Bradford S. Weeks, MD

“Natural” Medicine   “Natural”. The word has a good feel to it. Safe.  Peaceful.  Healthy. However, I had a rude awakening recently in learning that […]

Music as Healer Mr. G. was fortunate. His mother sang to him as a child. She also played music for him and even encouraged him

Mundane Miracles   The earthworm does it. So does the salamander. You and I could do it too. But only for the first three years

Mistletoe and Osteoporosis “I’m 5 feet 4 inches short” said Mrs. H. as I was preparing to measure her height. “Short?” I queried? “Well,” she

Memory   Professor T., a 78 year old former of English teacher who delighted generations of students with insight into Shakespeare’s puns and humor has

Let’s Have it Our Way     As a medical doctor, professional ethics demand that I carefully help patients consider a risk/benefit analysis as regards

 “I see…”   Perhaps you’ve wondered, as have I: “Do I perceive my concepts or rather do I conceive my percepts?” What? You haven’t? Well,

I scream, you scream.   I love ice cream. Don’t you? The true American genius. An aristocratic food. As American as the apple pie beside

My Honey   Recently, both Time and Newsweek reported a Chinese burn cure made from bee products including raw honey. They reported that fifty thousand

The Golden Years I used to work at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. As staff and patients at big city hospitals well know, parking in