Just in time for Valentines Day, my latest article for UT HealthLeader tackles the topic of teen heartbreak. Remember how painful that first breakup was? I remember sulking in my room for hours and thinking I was never going to be happy ever again. Of course, I  got back in the swing of high school life soon enough. But the experience was rough at the time.

I always wondered about those late night commercials for mesothelioma. What exactly was this mouthful of a disease? I knew the basics: it was a form of cancer, and mostly people who worked with asbestos got it. I also knew the the prognosis for mesothelioma couldn't be good, judging from the voice over's ominous tone.