Second Opinion
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An examination of medical ethics and the practitioners who define them. Sign up to receive the Second Opinion topics in newsletter form at kcrw.com/newsletters .
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Drug Promotion to the Public
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Doctor, will you pray with me?
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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The importance of standing tall
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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As a group, are migrants less healthy?
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Did the treatment really work?
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Food Insecurity
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Task Shifting
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Should a mosquito-born illness seen in Los Angeles be of concern?
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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The marketing of depression
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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The role of genetics in depression
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Protecting Dairy Farms
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Endless gun violence
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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The one disease that has near-universal coverage
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Failing to protect volunteers in research studies
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Early Hospital Discharge
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Is the new test for Alzheimer’s disease worth getting?
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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What elephant seals can tell us about our health.
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Waiting for test results to come back
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Unproven Claims for Dietary Supplements
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Spirituality – A Missed Opportunity to Improve Health
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Remembering Childhood Trauma
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Contingency management to end addiction
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Pharmaceutical gifts to healthcare providers
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Delving into the depths of Dental Care
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Changes coming with artificial intelligence
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May 26, 2024 |
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Medical Tourism
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May 19, 2024 |
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The impact of antimicrobial resistance on human health
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May 12, 2024 |
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Improving the environment to improve health
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May 05, 2024 |
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Confirmation Bias
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Brain Drain
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Those who receive the poorest healthcare in America
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The importance of bird flu
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Giving and Receiving Bad News
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The recurrence of measles in a time of misinformation
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Mistreated and Ignored
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Batwa indigenous people of Uganda
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Prevention in Uganda
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Why can’t I prescribe a person a home?
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Limited Access to Medical Records
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Do grades motivate learning?
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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The health impact of microplastics
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Superstitions and well-being
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Diagnosing ADHD
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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The truth behind spinal cord stimulation
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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In memory of a medical hero
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Home Testing for Cervical Cancer
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Excessive Radiation from CT Scans
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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We don’t have the information we need on prescription drugs
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Making Hepatitis C treatment available to all
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Prescription Digital Tools
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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What is a normal part of aging?
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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The meaning of gratitude
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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When to report child or elderly abuse
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Hospital Culture and End-of-Life Care
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Is gambling a medical problem?
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Hospital Discharge- given only a few hours to decide what’s next
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Do we need black boxes in medicine?
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Harm Reduction
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Substance Abuse Part 1
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Vector Borne Disease and Climate Change
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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The Popularity of Total Body MRI Scanning
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Intergenerational Trauma
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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The meaning of being on the “BEST HOSPITAL” list
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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The impact of positive childhood experiences
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Emotional Support Animals
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Medical Research Volunteers are often poorly informed
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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The White Coat Ceremony – only a partial celebration.
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Religion and Medicine often make strange partners
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Ordering drug tests without permission
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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The new heavily promoted weight loss drugs
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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The doctor and allocating scarce resources
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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De-prescribing medications
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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One factor in picking the best surgeon
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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What we know about fathers
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Cannabis for sleep
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Meat consumption and human health (part 2)
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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The impact of meat consumption on human health
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May 28, 2023 |
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
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May 21, 2023 |
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Is there a good time to stop screening for disease?
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May 14, 2023 |
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Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
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May 07, 2023 |
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Screen for prostate cancer (PSA)
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Reducing added sugar in our diet
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Artificial Intelligence in End of Life Decisions
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Unnecessary Pre-operative testing
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Implied Consent
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Video recordings of surgical procedures
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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A rising demand for medical imaging tests
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Unacceptable COVID vaccine profits
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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The continued overuse of antibiotics
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Medical issues following a disaster
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Organ donations by prisoners
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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The Need for New Antibiotics
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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The problems with direct-to-consumer drug advertising
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Making three wishes at the end of life
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Pay for performance in healthcare
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Too many blood tests
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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The complexity of a second opinion
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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2022 End of Year Recap
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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“We got it all”
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Putting technology ahead of the evidence
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Injustice Disorder
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Insulin production in California
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Time for a new approach to Alzheimer’s Disease
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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The Limits of Specialty Care
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Microplastics and human health
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Monitoring poor air quality
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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The Care Cascade
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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The problems with body mass index (BMI)
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Code Lavender
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Reproductive Coercion
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Medical Waste
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Recommendations to screen for anxiety in adults
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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The move toward remote home monitoring
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Abortion: States vs the Federal government
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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The health benefits of Camellia Sinensis (black tea)
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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The link between soil and health
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Variations in the consumption of dairy products
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Limitations of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Informing relatives of genetic risks
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Anti-depressants needs a major “rethink”
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Video recording surgical operations
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Wild and domestic pigs
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Ignoring monkeypox at our own peril
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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The harms of too much and too little care
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Ageism and its impact on health
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Disappointment
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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A new kind of first responder
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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The Black Box Around Determining Physician Fees
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Sharing information against a family’s wish
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May 29, 2022 |
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The heavy use of antidepressants in women
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May 22, 2022 |
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Friday the 13th
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May 15, 2022 |
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The importance of non-emergency transportation in health care
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May 08, 2022 |
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A One Health approach to tick borne diseases
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May 01, 2022 |
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Why do we still use the ineffective drug ivermectin for COVID-19?
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Messages to reach the heart and mind
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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What do hospital rankings really tell us?
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Challenging cholesterol statin use
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Those with intellectual disabilities
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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The care of animals in times of war
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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The power of the health lobby
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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A re-emergence of polio
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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The impact of a changing mental health diagnosis
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Learning and Practicing Medicine on Real Patients
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Psilocybin: a treatment for depression
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Medical prior authorizations for drugs and devices
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Orphan drugs to treat rare disease
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Can the treatment of serious mental illness be futile?
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Health Disparities for those with disabilities
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Do friends influence our body weight?
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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The science behind setting goals
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Missing signs of elder abuse
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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Political promotion of a medicine can be powerful
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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What is low value health care?
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Informing relatives at risk of genetic disease
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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How do we know if a drug works?
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Sex difference in surgical referrals
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Written words matter
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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When to stop antidepressants?
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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Back scratching: Medicine and drug companies
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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The fallacy of Kubler-Ross stages of dying
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Pregnancy, mental health, and more
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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A new twist for cigarette related disease
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Dairy products and health
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Practicing What You Preach
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Lessons from 9-11
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Robots in surgery
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Defensive Medicine
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Using the MRI to evaluate common back pain
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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The Legacy of Albert Bandura
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Treating loneliness
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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After a diagnosis of lung cancer
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Do people have an ethical right to have cosmetic surgery?
