ON ALL THINGS RELATED TO HEALTH AND THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Do you want to learn about the forces that shape our healthcare system? Would you like to be able to make more informed choices about your health? Do you want to become healthier and happier? Read on and join the conversation!
10/29/18 – Figuring out what’s actually true is far harder than most people realize. Our brains are both hypothesis-generating machines and incredibly credulous. As a result, most of the things we believe…Read More
2/22/15 – After a prolonged and debilitating illness, two weeks ago my father finally died. As a physician, I’ve observed many people experience loss, but this is the first time I’ve lost someone close…Read More
11/2/14 – In a previous post, The Good Guy Contract, I wrote about the particular challenges faced by people dominated by their need to be liked by others. In that post I recounted my own…Read More
5/4/14 – What’s the worst problem you have right now? Have you lost your home? Your job? Are you worried you might? Or are you facing a terrible illness? Long-time readers of…Read More
12/22/13 – The greatest invention of all time isn’t, as is sometimes argued, penicillin. Nor is it the computer. Nor is it running water, electricity, the automobile, or the airplane. Rather, it’s…Read More
11/24/13 – In the North American hemisphere, flu season is fast approaching. Influenza, as most people know, is a serious respiratory infection that can be life-threatening in the very young, the very…Read More
11/3/13 – The sense of self I feel and have always felt has seemed constant throughout my life, which is why I feel as if I even have a core self. But a moment’s…Read More