In 2017, Rachel Aviv wrote a story for the New Yorker on how an older couple in Nevada ended up...
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Caregiving for someone with serious mental Illness: Secure your...
As a psychiatrist, I know how challenging it can be to ensure that individuals with serious mental...
Hundreds of patient advocacy groups are Pharma shills
About a year ago, a piece in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the overwhelming...
Reduce your risk of heart disease. Exercise!
To reduce your risk of coronary heart disease, just as with reducing your risk of stroke, the best...
What’s a psychiatric advance directive?
We all need advance directives—living wills and health care proxies that enable us to identify a...
To curb obesity, Chile makes it harder to buy junk...
To curb obesity, in 2016 Chile made it harder to buy junk food—psychologically, financially and...
Are you eating too much junk food?
Julia Belluz reports for Vox that it might be time for the government to step in, tax junk food...
Beware of medical advice from the mainstream media
Kevin Lomangino of Health News Review explains how you and the rest of America may end up duped...
What should you do if you get the flu?
Most doctors and other health experts agree that the flu shot is worth it, particularly for...
Less health care is often better care
Dr. John Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist practicing in Louisville KY, writes in Medscape...