
Daniel Stone
Daniel Stone is Regional Medical Director of Cedars-Sinai Valley Network and a practicing internist and geriatrician with Cedars Sinai Medical Group.


COVID Ground Hog Day
COVID update? The eyelids grow heavy. Those that aren’t sick from it are certainly sick of it.

Gun Laws From a Doctor’s Perspective
A readily available gun facilitates lethal violence that might never occur with even minor obstacles or with time for homicidal passions to cool.

A Yank’s Jubilee
Despite the erosion of British international stature and the predominance of egalitarian world views, the enormity of the crowd and its enthusiasm reflect the Queen’s personal popularity.

Looking for a Balanced Approach to Roe v. Wade
The Blackmun opinion represented the middle way, the consensus approach still supported by most Americans and highly defensible under the law.

A Taste of My Own Medicine
Both to serve as an example and avoid the taint of hypocrisy, I try to follow the health practices I recommend.

Truth and Truthiness: The Changing Public Discourse About Masks and Vaccines
Even prior to COVID-19 ours has not been an era for facing stark reality.

COVID Winter of Discontent
The contagiousness of the omicron strain and the holiday parties held by those weary of COVID restrictions generated staggering numbers of new infections.

Is Omicron the Start of the End?
If milder variants do gain predominance, the pandemic may be gradually heading toward new status as an endemic illness resembling a mild flu or cold.

Virginia On My Mind
After nearly two years of the pandemic, doctors like me need a break.