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January 01, 1990 - February 07, 2013 + Second Opinion
Letting Go at the End of Life 
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Why is that we have such a tough time letting go when a person has a terminal illness?
Pressures to Breast Feed
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Why are American rates of breast feeding so low?
Is denial always harmful?
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We all engage in denial to some extent, but can denial cause medical problems?
How Does the Bill Get That Big?
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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
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Several letters suggested there were other ways to ration healthcare and many suggested rationing was, well, anti-American.
Rationing Healthcare
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Is it possible that in the US we ration healthcare?
End-of-Life Discussions are NOT Just for Cancer Patients
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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...
Why Do New Medicines Work Better Than Older Ones?
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There are several explanations for why new medicine appear to work better than older medicines...
Whose Side Is the FDA on?
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There are several pain relievers that contain
propoxyphene, a substance that is dangerous and ineffective. Why are these still
on the market?
Fluorescent Bulbs
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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...
AIDS in Rural India, Part III
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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
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While AIDS medicines would life-saving, the need in rural India are for far more than just medicines...
AIDS in Rural India
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After generations of fighting malaria and dysentery rural India is not trying to contend with AIDS...
Pre-operative Testing: For Whose Benefit?
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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...
Screening for Dementia
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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...
