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January 01, 1990 - October 12, 2012 + Second Opinion
An Ounce of Prevention May Still be Too Much

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Preventive approaches may not be all they are promoted to be
Cat Scans Also Cause Radiation

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For us the great health danger from radiation is from unnecessary tests.
Health Problems from Nuclear Exposure

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What lessons can we learn (again) from Fukukshima?
Hospital Discharge, Part II

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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...
Hospital Discharge, Part I

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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...
Race and Medicine

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How we use race in medicine can lead to assumptions that are wrong...
An Infection We Often Don't Think about in the Elderly

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Why would an elderly woman develop fever, low white blood cells and stomach pains?
Making Complicated Medical Decisions

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The more information we get the tougher the decision becomes.
Trying to Become a Female Surgeon

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Even in 2011 being a female doctor just isn't the same as being a male doctor...
Physicians Talking to Parents about Guns in the Home

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Does it make sense to outlaw such discussions?
PTSD in Returning Soldiers

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Stigma and the mental wounds of war...
Incentives to Get Doctors to Use a Particular Drug

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How does one drug company get doctors to use its drug?
Two Drugs of Unequal Cost

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Why is it a drug company would not seek FDA approval for a new indication for their drug?
Under-Treatment of Pain

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Why can’t doctors figure out how to treat pain better?
Is There a Link between Economic Hard Times and Our Health?

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As unemployment rates rise death rates should…fall?