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Refugee Mental Health
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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We need more training slots for medical residents
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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The double standard of medical marijuana cards
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Live-Streaming Primary Care
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Estimating the chance of disease
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Mistaken approval of Alzheimer’s Drug
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Marketing low value products
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Using incentives to drive health care
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May 30, 2021 |
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Selecting your type of health care provider
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May 23, 2021 |
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The Promotion of Medical Devices
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May 16, 2021 |
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Involving Palliative Care too late
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May 09, 2021 |
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Protecting victims of domestic violence
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May 02, 2021 |
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Hospitalizing someone against their will
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Overtreatment of common infections with antibiotics
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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The conflicts of interest between academic medical centers and medical industries
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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The complexities in diagnosing mental illness
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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The Complexities of Cannabis Use
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Unequal access to palliative care
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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The impact of open medical records
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Accuracy of newly approved cancer drugs
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Unplanned pregnancies and contraceptives
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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The health risks of eating chicken eggs
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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The impact of stigma on sex workers
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Treatments that just don’t work
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Trauma and adversity can lead to resiliency
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Does this treatment really work?
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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The Shkreli Awards for health care dysfunction and greed.
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Entitlement and COVID
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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For those with chronic pain - does surgery lead to improvement?
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Rationing care in times of COVID
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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How are you doing?
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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The advantages of wastewater epidemiology
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Crossing your fingers – superstitions in medicine
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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Domestic Violence in times of COVID
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Gut Feelings
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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The benefits of continuity of care
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Changing the recommendations for colon cancer screening
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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The impact of bullying
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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What happens to all that PPE we discard?
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Psychiatric hospitalization as a risk factor for premature death
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Lessons from the bedside for American policy makers
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Shame and how it keeps us from improving
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Inappropriate Hysterectomies
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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Inappropriate use of the emergency department
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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In the pursuit of happiness
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Food Safety and Security in times of COVID
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Variations in hospital cesarean section rates
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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ACES and Trauma Informed Care Part 2
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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ACES and Trauma Informed Care: Part 1
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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The state of Alzheimer Disease in America
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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The impact of race on kidney transplantation
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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The prohibition against marijuana in the hospital
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Leaving the World Health Organization
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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A practical steps to protect those at risk of suicide
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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Changes in thinking about blood pressure
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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Practice Guidelines the drive toward racial disparities
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Medical Leadership and Conflicts of Interest
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Racism and Medicine
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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The dangerous use of off label prescribing in times of a pandemic
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May 31, 2020 |
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Implicit Bias in Mental Health
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May 24, 2020 |
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The right to NOT know a medical diagnosis
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May 17, 2020 |
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200 years of change started by one woman
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May 10, 2020 |
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The origins of the antiviral drug Remdesivir
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May 03, 2020 |
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Fake news and its impact on health
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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The stigma around COVID can be as dangerous as the virus, says Dr. Wilkes
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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COVID-19 in Africa
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Missed lessons from the Ebola Outbreak
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Disease patterns and planetary health
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Our behavior changes when we are being watched
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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A health care birthday
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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The need to focus on de-prescribing
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Do health care providers have a duty to work during pandemics?
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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There is so much we don’t know about cannabis
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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Hospital bills can have an impact on our health
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Reducing hospital infections
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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Pandemics vs Epidemics
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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Vaccines and the N-Corona Virus
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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Bias can have a large impact on health
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Natural Gas and health
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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Unnecessary lab tests pushed by a vendor
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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Putting off serious health care treatments
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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As long as your around your family…
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Sending children with HIV to school in Uganda
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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The plague of Romanian health care
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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Epigenetics
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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The impact of gratitude
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Nov 24, 2019 |
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The risks and benefits of daily aspirin
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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A tale of two dying patients
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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Medicine is plagued by miscommunication
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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The unsung heroes of the American health care system
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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The necessity of taking supplements to improve health
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Is it safe to increase consumption of red meat?
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Success at preventing HIV but putting profit ahead of public health
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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The Unionization of Medicine - part 2
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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The Unionization of Medicine – part 1
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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Women’s poor health not only a result of poverty
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Sep 15, 2019 |
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The impact of poverty on health care in Africa
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Missed opportunities at the end of life
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Medicine is plagued by conflicts of interest
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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The impact of work-related stress on DNA
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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Why does the federal government provide comprehensive care to those with end stage renal disease but not to those with other life threatening illnesses?
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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What our approach to kidney disease says about us as a nation
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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Does it matter how your doctor or nurse is dressed?
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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An ambulance is not a medical taxi
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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Hospital Price Transparency
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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Shared Decision Making
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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Workplace Wellness Programs
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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A new batch of interns and residents, but some things haven’t changed
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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When making medical decisions we often act irrationally
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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Is something wrong with the VA?
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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Politicians have long held woman’s health hostage
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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Mental health: An unrecognized problem
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May 26, 2019 |
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Standing up for women
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May 19, 2019 |
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Direct to Consumer Genetic testing isn’t ready for prime time
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May 12, 2019 |
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The need for a just culture in health care
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May 05, 2019 |
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Diversity of our doctors benefits our nation
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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Changing prescribers' behaviors to stop prescribing drugs that don’t work.
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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The impact of hearing loss
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Apr 14, 2019 |
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Rating an Uber Driver
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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Anti Depressants: new and old
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Root Cause Analysis in disasters
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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Given the same type of bone fracture, are people likely to get the same treatment for pain?
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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Racial and Ethnic Difference in medication for pain and anxiety (Part 1)
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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There can be hidden meaning in a medical term
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Mar 03, 2019 |
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Aging Surgeons pose some complicated problems
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Feb 24, 2019 |
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Hospital Readmission Rates are too high
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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Supervised Injection Facilities for those who use IV drug
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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Shkreli awards for the worst actors in health care
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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Transgender youth are suffering greatly
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Jan 27, 2019 |
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STI: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Treatment for two
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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How do physicians assistants and nurse practitioner compare with physicians on meaningful outcomes?
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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Medical illness and mental illness are not treated equally
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Jan 06, 2019 |
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The Eradication of Polio
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Dec 30, 2018 |
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The new third person in the exam room
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Dec 23, 2018 |
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Why are people afraid to sign up for government programs meant to protect them?
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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Limits of Confidentiality
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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The decrease in life expectancy is far more complicated than just an opioid epidemic
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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Why do people leave the hospital against the advice of their doctor?
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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It is time to expand and defend our lane for the public’s good.
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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With a new divided federal government is there any chance that Americans can expect effective health care legislation?
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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The Semmelweis Effect
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Nov 04, 2018 |
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis – what appears to be a new disease that is still surrounded by a great deal of uncertainty.
