Second Opinion

Low Salt Recommendations 19.02.2012 4:00 ↓

Does it really make sense to cut salt from our diet?

Hard Fought Battles for Women 12.02.2012 3:38 ↓

Can we employers deny insurance benefits to women?

Disclosing Medical Errors 05.02.2012 3:58 ↓

Should we disclose a medical error if it result in no harm?

Searching for open access to medical research 22.01.2012 4:03 ↓

Medical journals seek to control medical research for prestige and profit

Students in Foreign Lands 15.01.2012 4:00 ↓

How much should our trainees do when abroad?

Information Can Be Like a Pill 08.01.2012 4:00 ↓

Information may need to be dosed carefully...

A Technology Arms Race 25.12.2011 3:57 ↓

Do robots really improve care?

Biting the Hand that Feeds You 18.12.2011 4:01 ↓

Are there limits to NPR's sponsorship?

Emergency Contraception for Teens 11.12.2011 4:01 ↓

A ruling that sets up back decades…

When a Patient Decides NOT to Know 04.12.2011 4:00 ↓

Contrary to popular opinion there are times you might not want to know...

Choosing the Best Hospital 27.11.2011 4:00 ↓

Looking at quality of care has become much easier...

Difficult Discussions 20.11.2011 3:42 ↓

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to talk about end of life care...

Teenage Drivers 13.11.2011 4:02 ↓

Reducing teen traffic accidents...

Back Pain and Placebos 06.11.2011 3:59 ↓

What do we tell the patient?

Why Do the Japanese Live So Long? 30.10.2011 3:42 ↓

Perhaps public health and universal health insurance...

Why Are People Going to the Doctor Less Often? 23.10.2011 3:54 ↓

One sure way to decrease doctor visits is to increase co-payments…

Sound Recommendations about Prostate Cancer Screening 16.10.2011 3:55 ↓

Finally, after years of politics, some good common sense...

New Federal Conflicts of Interest Regulations 09.10.2011 3:57 ↓

Why can't we just say no?

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring 02.10.2011 3:49 ↓

Why is blood pressure different in the doctor's office than it is at home?

Nurses Go on Strike 25.09.2011 4:00 ↓

When is it ethical for health professionals to strike?

Outlawing Female Circumcision 18.09.2011 4:00 ↓

It often takes more than laws to change cultural practices...

Expedited Partner Therapy 11.09.2011 4:01 ↓

A more effective way to decrease sexually transmitted infections...

Medical Scribes 04.09.2011 4:00 ↓

There's a new person working with the doctor in the Emergency Department...

Be Careful about Unnecessary Genetic Tests 28.08.2011 3:56 ↓

How companies convince doctors to order unnecessary genetic tests...