Second Opinion

Nurse Midwives 24.04.2011 3:24 ↓

With so few midwives, are we missing an opportunity?

Music and Medicine 17.04.2011 4:01 ↓

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

An Ounce of Prevention May Still be Too Much 10.04.2011 4:00 ↓

Preventive approaches may not be all they are promoted to be

Cat Scans Also Cause Radiation 03.04.2011 3:54 ↓

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

Health Problems from Nuclear Exposure 27.03.2011 4:00 ↓

What lessons can we learn (again) from Fukukshima?

Hospital Discharge, Part II 20.03.2011 3:51 ↓

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 13.03.2011 4:00 ↓

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 06.03.2011 3:57 ↓

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

An Infection We Often Don't Think about in the Elderly 27.02.2011 4:00 ↓

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

Making Complicated Medical Decisions 20.02.2011 4:00 ↓

The more information we get the tougher the decision becomes.

Trying to Become a Female Surgeon 13.02.2011 3:54 ↓

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 06.02.2011 4:00 ↓

Does it make sense to outlaw such discussions?

PTSD in Returning Soldiers 23.01.2011 4:00 ↓

Stigma and the mental wounds of war...

Incentives to Get Doctors to Use a Particular Drug 16.01.2011 4:01 ↓

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

Two Drugs of Unequal Cost 09.01.2011 4:00 ↓

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

Under-Treatment of Pain 19.12.2010 3:54 ↓

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

Is There a Link between Economic Hard Times and Our Health? 12.12.2010 3:40 ↓

As unemployment rates rise death rates should…fall?  

A Pain Pill That Should Have Been Banned Long Ago 05.12.2010 3:54 ↓

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

Does a Doctor's Religion Make a Difference? 28.11.2010 4:01 ↓

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

Preventive Health in People with an Advanced Cancer 14.11.2010 3:53 ↓

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? 07.11.2010 4:00 ↓

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

Paying for Drugs for Rare Diseases 31.10.2010 4:00 ↓

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

Teen Pregnancy 24.10.2010 4:00 ↓

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

Birth Control Pills and Sexual Activity 17.10.2010 4:00 ↓

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