Chiropractic Danger
Strokes are devastating. It is important to evaluate how much you trust your chiropractor and if that’s really the treatment you want before making that appointment. Continue reading Chiropractic Danger
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Towards Defining Paternalism in Medicine
It is 1804. A physician peers over the rims of his spectacles at his patient. She says, “Doctor, I don’t want to die. Please tell me what to do.” He replies, “Mrs. Smith, we will treat your illness with these leeches, which will cleanse your blood of the disease. Continue reading Towards Defining Paternalism in Medicine
X-Ray Selfies and Uber-Docs: A Glimpse of Medicine’s (Near) Future
Dr. Eric Topol wants patients to own their own health data. The tech-loving cardiologist-turned-genomics professor from the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, CA has been popping up a lot lately, in op-eds and at health technology conferences. Continue reading X-Ray Selfies and Uber-Docs: A Glimpse of Medicine’s (Near) Future
ConsumerLab vs. Labdoor: Rating the Supplement Rating Sites
Image via ConsumerReports.com The sheer volume and variety of dietary supplement products now available to our patients is enough to boggle even the most well-informed mind. They vary very widely in their price points, their quality of manufacture, and the uses for which they’re promoted. A quick walk through the supplement section at any large health food store will corroborate that fact. Continue reading ConsumerLab vs. Labdoor: Rating the Supplement Rating Sites
Unhealthy Air, Unhealthy lungs, Unhealthy Communities
Image via CityMetric.com Low-income individuals are also often less equipped to adapt to climate stressors. Urban communities of color often have reduced access to alternate housing, food, water, cooling, or transportation in the event of a weather emergency. Continue reading Unhealthy Air, Unhealthy lungs, Unhealthy Communities
Health professionals volunteer their services when the ACA isn’t enough
At the recent national meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP), I dropped in on a session about medical volunteering. I thought I might hear about an interesting opportunity to volunteer in Africa, or South America perhaps. Continue reading Health professionals volunteer their services when the ACA isn’t enough
Why it might be hard to find a medical marijuana doctor
Many doctors have a difficult time with marijuana as medication, and consider doctors who prescribe it as second-class citizens. These doctors fear that they will enable recreational drug use, that patients will abuse medical cards to get drugs for friends and that patients will lie to them to get a card. Continue reading Why it might be hard to find a medical marijuana doctor