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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Trauma Related Care
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Oct 21, 2018 |
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Conversations around pain
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Oct 14, 2018 |
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The Mother of All Epidemics
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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Male circumcision isn’t as barbaric as it seems and for some it has important health benefits.
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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Measuring Patient Satisfaction
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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Population based research that benefits ALL OF US
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Sep 16, 2018 |
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Hospital Rankings aren't all they're cracked up to be
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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Stigmatized Language
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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Disease mongering and hypertension
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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What’s wrong with free medical school?
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Aug 19, 2018 |
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Preparing for the inevitable oil spill
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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Mosquitos remain the most common inspect spreading serious disease around the globe
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Aug 05, 2018 |
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The world's garbage is one health problem
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Jul 29, 2018 |
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A resurgence of world hunger
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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Confusion around mental illness
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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A common sense solution to the opioid crisis
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Jul 08, 2018 |
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A neglected tropical disease
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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The science of the nudge
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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The link between weight and guilt
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Jun 17, 2018 |
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Too much news of suicide
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Jun 10, 2018 |
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Impaired physicians are dangerous at work
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Jun 03, 2018 |
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Is basic life sustaining healthcare a right or a privilege?
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May 27, 2018 |
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Ebola returns and it deserves our attention
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May 20, 2018 |
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The oversized problem of arthritis
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May 13, 2018 |
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Striking in health care
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May 06, 2018 |
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A tale of two extremes
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Apr 29, 2018 |
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When journalists get it wrong
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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It's time to start to change some of the silly rules in health care
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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Sex trafficking
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Apr 08, 2018 |
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Out of hospital cardiac arrest
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Early teenage drinking
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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White coats against gun violence
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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The health of the world's adolescents
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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Limitations of antidepressant medications
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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How do we get the doctors we need?
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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Working when sick
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Feb 18, 2018 |
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Paying doctors to keep costs low
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Feb 11, 2018 |
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Just because we do the surgery doesn't mean it works
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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Karla's trip home
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Jan 28, 2018 |
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Conversations around Pain
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Jan 21, 2018 |
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Influenza: 2018
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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Brain death
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Jan 07, 2018 |
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A chance meeting
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Dec 31, 2017 |
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Abstinence only education
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Dec 24, 2017 |
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Bigger is not better
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Dec 17, 2017 |
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New national recommendations for blood pressure control
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Dec 10, 2017 |
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Are there health benefits from a daily drink of alcohol?
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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Medical conditions resulting in unsafe driving
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Nov 26, 2017 |
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Regret in medicine
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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A forgotten population with a life threatening disease
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Nov 12, 2017 |
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Hospital vampires
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Nov 05, 2017 |
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When it's time to stop getting routine screening tests
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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Losers when we reduce free access to birth control
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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Making your wishes known
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Advances in health
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Oct 08, 2017 |
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Confusing language
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Do we really want our kids playing football?
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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Dentistry: the odd man out
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Sep 17, 2017 |
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Re-emerging sexually transmitted diseases
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Sep 10, 2017 |
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The 'white coat ceremony'
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Sep 03, 2017 |
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The difficulty in diagnosing mental illness
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Aug 27, 2017 |
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Dengue, an illness that is spreading worldwide
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Aug 20, 2017 |
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The impact of time on kindness
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Aug 13, 2017 |
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Human microbiome
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Aug 05, 2017 |
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When a colleague is impaired
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Jul 30, 2017 |
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The link between teens, marijuana and depression
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Jul 23, 2017 |
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Cutting the CDC budget
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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The 'surprise' question
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Jul 09, 2017 |
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A plant for that may just be the answer
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Jul 02, 2017 |
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Risk factors for chronic opioid use
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Jun 25, 2017 |
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Blushing
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Jun 18, 2017 |
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Drug promotion drives up health care costs
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Jun 11, 2017 |
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Does technology drive up health costs?
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Jun 04, 2017 |
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Conscientious objectors in medicine
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May 28, 2017 |
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Poverty as a risk factor for illness
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May 21, 2017 |
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Drugs that don’t work
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May 14, 2017 |
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Pharmaceutical promotion to health providers
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May 07, 2017 |
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Benefits of medical marijuana
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Apr 30, 2017 |
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FDA permits sales of genetic tests to the public
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Apr 23, 2017 |
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Prostate cancer screening recommendations
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Apr 16, 2017 |
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Learning from others
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Apr 09, 2017 |
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Do we need more doctors?
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Apr 02, 2017 |
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Bullying patients to get what we want
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Mar 26, 2017 |
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Our judgmental side
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Mar 19, 2017 |
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The doubtful case of walking pneumonia
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Mar 12, 2017 |
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The use of animals in medicine
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Mar 05, 2017 |
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The making of a healthy nation
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Feb 26, 2017 |
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Complaining
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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Right care is good care
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Feb 12, 2017 |
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The basis of stigma
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Feb 05, 2017 |
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We need to stop talking
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Jan 29, 2017 |
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Vitamins and supplements
|
Jan 22, 2017 |
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ACA: A policy that benefits us all
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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Lying in medicine, Part 2
|
Jan 08, 2017 |
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Telling the truth in medicine
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Jan 01, 2017 |
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Science in the service of industry
|
Dec 25, 2016 |
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Phone Addiction
|
Dec 11, 2016 |
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Organized medicine and Dr. Tom Price
|
Dec 04, 2016 |
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Healing the healers
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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Do government funded clinics waste tax payer's money?
|
Nov 20, 2016 |
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Bias directed against healthcare providers
|
Nov 13, 2016 |
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Proposition 61: Time to end pharmaceutical price gouging
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Nov 06, 2016 |
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The impact of human migration on One Health
|
Oct 30, 2016 |
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Is talk therapy effective for depression?
|
Oct 23, 2016 |
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Ben Stiller's claim that a blood test saved his life
|
Oct 16, 2016 |
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We could do much better delivering women's healthcare
|
Oct 09, 2016 |
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Bias toward heavy people
|
Oct 02, 2016 |
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Sales people in the operating room
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Sep 25, 2016 |
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Misdemeanors in medicine
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Sep 18, 2016 |
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What role do letter grades play in learning?
|
Sep 11, 2016 |
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Predicting dementia in people without symptoms
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Sep 04, 2016 |
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Medical ignorance around medical marijuana
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Aug 28, 2016 |
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Hospitalists: a new face you've never met before
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Aug 21, 2016 |
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Zika: A new player in a familiar story
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Aug 14, 2016 |
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Practice Guidelines: recipes for best practice
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Aug 07, 2016 |
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Physician Suicide: A Canary in the Coal Mine
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Jul 31, 2016 |
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Unrealistic Cancer Care
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Jul 24, 2016 |
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High Cost of Medical Education
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Jul 17, 2016 |
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Old Habits Die Hard
|
Jul 08, 2016 |
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To Operate or Not?
