Second Opinion

The health of the world's adolescents 11.03.2018 4:33 ↓

Intervening to improve the health of this vulnerable population will have big payoffs as they transition to becoming tomorrow’s adults.

Limitations of antidepressant medications 04.03.2018 3:57 ↓

An important illness with several options for treatment.

How do we get the doctors we need? 25.02.2018 4:31 ↓

Requiring a year or two of community service.

Working when sick 18.02.2018 4:14 ↓

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 11.02.2018 7:58 ↓

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

Just because we do the surgery doesn't mean it works 04.02.2018 4:29 ↓

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

Karla's trip home 28.01.2018 5:54 ↓

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

Conversations around Pain 21.01.2018 5:09 ↓

A delicate dance -- with no leading partner.

Influenza: 2018 14.01.2018 4:29 ↓

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

Brain death 07.01.2018 4:30 ↓

How our eyes can deceives us.

A chance meeting 31.12.2017 3:49 ↓

A social dance between doctor and patient

Abstinence only education 24.12.2017 4:34 ↓

A collective federal amnesia

Bigger is not better 17.12.2017 4:11 ↓

Bigger now even starts with bigger baby bottles.

New national recommendations for blood pressure control 10.12.2017 4:48 ↓

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? 03.12.2017 4:32 ↓

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

Medical conditions resulting in unsafe driving 26.11.2017 4:24 ↓

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

Regret in medicine 19.11.2017 4:25 ↓

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

A forgotten population with a life threatening disease 12.11.2017 8:07 ↓

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

Hospital vampires 05.11.2017 4:31 ↓

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

When it's time to stop getting routine screening tests 29.10.2017 4:31 ↓

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

Losers when we reduce free access to birth control 22.10.2017 7:54 ↓

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

Making your wishes known 15.10.2017 4:15 ↓

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

Advances in health 08.10.2017 4:30 ↓

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

Confusing language 01.10.2017 4:25 ↓

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

Do we really want our kids playing football? 24.09.2017 4:19 ↓

How much more evidence do we need?