DR. PATRICIA A. FARRELL

Have you ever noticed that dogs are wearing pretty nice outfits these days? Our dog had a leather harness and a rawhide leather leash and...

Physicians graduating from medical school take The Hippocratic Oath where they agree to “first do no harm,” but what is “harm” and does...

The psychological and physical effects on infants and children of extreme isolation from their parents or even caring others has been...

If you are anything like me, you are constantly being bombarded by things you find interesting or curious and which add to our knowledge...

Short and slender, he was a wonderful 12-year-old chance-selling companion on the avenue just a block north from where we went to school....

Children, especially girls, have been raised by parents to believe in and practice what I've christened "The Good Little Girl Syndrome."...

A driver's license is, in the United States, a symbol of our entrance into adulthood. It is our bas and bar mitzvah of sorts as many...

Toys are supposed to be things that amuse, teach and are generally harmless. When I was a child, a simple box of pointed sticks taught me...

Pharmaceuticals have come a long way and many of them are now effectively treating, albeit off-label in some instances, disorders or...

MASH, the incredibly successful TV series about medics in the Korean War, was a favorite of mine and I even had an opportunity to talk to...

Hospice, a word that came into the American vernacular subtly around the end of the 1960s, is now deeply entrenched in the care of those...

Asylums were originally intended to be comforting places of both isolation from society and environments where those with mental illness...

Waiting for someone to recover from anesthesia can provide an unexpected opportunity for conversations that never would've been. The...

Science and the advances it has brought to our lives has been incredible when you think about it. Our lives have been enriched by new...

“If we are to reach real peace in this world… we shall have to begin with children.” — Mahatma Gandhi Adults have the unsupported belief...

Facebook was never a favorite anything of mine. I joined it to share things I was writing, photos I was taking and to see if some friends...

New York City, to my mind, is one of the most fascinating and fluid cities in the US. I grew up here, but the city I knew exists only in...

A few years ago, a neighbor at a New Year's Eve gathering, was waxing enthusiastic about the wonders of shopping at Costco. Proudly, she...

Is there any relationship between a religious belief, aka a belief in a god, and our physical/emotional health? The question will, most...

One of the many chores in our lives, unless you have a housekeeper or a mom at your service, is the need to shop for our daily bread and...