Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: April 17, 2020
Sometimes necessity reminds us about what is really important in a world of high technology. Just being present a...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: February 14, 2020
Discrimination and fear may do more damage than the 2019 Novel Coronavirus itself.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: December 16, 2019
Physicians have to struggle balancing the potential benefits of technology and medical intervention with compassion and knowing when to say enough....
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: August 15, 2019
Some modern medical research is unreliable.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: June 20, 2019
Consciences are allowed as a part of the practice of medicine in the United States.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: April 16, 2019
Many negative claims in studies are type II errors.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: February 21, 2019
Dr. Kevin T. Powell highlights some developments in social media regarding fake news, some relating to vaccination.
News
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: December 12, 2018
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding is the newest adverse outcome spawned from misinformation spread via social media.<...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: October 16, 2018
Why are there still proponents for lengthy IV therapy when oral therapy works just as well?
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: August 17, 2018
Ethics consults are mostly about miscommunication, empowering voices to be heard and clarifying values.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: June 26, 2018
Medical journals lack the professional discipline of using significant figures and it produces distortions that m...
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: February 21, 2018
What can we learn from this that applies to medical scenarios?
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: December 19, 2017
A professional should be aware of the minimum quality of tool needed to get the job done.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: October 27, 2017
In medicine, absolute certainty isn’t possible.
Opinion
- Author:
- Kevin T. Powell, MD, PhD
Publish date: August 23, 2017
Advances in medicine can create hope for the future – but can bring grave costs, too.