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Jul 03, 2016 |
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Difficult Choices at 30,000 Feet
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Jun 26, 2016 |
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Bias in Medicine
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Jun 19, 2016 |
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Being Held as a Medical Hostage
|
Jun 12, 2016 |
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San Francisco's Latest Attempt to Reduce Obesity
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Jun 05, 2016 |
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Good News, a Drop in Opioid Prescriptions?
|
May 29, 2016 |
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High Rates of Medical Error Rates Are Probably Incorrect
|
May 22, 2016 |
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Physician Suicide: A Canary in the Coal Mine
|
May 15, 2016 |
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Declining Teen Birth Rates
|
May 08, 2016 |
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Doctors' Right to Choose
|
May 01, 2016 |
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The Violent Brain
|
Apr 24, 2016 |
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A Medical Who Done It
|
Apr 10, 2016 |
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Gender in Elite Sports
|
Apr 03, 2016 |
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Physical Pain Linked to Economic Pain
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Mar 27, 2016 |
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The Heavy Cost of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
|
Mar 20, 2016 |
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The Extinction of a Vital Measure of Quality Control
|
Mar 13, 2016 |
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The Role of Government in Health
|
Mar 06, 2016 |
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Futility and Doctors in Training
|
Feb 28, 2016 |
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A Never Ending Fight over Doctors' Work Hours
|
Feb 21, 2016 |
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It Can't Hurt to Look!
|
Feb 14, 2016 |
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Zika: Surrounded by Uncertainty
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Feb 07, 2016 |
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Special Needs
|
Jan 31, 2016 |
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Elephants and Cancer
|
Jan 24, 2016 |
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American Wants to Die at Home
|
Jan 17, 2016 |
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Compassion in Medicine
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Jan 10, 2016 |
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Tragedy of the Commons
|
Jan 03, 2016 |
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Gifts Are Not Expected
|
Dec 27, 2015 |
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What Constitutes a "Ground-breaking New Drug?"
|
Dec 20, 2015 |
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Mandatory Reporting of Teen Sex
|
Dec 13, 2015 |
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Are No Longer Just for Athletes
|
Dec 06, 2015 |
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Hospital Refunds to Improve Care
|
Nov 29, 2015 |
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Those Pesky Pharmaceutical Advertisements
|
Nov 22, 2015 |
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Biased Dietary Guidelines
|
Nov 15, 2015 |
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Disease Mongering: A Public Forum
|
Nov 08, 2015 |
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Refugees in Germany
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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It's Time for Your Flu Shot
|
Oct 25, 2015 |
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PET Scans for Early Cancer
|
Oct 18, 2015 |
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A Return of an Old Plague
|
Oct 11, 2015 |
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Stopping CPR
|
Oct 04, 2015 |
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Does Greed Know No Limits?
|
Sep 27, 2015 |
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The Power of Words
|
Sep 20, 2015 |
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A Half-Baked Pie
|
Sep 13, 2015 |
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There's a Great Deal of Meaning in a Name
|
Sep 06, 2015 |
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An Insider's Look at Breast Cancer Care
|
Aug 30, 2015 |
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Again We Find More Is Not Better
|
Aug 23, 2015 |
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Are We Serious about Longer Working Hours?
|
Aug 16, 2015 |
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Mental Health Is Just Not the Same
|
Aug 09, 2015 |
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Antibiotic Overuse
|
Aug 02, 2015 |
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Happy Birthday Medicare
|
Jul 26, 2015 |
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A Disease with No Cause
|
Jul 19, 2015 |
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Two Health Systems That Co-exist
|
Jul 12, 2015 |
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TB in Elephants
|
Jul 05, 2015 |
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Culture and Gender in Sri Lanka
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Jun 28, 2015 |
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Animal: Human Conflict
|
Jun 21, 2015 |
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Where Do They Get These FDA Advisory Committees?
|
Jun 14, 2015 |
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On the Ground in Nepal
|
Jun 07, 2015 |
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Medico-voluntourism
|
May 31, 2015 |
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One Health – New Evidence on the Environment – Body Link
|
May 24, 2015 |
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Use of Placebos in Africa
|
May 17, 2015 |
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Trade Agreements and Tobacco Products
|
May 10, 2015 |
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How Did Evolution Provide for the Human-Dog Bond?
|
May 03, 2015 |
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How Do We Tell if Your Doctor Is Up to Date?
|
Apr 26, 2015 |
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Is Government's Job to Protect Kids or Business?
|
Apr 19, 2015 |
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More on Hepatitis C
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Apr 12, 2015 |
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Why We Don’t Tip the Doctor
|
Apr 05, 2015 |
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Making Assumptions about Mental Illness
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Mar 29, 2015 |
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A New Treatments for Hepatitis C
|
Mar 22, 2015 |
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Violence in China
|
Mar 15, 2015 |
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Prostate Cancer Screening Revisited
|
Mar 08, 2015 |
|
Sex Education a Changin'
|
Mar 01, 2015 |
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Information Is Everything
|
Feb 22, 2015 |
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Drinking Alcohol for Health
|
Feb 15, 2015 |
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A Faulty Diagnosis
|
Feb 08, 2015 |
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The Top 1%
|
Feb 01, 2015 |
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Medications at the End of Life
|
Jan 25, 2015 |
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Does the Flu Medicine Work?
|
Jan 18, 2015 |
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Do You Need to Have Your Cholesterol Checked?
|
Jan 11, 2015 |
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Paper Medical Records: A New Step Forward?
|
Jan 04, 2015 |
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Hospital Care
|
Dec 28, 2014 |
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Two Patients and Two Doctors
|
Dec 21, 2014 |
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The Attraction of Horoscopes
|
Dec 14, 2014 |
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No Rest for the Weary
|
Dec 07, 2014 |
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Finding a New Doctor
|
Nov 30, 2014 |
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Complexity in Healthcare
|
Nov 23, 2014 |
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Treating Heroin Addiction
|
Nov 16, 2014 |
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Are There Certain Things that Are Off Limits for Doctors to Discuss?
|
Nov 09, 2014 |
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Proposition 46
|
Nov 02, 2014 |
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Alarms Are Driving Us Crazy
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Oct 26, 2014 |
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How Can We Be So Certain?
