Two Health Systems That Co-exist
Ayurvedic Medicine and its new sibling “western medicine”...
Jul 12, 2015•4 min
Second Opinion
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Episodes
TB in Elephants
Disease spread from humans to animals.
Jul 05, 2015•5 min
Culture and Gender in Sri Lanka
How do you change long held beliefs?
Jun 28, 2015•4 min
Animal: Human Conflict
We're all from the same family...
Jun 21, 2015•5 min
Where Do They Get These FDA Advisory Committees?
Recommendations to approve two drugs that are not ready for prime time.
Jun 14, 2015•4 min
On the Ground in Nepal
We need to proceed with care.
Jun 07, 2015•4 min
Medico-voluntourism
Sometime our help isn't really help.
May 31, 2015•4 min
One Health – New Evidence on the Environment – Body Link
It turns out air pollution impacts far more than our lungs.
May 24, 2015•4 min
Use of Placebos in Africa
Is deception ok when it helps the patient?
May 17, 2015•4 min
Trade Agreements and Tobacco Products
What are our global priorities?
May 10, 2015•4 min
How Did Evolution Provide for the Human-Dog Bond?
The biology of bonding.
May 03, 2015•4 min
How Do We Tell if Your Doctor Is Up to Date?
Something is amiss in how we re-certify doctors.
Apr 26, 2015•5 min
Is Government's Job to Protect Kids or Business?
It is clear why one in three kids is overweight.
Apr 19, 2015•4 min
More on Hepatitis C
It's expensive, but does it work?
Apr 12, 2015•5 min
Why We Don’t Tip the Doctor
An important cultural “no-no”...
Apr 05, 2015•4 min
Making Assumptions about Mental Illness
There is no easy way to screen so we need to rely on trust.
Mar 29, 2015•4 min
A New Treatments for Hepatitis C
Why are we paying twice for this ultra-expensive drug?
Mar 22, 2015•4 min
Violence in China
When patients and doctors are not on the same page...
Mar 15, 2015•4 min
Prostate Cancer Screening Revisited
No change in recommendation needed.
Mar 08, 2015•4 min
Sex Education a Changin'
And the web seems to be the great equalizer...
Mar 01, 2015•5 min
Information Is Everything
If only we knew more about costs…
Feb 22, 2015•4 min
Drinking Alcohol for Health
It isn't very good news...
Feb 15, 2015•4 min
A Faulty Diagnosis
It's often not what we first suspect...
Feb 08, 2015•4 min
The Top 1%
Fair pay and physician strikes...
Feb 01, 2015•4 min
Medications at the End of Life
When do we stop what isn't necessary?
Jan 25, 2015•4 min
Does the Flu Medicine Work?
The data now provides us with some surprising answers.
Jan 18, 2015•5 min
Do You Need to Have Your Cholesterol Checked?
New recommendations may surprise you.
Jan 11, 2015•4 min
Paper Medical Records: A New Step Forward?
The electronic medical record is no passing fad.
Jan 04, 2015•4 min
Hospital Care
You won’t be seeing your primary care doctor in the hospital...
Dec 28, 2014•5 min
Two Patients and Two Doctors
We have some things we could learn…
Dec 21, 2014•4 min
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