Prescribing Placebos in Non Life Threatening Disease: Is it Ethical?
The placebo effect is widely known amongst medical professionals and patients and has been shown to be powerful. Though unable to cure disease, studies…
Read MoreThe placebo effect is widely known amongst medical professionals and patients and has been shown to be powerful. Though unable to cure disease, studies…
Read MoreLooking at Food Deserts in Arizona Using the USDA Food Research Atlas
As mind-numbing as organizing and sifting through publicly available data sounds, it can actually be pretty fun. At least, it has been for me…
Read MoreThe end of October also brings the close of my first experience participating in an art challenge called Inktober. The intention of Inktober is…
Read MoreWorking in a medical profession almost invariably means having to confront human mortality. Though death is ultimately inevitable, in many situations physicians can experience…
Read MoreWhat Is It and What Does It Mean for Us?
Are machines going to take over medicine? This might be a question you have heard or asked yourself, especially after watching movies demonstrating somewhat…
Read MoreMidwives once played a prominent role in American peripartum care, but receded into the background as hospital birth became the norm. In recent years,…
Read MoreThe Future of Employer Contracted Health Coverage
With the wide array of territories the tech and corporate industries seem to span over, healthcare appears to be their latest frontier of interest….
Read MoreAn Interview with Dr. Maricela Moffitt
As I meet with Dr. Moffitt, I see an office full of memories of classes past and books on the care of patients. Communication…
Read MoreSchizophrenia
Next to me was an emaciated, homeless Vietnamese man in his late fifties. We were sitting in the Emergency Room together, his hand tightly…
Read MoreMamá e hija Emergency department Bloody stools and excruciating pain 4 more kids at home A genuine smile A twinkle of hope…
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