|
Oct 19, 2014 |
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New Approaches to Reducing Teen Pregnancy
|
Oct 12, 2014 |
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News Round Up
|
Oct 05, 2014 |
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A Modern Medical Mystery
|
Sep 28, 2014 |
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Elderly Issues in Sri Lanka
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Sep 21, 2014 |
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Suicide in Sri Lanka
|
Sep 14, 2014 |
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Why Doctors Get Infected With Ebola
|
Sep 07, 2014 |
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Is It a Double Standard?
|
Aug 31, 2014 |
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Untreatable Terrible Tummy Pain
|
Aug 24, 2014 |
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Changed by Ebola
|
Aug 17, 2014 |
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Changes Needed in How We Train Doctors
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Aug 10, 2014 |
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Competition in the Market Place
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Aug 03, 2014 |
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Summer Dehydration
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Jul 27, 2014 |
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Pills vs Self Confidence
|
Jul 20, 2014 |
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Treatment for Clogged Ears
|
Jul 13, 2014 |
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How Can We Make Good Decisions with Poor Information?
|
Jul 06, 2014 |
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Less May Be More and Older May Be Better
|
Jun 29, 2014 |
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Playing Nicely in the Sandbox
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Jun 22, 2014 |
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Stemming the Increase in Gun Violence
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Jun 15, 2014 |
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Collecting Gone Array
|
Jun 08, 2014 |
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Encouraging People to Be Healthy
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Jun 01, 2014 |
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Poor Grades for Sex Education
|
May 25, 2014 |
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What's in Common Medications?
|
May 18, 2014 |
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Do a Few Moments of Discussion Make a Difference?
|
May 11, 2014 |
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Female Empowerment
|
May 04, 2014 |
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Reducing HIV with Male Circumcision
|
Apr 27, 2014 |
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Improving Milk Production to Improve Health
|
Apr 20, 2014 |
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One Health as a New Concept
|
Apr 13, 2014 |
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Rwandan Genocide Commemoration
|
Apr 06, 2014 |
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Remembering So as Not to Forgot
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Mar 30, 2014 |
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Follow Up Instructions
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Mar 28, 2014 |
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Medicare
|
Mar 28, 2014 |
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Rwandan Response to Gay Men
|
Mar 23, 2014 |
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Warm Eggs in Africa
|
Mar 16, 2014 |
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Infectious Diseases Are No Longer the Major Killers in Africa
|
Mar 09, 2014 |
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A Motorized Way out of Poverty in Africa?
|
Mar 02, 2014 |
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Waiting For A Miracle
|
Feb 21, 2014 |
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An African Problem That Should Worry Us All
|
Feb 16, 2014 |
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Culture and Generalizations
|
Feb 09, 2014 |
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National Volunteer Day
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Feb 02, 2014 |
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Morning Rounds
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Jan 26, 2014 |
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Unintended Pregnancies in Rwanda
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Jan 19, 2014 |
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A Roadside Accident in Rwanda
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Jan 12, 2014 |
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A Small Problem with a Large Impact
|
Jan 05, 2014 |
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Neurology without Scans
|
Dec 29, 2013 |
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Creative Options in Rwanda
|
Dec 22, 2013 |
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A New Model of Funding Healthcare in Africa
|
Dec 15, 2013 |
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Rwanda
|
Dec 08, 2013 |
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Lots of Unnecessary Lab Tests
|
Dec 01, 2013 |
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Conscientious Objectors
|
Nov 24, 2013 |
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Do We Really Need More Medical Doctors?
|
Nov 17, 2013 |
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When Is a Favor More than Just a Favor?
|
Nov 10, 2013 |
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Secretly Taping a Conversation
|
Nov 03, 2013 |
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Permission for Sensitive Exams
|
Oct 27, 2013 |
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Another Reason that American Medical Care Is So Expensive
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Oct 20, 2013 |
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More is Less
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Oct 13, 2013 |
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How Many Beds in the Hospital Room?
|
Oct 06, 2013 |
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Futile Care in the ICU
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Sep 29, 2013 |
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Medical Non-adherence
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Sep 15, 2013 |
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e-Cigarettes
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Sep 08, 2013 |
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Change Doesn't Come Easily
|
Sep 01, 2013 |
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How Doctors Think
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Aug 25, 2013 |
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It Takes Two to Tango
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Aug 18, 2013 |
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Being a Nice Person
|
Aug 11, 2013 |
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Offering a Prognosis
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Aug 04, 2013 |
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Cardiac Arrest
|
Jul 28, 2013 |
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Doctors and Drug Company Sales Reps
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Jul 21, 2013 |
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Pay for Delay
|
Jul 14, 2013 |
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Random Drug Testing for Doctors
|
Jul 07, 2013 |
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Elective Cesarean Sections
|
Jun 30, 2013 |
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Overtreatment Is Killing Us
|
Jun 23, 2013 |
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Treating Fat People
|
Jun 16, 2013 |
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Would We Be Healthier if We Increased Clinical Testing?
|
Jun 09, 2013 |
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Can We Play Nicely in the Sandbox?
|
Jun 02, 2013 |
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Variations in Quantity and Cost of Care
|
May 26, 2013 |
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Mother’s Day and Caring
|
May 10, 2013 |
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Secret Shoppers in Healthcare
|
May 05, 2013 |
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What Is a Mental Illness?
|
Apr 28, 2013 |
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Risk in a Crazy World
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Apr 21, 2013 |
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Less Is Often More
|
Apr 14, 2013 |
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Emergency Contraception
|
Apr 07, 2013 |
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Back Pain
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Mar 31, 2013 |
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Stigmatizing Language
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Mar 24, 2013 |
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Inattentional Blindness
|
Mar 17, 2013 |
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Substance Abuse and New Health Insurance Laws
|
Mar 03, 2013 |
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How Hard to Push?
|
Feb 24, 2013 |
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Conflict of Interest Rules for Drug Company Interactions
|
Feb 17, 2013 |
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Politics, Guns and Public Health
|
Feb 10, 2013 |
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Abortions, Pregnancies and Roe v. Wade
|
Jan 27, 2013 |
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Prescribing drugs never proven to work
|
Jan 20, 2013 |
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Drug prices are going through the roof!
