Misconstrued Body Basics
Many people have questions about their bodies that seem so silly, they never bring them up with their doctors.
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Remaking the FDA
Some FDA commissioner candidates have proposed radical reform. Experts discuss what reform might look like and what the FDA needs to better succeed.
Medical Notes: Week of March 5, 2017
Opioid addicts and amnesia, traffics link to domestic violence, driving and concussion recovery, and the effects of strict discipline.
Can Primary Care Doctors End the Opioid Epidemic?
Primary care doctors can treat opioid addiction in their offices using drug substitution therapy potentially erasing the stigma of getting treatment.
Eye Transplants: A Future Reality
Doctors are taking what they’ve learned in hand transplants, especially in nerve regeneration, and applying it to eye transplant development.
Peanut Allergies and Kids Changing the Rules
New studies show rather than keeping kids away from peanuts to protect them, parents should give most infants peanuts from an early age.
NFL Team Doctors: In Whose Interest?
Injured NFL players are treated by doctors employed by teams, but a Harvard study claims there is an inherent conflict of interest in that arrangement.
Public Hospitals: Reputation vs. Reality
Public hospitals have a poor reputation, but in some fields, especially trauma, they are often among the best hospitals in the US.
Eating Disorders in Adults
Over the last decade, the number of women over age 30 seeking treatment for anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder has skyrocketed.
Reengineering the ICU
Hospital intensive care units appear to be a model of high tech, but systems engineers say ICUs are actually models of inefficiency.
Reversing the Shortage in Primary Care Doctors
The shortage in primary care doctors is getting worse. We talk to Dr. Elizabeth Baxley about how to keep medical students in primary care.
Beat Deafness
Some people simply have no rhythm. A small percentage may be "beat deaf," the rhythmic equivalent of tone deafness.
