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!
5/5/13 – Of all the different criteria people use when deciding for whom to vote in presidential elections, I’ve never heard anyone talk about the importance of a background in clinical psychology—but…Read More
11/27/11 – People sometimes argue about which scientific discovery or advance ranks as the greatest, as the most significant in the history of humankind. Popular answers include electricity, computers, immunizations, and antibiotics….Read More
11/28/10 – I had a patient once—a fellow physician—who came to see me complaining of mid-back pain. When I examined him, I found I could reproduce his pain by pressing firmly on…Read More
9/12/10 – Americans spend an astounding thirty-four billion dollars on alternative medicine annually. Given that so many of us put our faith in alternative care, I wanted to clear up some common…Read More
4/26/09 – The first patient I ever saw as a first year resident came in with a litany of complaints, not one of which I remember today except for one: headaches. The…Read More