN’S TITLE is one of the pithy aphorisms I learned from my medical school surgery professor, the acclaimed trauma…
“SHOCK” is one of those terms that has a very precise medical definition, but is thrown around imprecisely in casual…
A FEW YEARS AGO, while attending a running camp at Lake Tahoe, I had my first introduction to mountain biking.…