Snap Judgment, a podcast that features stories that, literally, have a beat, reminded me that this week marks the anniversary of perhaps the greatest false-positive alarm our country may have ever experienced: the notification given to Ha
Harm Reduction
Let’s be real, some of us are ideal patients while the remainder of us could certainly use a little work in this arena. Admittedly, doctors are the worst.
Just yesterday, I put the finishing touches on an article titled, "10 Worst Bogus Health Stories of 2018." It turns out that my publication was slightly pr
Reducing the legal limit for a driver’s blood alcohol level (BAL) is considered “best practice” for reducing injuries and deaths from motor vehicle accidents (MVA).
Sold as a panacea but delivered to physicians as a glorified billing platform that erodes the doctor-patient relationship and adds yet another layer of third party prioritizing away from these key stakeholders, the electronic medical record (EMR)
The CDC released a report on Thursday that should cause widespread celebration: The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults (14%) is at an all-time low since the federal govern
Randomized clinical trials remain the “gold-standard” evidence in making standards, that is the creation of clinical guidelines. They are a form of best practice creating a “floor” for the care patients receive.
The laws of probability should lend themselves to the notion that if you have a lot more people walking, often in dark costumes, and just as many people driving, and more people drinking than would otherwise occur on a Wednesday, pedestr
The number of adults currently using e-cigarettes in the UK is close to 2.9m, many of whom will have turned to the device
As evidenced by my writing this article, I did not win tonight’s Mega Millions $1.6 billion lottery.