|
Jan 13, 2013 |
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Doctors' Hours
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Dec 30, 2012 |
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Liberties versus Public Health
|
Dec 23, 2012 |
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Disease Mongering
|
Dec 16, 2012 |
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Research on childhood illnesses
|
Dec 09, 2012 |
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New Hospital Discharge Rules
|
Dec 02, 2012 |
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Stress
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Nov 25, 2012 |
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The Impact of Still Births
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Nov 18, 2012 |
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Intellectual Property Rights
|
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Tropical Diseases
|
Nov 04, 2012 |
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Doctors' Salaries
|
Oct 28, 2012 |
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Medicine Driven by Incentives
|
Oct 21, 2012 |
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Patenting Genes
|
Oct 14, 2012 |
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CNN Has Forgotten Its Mission
|
Oct 07, 2012 |
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Rationing Health Care
|
Sep 30, 2012 |
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Frequent Flyers
|
Sep 23, 2012 |
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Is the Physical Exam Necessary?
|
Sep 16, 2012 |
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Food Insecurity in America
|
Sep 09, 2012 |
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Internet Pornography
|
Sep 02, 2012 |
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Sleeping with Snorers
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Aug 26, 2012 |
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Olympic Syndrome
|
Aug 12, 2012 |
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Closet Psychiatrists
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Aug 05, 2012 |
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Offering CPR when not indicated
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Jul 29, 2012 |
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CPR in the Hospital
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Jul 22, 2012 |
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Testing for Alzheimer's Disease
|
Jul 15, 2012 |
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Caution in the Back Yard
|
Jul 08, 2012 |
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Vitamin D for Preventive Care
|
Jul 01, 2012 |
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Spending Healthcare Dollars Abroad
|
Jun 24, 2012 |
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Hospital Translation Services
|
Jun 17, 2012 |
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Prostate Cancer Screening
|
Jun 10, 2012 |
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Traditional Birth Attendants in Africa
|
Jun 03, 2012 |
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Advice from behind the Counter
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May 27, 2012 |
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Training More Doctors
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May 20, 2012 |
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Getting to the Hospital in an Emergency
|
May 13, 2012 |
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Hearing Impairment and Aging
|
May 06, 2012 |
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America's Top Doctors
|
Apr 29, 2012 |
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Foreign Trained Doctors
|
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Rabies in California
|
Apr 08, 2012 |
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Regardless of the Dose the Drug is Ineffective
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Apr 01, 2012 |
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The Greening of Medicine
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Mar 25, 2012 |
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Drug Company Fraud
|
Mar 18, 2012 |
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Caregivers
|
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Do Doctors Need Shopping Carts?
|
Mar 04, 2012 |
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Drug Shortages
|
Feb 26, 2012 |
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Low Salt Recommendations
|
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Hard Fought Battles for Women
|
Feb 12, 2012 |
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Disclosing Medical Errors
|
Feb 05, 2012 |
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Searching for open access to medical research
|
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Students in Foreign Lands
|
Jan 15, 2012 |
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Information Can Be Like a Pill
|
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Deafness and Disability
|
Jan 01, 2012 |
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A Technology Arms Race
|
Dec 25, 2011 |
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Biting the Hand that Feeds You
|
Dec 18, 2011 |
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Emergency Contraception for Teens
|
Dec 11, 2011 |
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When a Patient Decides NOT to Know
|
Dec 04, 2011 |
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Choosing the Best Hospital
|
Nov 27, 2011 |
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Difficult Discussions
|
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Teenage Drivers
|
Nov 13, 2011 |
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Back Pain and Placebos
|
Nov 06, 2011 |
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Why Do the Japanese Live So Long?
|
Oct 30, 2011 |
|
Why Are People Going to the Doctor Less Often?
|
Oct 23, 2011 |
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Sound Recommendations about Prostate Cancer Screening
|
Oct 16, 2011 |
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New Federal Conflicts of Interest Regulations
|
Oct 09, 2011 |
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Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
|
Oct 02, 2011 |
|
Nurses Go on Strike
|
Sep 25, 2011 |
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Outlawing Female Circumcision
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Sep 18, 2011 |
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Expedited Partner Therapy
|
Sep 11, 2011 |
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Medical Scribes
|
Sep 04, 2011 |
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Be Careful about Unnecessary Genetic Tests
|
Aug 28, 2011 |
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It's Not the Person, It's the Pill
|
Aug 21, 2011 |
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Is the Doctor's Duty Only to the Patient or to Society as Well?
|
Aug 07, 2011 |
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The Quest for Beauty
|
Jul 31, 2011 |
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A Giant Step Forward for Women's Health
|
Jul 24, 2011 |
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Doctors Don't Deal with Uncertainty
|
Jul 17, 2011 |
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New Research Findings with Some Obvious Results
|
Jul 10, 2011 |
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New rules to reduce medical resident fatigue
|
Jul 03, 2011 |
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The Pro-Pharmaceutical Opinion of the Supreme Court
|
Jun 26, 2011 |
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A listener is angry his doctor asks him to make medical decisions
|
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Limiting Care
|
Jun 12, 2011 |
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Big Problems with Bias
|
Jun 05, 2011 |
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A Sudden Hit to the Head
|
May 28, 2011 |
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Vermont’s Bold Move on Health Care
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May 22, 2011 |
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A Couple of Odd Causes of Prescription Drug Abuse
|
May 15, 2011 |
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Medicine as a Team Sport
|
May 08, 2011 |
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Doctors' Data and the Supreme Court
|
May 01, 2011 |
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Nurse Midwives
|
Apr 24, 2011 |
|
Music and Medicine
|
Apr 17, 2011 |
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An Ounce of Prevention May Still be Too Much
|
Apr 10, 2011 |
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Cat Scans Also Cause Radiation
|
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Health Problems from Nuclear Exposure
|
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Hospital Discharge, Part II
|
Mar 20, 2011 |
|
Hospital Discharge, Part I
|
Mar 13, 2011 |
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Race and Medicine
|
Mar 06, 2011 |
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An Infection We Often Don't Think about in the Elderly
|
Feb 27, 2011 |
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Making Complicated Medical Decisions
|
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Trying to Become a Female Surgeon
|
Feb 13, 2011 |
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Physicians Talking to Parents about Guns in the Home
|
Feb 06, 2011 |
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PTSD in Returning Soldiers
|
Jan 23, 2011 |
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Incentives to Get Doctors to Use a Particular Drug
|
Jan 16, 2011 |
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Two Drugs of Unequal Cost
|
Jan 09, 2011 |
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Under-Treatment of Pain
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Dec 19, 2010 |
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Is There a Link between Economic Hard Times and Our Health?
|
Dec 12, 2010 |
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A Pain Pill That Should Have Been Banned Long Ago
|
Dec 05, 2010 |
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Does a Doctor's Religion Make a Difference?
|
Nov 28, 2010 |
|
Do healthy people need to take a multiple vitamin?
|
Nov 21, 2010 |
|
Preventive Health in People with an Advanced Cancer
|
Nov 14, 2010 |
|
Why Do We Still Make Residents Work 80-Hour Weeks?
