OpinionOpinionExpert opinion | I am a medical student. This is what’s driving many of us away from careers in primary carePrimary care providers are often buried in paperwork long after patients have gone home. And the practice is changing as patients face barriers such as inadequate insurance.
OpinionOpinionExpert opinion | I am a medical student. This is what’s driving many of us away from careers in primary carePrimary care providers are often buried in paperwork long after patients have gone home. And the practice is changing as patients face barriers such as inadequate insurance.
OpinionA teenager suffered from two years of vomiting and abdominal pain | Medical MysteryThe patient said she had on and off belly pain for the last two years, but now the pain above her belly button had intensified to what she described as “stabbing.”
OpinionA teenager suffered from two years of vomiting and abdominal pain | Medical MysteryThe patient said she had on and off belly pain for the last two years, but now the pain above her belly button had intensified to what she described as “stabbing.”
OpinionSleep loss rewires the brain for cravings and weight gain – a neurologist explains the science behind the cycleAccording to the CDC, more than one-third of U.S. adults regularly get less than seven hours of sleep per night. Nearly three-quarters of adolescents fall short of the recommended 8-10 hours sleep.
OpinionSleep loss rewires the brain for cravings and weight gain – a neurologist explains the science behind the cycleAccording to the CDC, more than one-third of U.S. adults regularly get less than seven hours of sleep per night. Nearly three-quarters of adolescents fall short of the recommended 8-10 hours sleep.
OpinionWith the U.S. health system, the high costs and dysfunction are baked in | Expert OpinionU.S. healthcare is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians.
OpinionWith the U.S. health system, the high costs and dysfunction are baked in | Expert OpinionU.S. healthcare is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians.
OpinionWhy is chronic kidney disease now on my medical problem list?There are more evidence-based protocols to treat early stage kidney disease to keep it from worsening.
OpinionWhy is chronic kidney disease now on my medical problem list?There are more evidence-based protocols to treat early stage kidney disease to keep it from worsening.
OpinionDo pediatricians contribute to declining vaccination rates? Some practices will cut patients off or decline to see them if children are not kept on a certain vaccine schedule. Could there be better ways to meet people where they are?
OpinionDo pediatricians contribute to declining vaccination rates? Some practices will cut patients off or decline to see them if children are not kept on a certain vaccine schedule. Could there be better ways to meet people where they are?
OpinionWhy do hot showers relieve this teen’s nausea? | Medical MysteryA teen's school stress seems tied her periodic uncontrollable vomiting.
OpinionWhy do hot showers relieve this teen’s nausea? | Medical MysteryA teen's school stress seems tied her periodic uncontrollable vomiting.
OpinionBreathlessness, nausea, a cough and a mass suggested cancer. But was it? | Medical Mystery An early diagnosis for Chelsea Cresencia sounded grim, and two attempts to explore the region to decide a course of treatment failed. There was nothing to do except operate, after 10 days on ECMO.
OpinionBreathlessness, nausea, a cough and a mass suggested cancer. But was it? | Medical Mystery An early diagnosis for Chelsea Cresencia sounded grim, and two attempts to explore the region to decide a course of treatment failed. There was nothing to do except operate, after 10 days on ECMO.
OpinionA cancer researcher describes how she helped her father decide on prostate treatmentBiden is getting prostate cancer treatment, but that’s not the best choice for all men.
OpinionA cancer researcher describes how she helped her father decide on prostate treatmentBiden is getting prostate cancer treatment, but that’s not the best choice for all men.
OpinionMy patient with a rare condition should have formed a ‘second skeleton.’ Why didn’t he? | Medical MysteryThe mystery for this 21-year-old patent was not that he had fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, but that he'd lived so long without having muscles, ligaments, and tendons slowly turn into bone.
OpinionMy patient with a rare condition should have formed a ‘second skeleton.’ Why didn’t he? | Medical MysteryThe mystery for this 21-year-old patent was not that he had fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, but that he'd lived so long without having muscles, ligaments, and tendons slowly turn into bone.
OpinionWhy do cuts to Medicaid matter for Americans over 65? 2 experts on aging explain why lives are at stakeMedicaid, jointly funded by the federal government and the states, is also the biggest funder in the U.S. of long-term care services, in the patient’s home, another location, or a nursing home.
OpinionWhy do cuts to Medicaid matter for Americans over 65? 2 experts on aging explain why lives are at stakeMedicaid, jointly funded by the federal government and the states, is also the biggest funder in the U.S. of long-term care services, in the patient’s home, another location, or a nursing home.
OpinionBeing Mom’s caregiver is hard. Caring for her together with siblings is harder.Siblings who couldn’t agree on how to care for an aging parent have come to us for mediation, where we winced hearing them belittle one another in ways they wouldn’t dare speak to anyone else.
OpinionBeing Mom’s caregiver is hard. Caring for her together with siblings is harder.Siblings who couldn’t agree on how to care for an aging parent have come to us for mediation, where we winced hearing them belittle one another in ways they wouldn’t dare speak to anyone else.
OpinionMedical Mystery: A teenager with cough, mouth sores, and red eyesFinding a single "umbrella" diagnosis for lung, mouth, and eye problems at the same time was going to be a challenge.
OpinionMedical Mystery: A teenager with cough, mouth sores, and red eyesFinding a single "umbrella" diagnosis for lung, mouth, and eye problems at the same time was going to be a challenge.
OpinionWhy parents avoid ‘the talk,’ and how to engage with your kids on sex ed | Expert OpinionMany parents assume, often incorrectly, that their children are getting sexual health information at school.
OpinionWhy parents avoid ‘the talk,’ and how to engage with your kids on sex ed | Expert OpinionMany parents assume, often incorrectly, that their children are getting sexual health information at school.
OpinionHow to speak up for yourself when your doctor isn’t listening | Expert OpinionHere are some ways to advocate for yourself during a medical appointment.
OpinionHow to speak up for yourself when your doctor isn’t listening | Expert OpinionHere are some ways to advocate for yourself during a medical appointment.
OpinionIs a ‘friend-apist’ what we really want from therapy? | Expert OpinionPopular culture has shifted from therapist as distant authority to therapist as friend. Which depiction is healthier?
OpinionIs a ‘friend-apist’ what we really want from therapy? | Expert OpinionPopular culture has shifted from therapist as distant authority to therapist as friend. Which depiction is healthier?
