Second Opinion

A Couple of Odd Causes of Prescription Drug Abuse

Hint: a leading source of illegal prescription drugs is not the guy standing on the corner.

Medicine as a Team Sport

Imagine if the navy seals worked the same way doctors do

Doctors' Data and the Supreme Court

Why would anyone care about what drugs I prescribe?

Nurse Midwives

With so few midwives, are we missing an opportunity?

Music and Medicine

What are the similarities between an expert musician and an expert physician?

An Ounce of Prevention May Still be Too Much

Preventive approaches may not be all they are promoted to be

Cat Scans Also Cause Radiation

For us the great health danger from radiation is from unnecessary tests.

Health Problems from Nuclear Exposure

What lessons can we learn (again) from Fukukshima?

Hospital Discharge, Part II

What are the options when it’s time to leave the hospital? … (Click on more for key questions to ask the doctor, social worker or care manager when discussion nursing home care, as well as understand its staffing, philosophy and user friendliness.)

Hospital Discharge, Part I

Sorry to be rude, but it’s time for you to go home… (Click on more for key questions to ask the doctor, social worker or care manager when discussion nursing home care, as well as understand its staffing, philosophy and user friendliness.)

Race and Medicine

How we use race in medicine can lead to assumptions that are wrong...

An Infection We Often Don't Think about in the Elderly

Why would an elderly woman develop fever, low white blood cells and stomach pains?

Making Complicated Medical Decisions

The more information we get the tougher the decision becomes.

Trying to Become a Female Surgeon

Even in 2011 being a female doctor just isn't the same as being a male doctor...

Physicians Talking to Parents about Guns in the Home

Does it make sense to outlaw such discussions?

PTSD in Returning Soldiers

Stigma and the mental wounds of war...

Incentives to Get Doctors to Use a Particular Drug

How does one drug company get doctors to use its drug?

Two Drugs of Unequal Cost

Why is it a drug company would not seek FDA approval for a new indication for their drug?

Under-Treatment of Pain

Why can’t doctors figure out how to treat pain better?

Is There a Link between Economic Hard Times and Our Health?

As unemployment rates rise death rates should…fall?  

A Pain Pill That Should Have Been Banned Long Ago

Why can't we act swiftly when there is overwhelming evidence of harm?

Does a Doctor's Religion Make a Difference?

There are many things you should know about your doctor, one might be how religious they are...

Do healthy people need to take a multiple vitamin?

Preventive Health in People with an Advanced Cancer

How aggressively should we look for new cancers in people who already have life threatening illnesses?

Why Do We Still Make Residents Work 80-Hour Weeks?

One sure way to improve the quality of care is to require junior doctors to work reasonable hours…

Paying for Drugs for Rare Diseases

As a society how do we develop new drugs to treat important diseases?

Teen Pregnancy

Does providing teens with birth control increase their chance of becoming sexually active?

Birth Control Pills and Sexual Activity

Does starting a young woman on birth control pills lead to earlier onset of sexual activity?

In Vitro Fertilization – a Remarkable Discovery!

While many infertile couples can now have children, there remain many ethical and legal dilemmas...

What Needs to Go in the Medical Record?

Does everything you tell the doctor need to be written in the record?