Second Opinion

Stigmatized Language 02.09.2018 4:28 ↓

Sticks and Stone can break our bones and words can really hurt us!

Disease mongering and hypertension 26.08.2018 4:37 ↓

How a disease is defined can have important public health implications, but it can also lead to benefits for drug companies and medical specialists.

What’s wrong with free medical school? 19.08.2018 4:31 ↓

In exchange for free medical school students should be required to offer some public service.

Preparing for the inevitable oil spill 12.08.2018 4:38 ↓

Developing nations are often placed in a difficult position balancing protecting health and the environment with looking for products to sell for large profits.

Mosquitos remain the most common inspect spreading serious disease around the globe 05.08.2018 5:36 ↓

Researchers in Tanzania are working with researchers in California on ways to reduce their breeding and biting.

The world's garbage is one health problem 29.07.2018 4:32 ↓

In Tanzania the garbage from all over collects and is a huge health problem.

A resurgence of world hunger 22.07.2018 4:32 ↓

Climate change is increasing the stress on farmers who increasingly overwhelmed.

Confusion around mental illness 15.07.2018 4:16 ↓

Diagnosis can often be a challenge.

A common sense solution to the opioid crisis 08.07.2018 4:30 ↓

What’s needed is effective treatment, access to care, and prevention!

A neglected tropical disease 01.07.2018 5:22 ↓

The shortage of snakebite venom.

The science of the nudge 24.06.2018 4:48 ↓

Is the nudge an example of libertarian paternalism or subliminal mind-bending?

The link between weight and guilt 17.06.2018 4:12 ↓

The feelings of guilt are complex and seemingly tied to our perceptions of weight.

Too much news of suicide 10.06.2018 4:28 ↓

Why are numbers increasing and what does it tell us about our society?

Impaired physicians are dangerous at work 03.06.2018 4:31 ↓

We need to rethink what “exposure” to drugs means and whether health care professionals should be held to a different standard than other citizens.

Is basic life sustaining healthcare a right or a privilege? 27.05.2018 4:34 ↓

What happens when a undocumented immigrant needs kidney dialysis?

Ebola returns and it deserves our attention 20.05.2018 8:07 ↓

In our interconnected world their problems today could be our problems tomorrow.

The oversized problem of arthritis 13.05.2018 4:33 ↓

This is the poster child for how we can use evidence-based practice to improve outcomes.

Striking in health care 06.05.2018 4:38 ↓

Deciding to strike is always difficult, but there is an added twist in health care.

A tale of two extremes 29.04.2018 4:29 ↓

Trying to meet patient expectations is an art and we sometimes miss the mark.

When journalists get it wrong 22.04.2018 4:34 ↓

Reporting failure often results from neglecting to look under the rocks and ask the tough questions.

It's time to start to change some of the silly rules in health care 15.04.2018 4:31 ↓

Everyone’s opinions count, but leaders need to be motivated to change the status quo

Sex trafficking 08.04.2018 4:27 ↓

A group of people being missed by health professionals.

Out of hospital cardiac arrest 01.04.2018 4:30 ↓

We could be doing much better – but it takes a village

Early teenage drinking 25.03.2018 4:16 ↓

An early start to any type of substance abuse can often be a warning sign.

White coats against gun violence 18.03.2018 4:28 ↓

Millennials are our reason for hope.