Working when sick

Perhaps it is time for a change in the culture of medicine – if not for doctors then for the sake of patients.

Paying doctors to keep costs low

Paying doctors to change their behavior works, but it often has unintended consequences.

Just because we do the surgery doesn't mean it works

Despite being used thousands of times a year for decades, an innovative study shows shoulder surgery is not effective.

Karla's trip home

A medical student goes home to care for a sick family member.

Conversations around Pain

A delicate dance -- with no leading partner.

Influenza: 2018

We certainly could do much better with our approach to the flu.

Brain death

How our eyes can deceives us.

A chance meeting

A social dance between doctor and patient

Abstinence only education

A collective federal amnesia

Bigger is not better

Bigger now even starts with bigger baby bottles.

New national recommendations for blood pressure control

These new recommendations are overly aggressive and difficult to recommend to people who have no other risk factors for heart disease or stroke.

Are there health benefits from a daily drink of alcohol?

The data on the health benefits from a daily drink is weak and conflicted.

Medical conditions resulting in unsafe driving

Doctors have a conflicted role as patient advocate and as a steward of the public's well-being.

Regret in medicine

Regret over actions we could have/should have/would have done -- can be painful.

A forgotten population with a life threatening disease

In poor countries with dry climates kidney disease is killing thousands and we have no idea why.

Hospital vampires

When we draw too much blood in the hospital there is a real cost.

When it's time to stop getting routine screening tests

Hearing such advice is difficult but is often in your best interest.

Losers when we reduce free access to birth control

Birth control is one of the greatest advances in health in the past 100 years..

Making your wishes known

We never know what tomorrow will bring so why not take care of this while it's on your mind?

Advances in health

The technology is easy, it changing people's behaviors that is really hard.

Confusing language

The misinterpretation of language can lead to inappropriate expectations and overuse of technology.

Do we really want our kids playing football?

How much more evidence do we need?

Dentistry: the odd man out

We need to think of the mouth the same way we do other parts of the body.

Re-emerging sexually transmitted diseases

It not just a medical problem but a social one as well.

The 'white coat ceremony'

Is the white coat really the symbol we want?

The difficulty in diagnosing mental illness

The line between normality and illness is very thin.

Dengue, an illness that is spreading worldwide

Perhaps another link to global climate change.

The impact of time on kindness

While our intentions are good time is a deal breaker.

Human microbiome

When a colleague is impaired

A need for community reflection...