Second Opinion

Variation in Health Care 23.11.2008 3:49 ↓

Why is it that health care in one part of the country is so different than it is in another?

Free Drug Samples 16.11.2008 3:50 ↓

Free drug samples rarely provide an advantage over older drugs that are safer and whose effects are better known.  In addition this type of promotion only serves to substantially raise drug prices....

Weight Bias 09.11.2008 4:00 ↓

Why is it that fat people often end up with lower quality care and feeling demoralized after visiting the doctor?

Differences in Requirement of Pain Medication 26.10.2008 3:54 ↓

Why do people require different doses of pain medication for similar problems?

Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination 19.10.2008 4:00 ↓

The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been extremely heavily promoted, but is it indicated?

Super-Human Doctors 12.10.2008 3:45 ↓

It is in our best interest if doctors take medicine to give them super-human abilities?

A Patch Work That Works 05.10.2008 4:00 ↓

In our mess of a healthcare system, there are some shining examples of a community pulling together for a person...

Sexual Health of Seniors 28.09.2008 3:56 ↓

Perhaps no topic is more actively avoided in discussions between doctors and older people than sexual health...

Depression at the End of Life 21.09.2008 3:43 ↓

Is depression a natural and necessary stage we pass through at the end of life or is it a medical condition that needs treatment?

Letting Go at the End of Life 14.09.2008 4:00 ↓

Why is that we have such a tough time letting go when a person has a terminal illness?

Pressures to Breast Feed 07.09.2008 4:00 ↓

Why are American rates of breast feeding so low?

Is denial always harmful? 31.08.2008 3:44 ↓

We all engage in denial to some extent, but can denial cause medical problems?

How Does the Bill Get That Big? 24.08.2008 4:00 ↓

Reading a hospital bill is like trying to understand a foreign language but look carefully because more likely than not there will be errors...

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?