Opinion
Earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s: A good start, but then what?
There are valid concerns with any system centered on early dementia diagnosis.
Opinion
The Charlie Brown tree
With the stresses of the holidays and other year-end chores, a sad little Christmas tree is a reminder to keep a sense of humor.
News
Software templates: Use at your own peril
Any sort of default setting in medical office software can’t be taken for granted.
Opinion
Should health care be a right?
In the United States, health care isn’t guaranteed, as it is in many other countries.
Opinion
Asking about gun ownership: A loaded question?
Someone with impaired judgment, cognition, self-control, reasoning, and memory shouldn’t have access to guns.
Opinion
Drug abusers will find a way
If everything that can be abused gets banned, all we’ll be left with are Tylenol and Preparation H.
Opinion
Ruminations on health care spending
$18 billion is a lot of money if it’s being spent on fruitless treatments.
Opinion
The dubious value of online reviews
While there are pros and cons to the whole online review thing, in medicine there are mostly cons.
Opinion
No such thing as an easy fix
A lot of research papers dangle the promise of an easy cure, but offer nothing definite.
Opinion
Horse hockey notwithstanding
Sometimes I look at my younger self, and wonder what I’d really say to him if we actually met.
Opinion
The doctor circuit
We all come to medicine with varying degrees of curiosity and analytical ability, and once those are refined by experience they don’t shut down....
Opinion
Muscling through the data
Sometimes no amount of solid data will change the mind of someone who’s already made theirs up.
Opinion
Kicking the can
Our current politicians favor a strategy of postponing Medicare reform and hoping that the next congress can fix it.
Opinion
Mondegreens
Opinion
Polio: The unwanted sequel
Cracks in herd immunity have allowed polio to return.