|
Nov 07, 2010 |
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Paying for Drugs for Rare Diseases
|
Oct 31, 2010 |
|
Teen Pregnancy
|
Oct 24, 2010 |
|
Birth Control Pills and Sexual Activity
|
Oct 17, 2010 |
|
In Vitro Fertilization – a Remarkable Discovery!
|
Oct 10, 2010 |
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What Needs to Go in the Medical Record?
|
Oct 03, 2010 |
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Memory Loss
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Sep 19, 2010 |
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The Loss of Altruism
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Sep 12, 2010 |
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Reporting Child Abuse
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Aug 29, 2010 |
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Literacy and Health
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Aug 22, 2010 |
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A New Diagnosis of a Genetic Condition
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Aug 08, 2010 |
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US Ranked 9th in End of Life Care
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Aug 01, 2010 |
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Drug Companies' Priority: Make Profits, Not Protect Health
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Jul 25, 2010 |
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Foreign Trained Health Doctors Working in the US
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Jul 18, 2010 |
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Rethinking Medical Education, Part II
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Jul 11, 2010 |
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Summertime in Medicine
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Jul 04, 2010 |
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Refusal of Care
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Jun 27, 2010 |
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Sexting
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Jun 20, 2010 |
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Public Attitude toward Healthcare Technology
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Jun 13, 2010 |
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Colonoscopy: Does the Time of Day Matter?
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Jun 06, 2010 |
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Genetic Testing of College Students
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May 30, 2010 |
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I'm a little bit worried....
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May 23, 2010 |
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When Can a Parent Say Enough is Enough?
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May 16, 2010 |
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Are we any safer with new airport scanners?
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May 09, 2010 |
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The Dangers of Four letter Words
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May 02, 2010 |
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An Obligation to Participate in Research
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Apr 25, 2010 |
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Swine Flu-One Year Later
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Apr 18, 2010 |
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It's All the Result of TV
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Apr 11, 2010 |
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Tomorrow's Doctors
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Mar 27, 2010 |
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Pay for Performance
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Mar 21, 2010 |
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The More You Do the Better You Get
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Mar 14, 2010 |
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Is the Use of Placebos Always Unethical?
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Mar 07, 2010 |
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The Ugly Truth About Homeopathy
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Feb 28, 2010 |
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Under-treatment of Sickle Cell Pain
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Feb 21, 2010 |
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Emergency Contraception for People 17 and Older -- but Not Males!
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Feb 14, 2010 |
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Incidental Findings
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Jan 24, 2010 |
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Have Family Doctors Given Up on Families?
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Jan 17, 2010 |
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The last breaths of life
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Jan 10, 2010 |
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When People Don't Follow Advice
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Jan 03, 2010 |
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Learning about New Drugs
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Dec 27, 2009 |
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Effectiveness of Tamiflu
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Dec 20, 2009 |
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Advanced Dementia Is a Terminal Illness
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Dec 13, 2009 |
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Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
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Dec 06, 2009 |
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The Politics of Science
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Nov 29, 2009 |
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Controversy around Mammograms
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Nov 22, 2009 |
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The Low-down on Picking Up Diseases Early!
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Nov 15, 2009 |
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Looking for Disease in All the Wrong Places
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Nov 08, 2009 |
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Chaperones during the Exam
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Nov 01, 2009 |
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Futile Care
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Oct 25, 2009 |
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Do You Know Any of These People?
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Oct 18, 2009 |
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Rebelling against Mandatory Vaccines
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Oct 11, 2009 |
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How Can We Better Remember to Take Our Medication?
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Oct 04, 2009 |
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Creating Better Doctors?
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Sep 20, 2009 |
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A New Life for a Sluggish Vaccine
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Sep 13, 2009 |
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Misleading BMI
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Sep 06, 2009 |
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Why Do We Still Have Tooth Decay?
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Aug 30, 2009 |
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A Note from the Doctor
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Aug 23, 2009 |
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Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
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Aug 02, 2009 |
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What Is Basic Healthcare Coverage?
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Jul 26, 2009 |
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Following Your Moral Compass
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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Is a Therapist a Psychotherapist?
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Jul 12, 2009 |
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Overriding Computer Systems
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Jul 05, 2009 |
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Amenity Units at Hospitals
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Jun 28, 2009 |
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Care That Is Unlikely to Provide Benefits
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Jun 21, 2009 |
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Thinking Globally in Tough Financial Times
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Jun 14, 2009 |
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Difficult Doctor Encounters
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Jun 07, 2009 |
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Prisoners Released with HIV
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May 31, 2009 |
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Can nurses substitute for doctors?
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May 24, 2009 |
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CPR out of the Hospital
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May 17, 2009 |
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Rating Doctors
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May 10, 2009 |
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Swine Flu 101
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May 03, 2009 |
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Paying People to Get Healthy
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Apr 26, 2009 |
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Respecting Patients' Culture
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Apr 19, 2009 |
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Abstinent Promises
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Apr 12, 2009 |
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Who Owns the Medical Record?
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Apr 05, 2009 |
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Journals, Editors and Intimidation
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Mar 29, 2009 |
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Private Hospital Beds
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Mar 22, 2009 |
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Normal adolescence: a disease worth treating?
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Mar 15, 2009 |
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Preventing the Spread of AIDS in Africa
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Mar 08, 2009 |
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Barrier to HIV Prevention in Zambia
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Mar 01, 2009 |
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One Perspective on AIDS in Africa
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Feb 22, 2009 |
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When Should You Be Able to Have a Baby
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Feb 15, 2009 |
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Why Can't Doctors Just Talk to Each Other?
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Jan 25, 2009 |
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When People Don't Follow Advice
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Jan 18, 2009 |
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Primary Care Medicine: An Endangered Species
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Jan 04, 2009 |
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Is There Such a Thing as a Blockbuster Blood Test?
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Dec 28, 2008 |
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Generics versus Trade-name drugs
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Dec 21, 2008 |
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Drug Abuse in the Elderly
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Dec 14, 2008 |
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Moral Courage
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Dec 07, 2008 |
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Harmful Effects of Radiation
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Nov 30, 2008 |
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Variation in Health Care
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Nov 23, 2008 |
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Free Drug Samples
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Nov 16, 2008 |
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Weight Bias
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Nov 09, 2008 |
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Proposition 4: Parental Consent for Pregnancy Termination
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Nov 02, 2008 |
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Differences in Requirement of Pain Medication
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Oct 26, 2008 |
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Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination
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Oct 19, 2008 |
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Super-Human Doctors
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Oct 12, 2008 |
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A Patch Work That Works
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Oct 05, 2008 |
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Sexual Health of Seniors
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Sep 28, 2008 |
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Depression at the End of Life
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Sep 21, 2008 |
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Letting Go at the End of Life
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Sep 14, 2008 |
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Pressures to Breast Feed
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Sep 07, 2008 |
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Is denial always harmful?
