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Dr. Feelbad Dr. Feelbad
Modern medical practice is burning out doctors. That's bad for our health and yours. We need a cure. But first I need a nap.
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Aug 29, 2008
I escaped death -- and now I want to live! I escaped death -- and now I want to live!
Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures?
By Cary Tennis Aug 19, 2008
Doctors fighting about money: Now that's rich Doctors fighting about money: Now that's rich
His parents paid for everything and mine did not. So I'm in debt and he isn't. Why are we fighting about this?
By Cary Tennis Aug 18, 2008
Placebo is not a dirty word Why "placebo" is not a dirty word
Yes, alternative medicine works mostly by the power of suggestion. But so do a lot of conventional treatments.
By Robert Burton Aug 1, 2008
Where have you gone, Marcus Welby? Where have you gone, Marcus Welby?
Family doctors are a dying breed that is not being revived by medical students. This is the healthcare crisis the candidates should be talking about.
By Robert Burton Jul 8, 2008
My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face! My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face!
I need help dealing with these migraines or I don't know if I'll make it!
By Cary Tennis Jul 3, 2008
Sick in the head Sick in the head
I've diagnosed myself with heart attacks, blood poisoning, meningitis and multiple sclerosis. Turns out, what I had was hypochondria.
By Jennifer Traig Jun 21, 2008
Hospital, USA Hospital, USA
This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm.
By Laura Miller May 6, 2008
I'm a med student, but my boyfriend has just a high school education I'm a med student, but my boyfriend has just a high school education
How important is education in a relationship, and can we be happy if he is less ambitious than I am?
By Cary Tennis Apr 9, 2008
Canadian healthcare: Not "universal" for single women Canadian healthcare: Not "universal" for single women
Some doctors are conscience-clausing their way out of performing basic gynecological screening.
Lynn Harris Feb 27, 2008
A friend is doing chemo. What should I say? A friend is doing chemo. What should I say?
We're mostly online friends, and I'm kind of shy. I care but do not want to intrude.
By Cary Tennis Feb 15, 2008
Should I move back to Wisconsin because my mother has cancer? Should I move back to Wisconsin because my mother has cancer?
I moved to Colorado but could move back if I had to.
By Cary Tennis Feb 6, 2008
Does the sex of your doctor matter? Does the sex of your doctor matter?
A new study finds that breast cancer patients treated by female surgeons were more likely to receive post-op radiation.
Carol Lloyd Jan 31, 2008
Don't be happy, worry Don't be happy, worry
Awash in antidepressants, America is manipulated by Big Pharma and numbed out to basic, and inevitable, human pain -- or so argue critics of our serotonin nation.
By Jerome Weeks Jan 29, 2008
The abortion doctor The abortion doctor
Susan Wicklund has received death threats and worn a bulletproof vest to work. But what really scares her, she writes in "This Common Secret," is the war on reproductive rights.
By Eryn Loeb Jan 22, 2008
My office mate lets off noxious farts My office mate lets off noxious farts
I sometimes have to leave the room it's so bad! Should I say something?
By Cary Tennis Jan 7, 2008
King Kaufman's Sports Daily King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Adrian Peterson is set to return, but should the Vikings have shut him down? And does the team's record figure into that decision?
Nov 27, 2007
Will my family drag us down? Will my family drag us down?
My wife and I could live anywhere and have great success as doctors, but my mother and sister are ill and need help at home.
By Cary Tennis Oct 16, 2007
My boyfriend has no front teeth, and he won't go to the dentist My boyfriend has no front teeth, and he won't go to the dentist
He says he got them knocked out in a fight years ago, but he's deathly afraid to get it fixed.
By Cary Tennis Sep 20, 2007
Take two pills and don't get pregnant Take two pills and don't get pregnant
Do doctors tell women enough about prescription drugs and birth defects?
Lynn Harris Sep 19, 2007
Honey, I shrunk my breasts! Honey, I shrunk my breasts!
The medical establishment doesn't talk much about bust shrinkage, but all women eventually experience it. Why can't we openly discuss the stages of breast regression?
By R. Jan Gurley Sep 18, 2007
Blood and bile and phlegm, oh my! Blood and bile and phlegm, oh my!
Before germ theory, humoral medicine -- based on magical thinking and ignorant of human anatomy -- dominated for 2,000 years. So why are today's doctors guided by some surprisingly similar principles?
By Andrew O'Hehir Aug 8, 2007
Strong, silent, sick? Strong, silent, sick?
"Real men" don't see doctors, study of teens suggests.
Lynn Harris Apr 11, 2007
The Beautiful Hospital The Beautiful Hospital
In "House," impossibly gorgeous physicians miraculously diagnose rare diseases in every episode. Where I work as a nurse, in the Ordinary Hospital, sometimes there's not even a doctor in the house.
By Sallie Tisdale Apr 4, 2007
I've got breast cancer and I don't want to live I've got breast cancer and I don't want to live
I wanted to die even before I got sick. But my family will kill me if I just give up hope!
By Cary Tennis Mar 8, 2007
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