Second Opinion

More on Rationing Healthcare 03.08.2008 4:01 ↓

Several letters suggested there were other ways to ration healthcare and many suggested rationing was, well, anti-American.

Rationing Healthcare 27.07.2008 4:00 ↓

Is it possible that in the US we ration healthcare?

End-of-Life Discussions are NOT Just for Cancer Patients 20.07.2008 4:00 ↓

While doctors can do a lot better with regard to talking to people with cancer about end-of-life issues, they are still in the dark ages when it comes to talking to people with other disease who have a poor prognosis...

Why Do New Medicines Work Better Than Older Ones? 13.07.2008 4:00 ↓

There are several explanations for why new medicine appear to work better than older medicines...

Whose Side Is the FDA on? 06.07.2008 4:00 ↓

There are several pain relievers that contain propoxyphene, a substance that is dangerous and ineffective. Why are these still on the market?

Fluorescent Bulbs 29.06.2008 3:58 ↓

While fluorescent bulbs use a fraction of the energy required for traditional light bulbs, they pose a potential danger if broken and an even greater danger if improperly discarded...

AIDS in Rural India, Part III 22.06.2008 4:00 ↓

The impact of village health workers can be enormous but there are still some barriers to what they can accomplish...

AIDS in Rural India, Part II 15.06.2008 3:57 ↓

While AIDS medicines would life-saving, the need in rural India are for far more than just medicines...

AIDS in Rural India 08.06.2008 3:56 ↓

After generations of fighting malaria and dysentery rural India is not trying to contend with AIDS...

Pre-operative Testing: For Whose Benefit? 01.06.2008 4:00 ↓

We all want our surgery to go as smoothly as possible, but at what point is it not in our best interest to have lots of preoperative tests ordered?

Screening for Dementia 25.05.2008 4:00 ↓

  While dementia is a common illness, and one that causes great concern, there are currently no tests to detect the disease early and this may be a good thing...

Weight Loss and Drugs 04.05.2008 3:57 ↓

No matter how much we wish it were different, there is still no easy  road to weight loss...

Banning Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Canada 27.04.2008 3:59 ↓

Why is it that Canada prohibits drug companies from advertising products directly to the public?

The Effect of Race on Healthcare 19.04.2008 3:59 ↓

Two men with the same disease. Will their treatment differ?

Patient's Right to Be Informed about Trainees 06.04.2008 4:01 ↓

When we go to a teaching hospital we assume the care may be better. But we often aren't given a choice about who should be involved in caring for us...

Anti-Depressant Medications May Be Less Effective Than We Think 30.03.2008 4:01 ↓

A large, high-quality study suggests that newer antidepressants may be far less effective than we have been told by their manufacturers...

Why Is Some Alternative Medicine Still Alterative? 23.03.2008 4:00 ↓

Despite significant research showing the benefits of some complementary and alternative treatments such as acupuncture, they are still considered outside the mainstream...

When People Don't Follow the Doctor's Advice 09.03.2008 4:00 ↓

Doctors have a hard time when people don't follow their advice.  But behavior change isn't easy for anyone -- not even doctors.

Substance Abuse and Detection 02.03.2008 3:52 ↓

Despite substance abuse being a major medical and public problem, only twelve out of 125 medical schools surveyed, offer a required course in substance abuse detection and treatment...

Does Everyone Really Need to Lower Their Cholesterol? 24.02.2008 3:57 ↓

Studies suggest we are over-treating people who have high cholesterol but no risk factors for heart disease...

Telephone Medicine 17.02.2008 3:54 ↓

Getting a call from your doctor may not be just another phone call...

The Hidden Curriculum in Medical School 10.02.2008 4:00 ↓

So much of what medical students learn is not from books and lectures but from their watching the behaviors of others. It may be that our actions are teaching the wrong lessons...