Second Opinion

Is the Doctor's Duty Only to the Patient or to Society as Well? 07.08.2011 3:59 ↓

What does the doctor do with genetic information that could benefit the family?

The Quest for Beauty 31.07.2011 3:39 ↓

Cultural overtones for skin tones...

A Giant Step Forward for Women's Health 24.07.2011 3:53 ↓

Free birth control is a winning policy for nearly everyone...

Doctors Don't Deal with Uncertainty 17.07.2011 4:01 ↓

If we can find the cause it must not exist….

New Research Findings with Some Obvious Results 10.07.2011 3:57 ↓

Sometime research doesn't always advance our understanding...

New rules to reduce medical resident fatigue 03.07.2011 3:58 ↓

Another step to reduce medical errors.

The Pro-Pharmaceutical Opinion of the Supreme Court 26.06.2011 3:58 ↓

What implications will the Court's ruling have on you and I?

A listener is angry his doctor asks him to make medical decisions 19.06.2011 3:55 ↓

Who should make difficult medical choices – doctors or patients?

Limiting Care 12.06.2011 3:42 ↓

Please, only one problem per visit!

Big Problems with Bias 05.06.2011 4:00 ↓

Heavy people are often treated differently by the healthcare system...

A Sudden Hit to the Head 28.05.2011 3:47 ↓

What is the doctor's duty when there is a sports injury?

Vermont’s Bold Move on Health Care 22.05.2011 3:56 ↓

The state of Vermont moves toward universal care for all

A Couple of Odd Causes of Prescription Drug Abuse 15.05.2011 3:56 ↓

Hint: a leading source of illegal prescription drugs is not the guy standing on the corner.

Medicine as a Team Sport 08.05.2011 3:58 ↓

Imagine if the navy seals worked the same way doctors do

Doctors' Data and the Supreme Court 01.05.2011 4:01 ↓

Why would anyone care about what drugs I prescribe?

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.