Bacterial infection of the meninges is potentially treatable if diagnosed early, making rapid diagnostics essential and increasing pressure on the clinician.

Despite an armamentarium of available and effective therapies, allergic rhinitis is too often undertreated by primary-care physicians.

Some risk factors are unavoidable, but adjusting your patient's diet and addressing comorbidities can prevent excruciating episodes.

The premiere issue of Cortlandt Forum declared the journal to be "an open forum for physicians to exchange suggestions, comments, and questions on daily clinical practice." Twenty years later we're as committed as ever to that concept.

A timeline of two decades of medical practice news.

A timeline of two decades of medical controversies.

A timeline of two decades of medical breakthroughs.

We put two critical questions to our Editorial Advisory Board and asked our resident experts to peer into medicine's future. You'll be surprised at what they see.

William F. Buckley's ideas and ideology lit up the pages of Cortlandt Forum for more than a decade. Mr. Buckley, who died earlier this year, was America's foremost conservative commentator and a tireless writer. Here is a flavor of his wit and viewpoints as they appeared in Cortlandt Forum.

Some of the most thoughtful and strong-willed commentators of the day—medical and otherwise—once contributed to Cortlandt Forum. Here are some snippets that still stand up today.