Second Opinion

Pay for Performance 21.03.2010 4:00 ↓

Can we improve healthcare quality for providing incentives?

The More You Do the Better You Get 14.03.2010 3:52 ↓

If you want the best outcome you'd best chose the doctor/hospital with the most experience...

Is the Use of Placebos Always Unethical? 07.03.2010 3:59 ↓

While many medicines don't work for us, it is wrong to use a medicine we know won't work...

The Ugly Truth About Homeopathy 28.02.2010 4:00 ↓

Why do we tolerate medicines that we know don t work?

Emergency Contraception for People 17 and Older -- but Not Males! 14.02.2010 4:00 ↓

Why won't a pharmacy respect the law and sell emergency contraception to a male?

Incidental Findings 24.01.2010 4:00 ↓

What do we do when the x-ray shows an unexpected shadow?

Have Family Doctors Given Up on Families? 17.01.2010 4:00 ↓

The American Academy of Family Physicians signs sweetheart deal with Coca Cola...

The last breaths of life 10.01.2010 4:00 ↓

How do we know what it's really like at the very end of life?

When People Don't Follow Advice 03.01.2010 3:41 ↓

It's hard to understand why it is that people sometimes make decisions that are not in their best interest...

Learning about New Drugs 27.12.2009 3:59 ↓

How is it that your doctor decides which drug to prescribe?

Effectiveness of Tamiflu 20.12.2009 4:00 ↓

Have we been duped by the makers of Tamiflu?

Advanced Dementia Is a Terminal Illness 13.12.2009 4:00 ↓

Hospice care needs to be available to those with illness other than terminal cancer...

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! 06.12.2009 3:58 ↓

Sometimes a tincture of time is the very best medicine...

The Politics of Science 29.11.2009 3:56 ↓

The mammogram debate -- an example of where science and politics just don't belong together...

Controversy around Mammograms 22.11.2009 4:05 ↓

We have really confused women this week

The Low-down on Picking Up Diseases Early! 15.11.2009 4:00 ↓

Given the screening tests pick up diseases early, how can they be harmful?

Looking for Disease in All the Wrong Places 08.11.2009 4:00 ↓

Are we being honest about the usefulness of screening tests?

Chaperones during the Exam 01.11.2009 4:00 ↓

Having another person in the room for the physical exam can be a blessing or a curse...

Futile Care 25.10.2009 4:00 ↓

Should you have the right to receive any medical care you want?

Do You Know Any of These People? 18.10.2009 3:56 ↓

We've got a big problem and people are suffering.

Rebelling against Mandatory Vaccines 11.10.2009 4:01 ↓

Should your doctor or nurse be required to get the flu shot?

How Can We Better Remember to Take Our Medication? 04.10.2009 3:49 ↓

This may be going too far...

Creating Better Doctors? 20.09.2009 3:51 ↓

What if we could give doctors pills to make them faster and smarter?

A New Life for a Sluggish Vaccine 13.09.2009 4:01 ↓

Can a vaccine intended to prevent cervical cancer in women, be used in men?