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Aug 31, 2008 |
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How Does the Bill Get That Big?
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Aug 24, 2008 |
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More on Rationing Healthcare
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Aug 03, 2008 |
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Rationing Healthcare
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Jul 27, 2008 |
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End-of-Life Discussions are NOT Just for Cancer Patients
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Jul 20, 2008 |
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Why Do New Medicines Work Better Than Older Ones?
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Jul 13, 2008 |
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Whose Side Is the FDA on?
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Jul 06, 2008 |
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Fluorescent Bulbs
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Jun 29, 2008 |
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AIDS in Rural India, Part III
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Jun 22, 2008 |
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AIDS in Rural India, Part II
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Jun 15, 2008 |
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AIDS in Rural India
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Jun 08, 2008 |
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Pre-operative Testing: For Whose Benefit?
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Jun 01, 2008 |
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Screening for Dementia
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May 25, 2008 |
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Humor to educate about drug advertising
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May 11, 2008 |
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Weight Loss and Drugs
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May 04, 2008 |
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Banning Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Canada
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Apr 27, 2008 |
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The Effect of Race on Healthcare
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Apr 19, 2008 |
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Traditional Medicine
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Apr 13, 2008 |
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Patient's Right to Be Informed about Trainees
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Apr 06, 2008 |
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Anti-Depressant Medications May Be Less Effective Than We Think
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Mar 30, 2008 |
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Why Is Some Alternative Medicine Still Alterative?
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Mar 23, 2008 |
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Disability Parking
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Mar 16, 2008 |
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When People Don't Follow the Doctor's Advice
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Mar 09, 2008 |
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Substance Abuse and Detection
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Mar 02, 2008 |
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Does Everyone Really Need to Lower Their Cholesterol?
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Feb 24, 2008 |
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Telephone Medicine
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Feb 17, 2008 |
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The Hidden Curriculum in Medical School
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Feb 10, 2008 |
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Bereavement can Cause Physical Problems
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Jan 20, 2008 |
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Permission for Clinical Research
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Jan 13, 2008 |
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Hospitalists
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Jan 06, 2008 |
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Buying Influence in Developing Countries
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Dec 30, 2007 |
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Immigrants and Healthcare
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Dec 23, 2007 |
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Medicinal Hugs
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Dec 09, 2007 |
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Admitting Uncertainty
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Nov 25, 2007 |
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Physicians as Role Models
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Nov 18, 2007 |
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Does It Matter What the Doctor Wears?
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Nov 11, 2007 |
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Caring for Celebrities
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Nov 04, 2007 |
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Dying in Prison
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Oct 28, 2007 |
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Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer
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Oct 21, 2007 |
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Screening for Lung Cancer
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Oct 14, 2007 |
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When We Don't Know the Patient's Preference
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Oct 05, 2007 |
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Payment for Taking Medicines
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Sep 30, 2007 |
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The Consumer Reports of Medications
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Sep 23, 2007 |
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Confidentiality Even in Death
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Sep 16, 2007 |
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Unfit to Drive
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Sep 09, 2007 |
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Practice Rules Improve Care
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Sep 02, 2007 |
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Promises Not Kept
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Aug 26, 2007 |
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A Severe Case of 'Bill-itis'
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Aug 19, 2007 |
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How Often Do You Need to Return to the Doctor?
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Jul 29, 2007 |
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Choosing a Good Doctor
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Jul 15, 2007 |
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Whose fault is it when the doctor's advice isn't followed?
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Jul 08, 2007 |
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Is Ethnicity Medically Important?
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Jun 29, 2007 |
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More on Prostate Cancer; Is One Treatment Best?
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Jun 24, 2007 |
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Getting Tested for Prostate Cancer for Father's Day
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Jun 17, 2007 |
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Do Not Sit Silently
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Jun 10, 2007 |
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Is Being Tired an Illness?
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Jun 03, 2007 |
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Disease Mongering
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May 25, 2007 |
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Reassurance
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May 20, 2007 |
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Oxycontin
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May 13, 2007 |
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Feeding Tubes
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Apr 29, 2007 |
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Blaming the Victim
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Apr 22, 2007 |
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Treating Cholesterol
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Apr 08, 2007 |
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Genetic Discrimination
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Apr 01, 2007 |
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Banking Cord Blood
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Mar 18, 2007 |
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Religion in Medicine
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Mar 11, 2007 |
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Emergency Room Overuse
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Mar 04, 2007 |
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Tackling Obesity
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Feb 25, 2007 |
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Case Managers
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Feb 18, 2007 |
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A Request for an MRI
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Feb 11, 2007 |
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The Electronic Medical Record
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Jan 21, 2007 |
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Keeping Up Appearances
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Jan 14, 2007 |
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Behind the Curtain
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Jan 07, 2007 |
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Genetic Screening in Teens
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Dec 24, 2006 |
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Compassionate Care for the Elderly
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Dec 17, 2006 |
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Drug Overdose
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Dec 10, 2006 |
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Saying 'I'm Sorry'
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Dec 03, 2006 |
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Social Determinants of Disease
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Nov 26, 2006 |
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Difficulty Sleeping
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Nov 19, 2006 |
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Disease and Illness
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Nov 12, 2006 |
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Prison Research
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Nov 05, 2006 |
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Avoiding Kidney Surgery
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Oct 29, 2006 |
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Going Abroad
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Oct 22, 2006 |
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Screening for Dementia
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Oct 15, 2006 |
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Beliefs
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Oct 08, 2006 |
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Undertaking Risk
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Oct 01, 2006 |
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Trouble Reading
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Sep 17, 2006 |
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Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?
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Sep 10, 2006 |
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Women and Heart Disease
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Sep 03, 2006 |
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Drug Companies
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Aug 27, 2006 |
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Keeping Up with the Times
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Aug 06, 2006 |
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Disposing of Unused Prescription Drugs
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Jul 30, 2006 |
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Direct To Consumer Advertising
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Jul 23, 2006 |
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Medical Marijuana
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Jul 16, 2006 |
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Oversight at the FDA
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Jul 09, 2006 |
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Asking for Organs
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Jul 02, 2006 |
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FDA Labels
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Jun 25, 2006 |
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Phase One Studies
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Jun 11, 2006 |