Doctors Don’t Always Take Women Seriously, And It’s an Issue

Women are often dismissed by doctors, but…

We Need a Better Way To Measure Pain

The subjectiveness of our current system is costing lives

The Three-Legged Stool That Your Life Depends On

The Cost of Delay

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Deterrent System

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Is it URGENT or EMERGENT?

The difference between urgent care and the emergency room. Many Americans face this question on a regular basis. We are taught in our mind that urgent care is like an ER, but for less severe issues. This assumption, while somewhat correct, comes with caveats that may influence your…

Turn Your Head and Cough

There is nothing more awkward than being alone in the room with your primary care doctor, having your “plums”…

To HMO or PPO…now that’s the question

Middle of the week seemed like an appropriate time to write a very brief and generalized…

Creative Confidence: A Book Review

A Book Review of Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative…

Prefixes, and Suffixes, OH MY!

Medicine is heavy on the use of prefixes (an affix which is placed before the stem of a word), and suffixes (an affix which is placed after the stem of a word). Knowing some of these can take the guesswork and late night Googling out of the picture. With that, it seems…

Predicting Healthcare Policy

To be completely honest, I don’t think anyone has a clue as to what will happen next in the realm of…