Race and the white coat
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Racial bias in doctors and healthcare workers is doing great harm. Is enough being done to stop it?
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Wal-Mart Can Be Good For Your Health
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008The medical establishment is opposed to drop-in clinics in Wal-Marts and other retail stores. But self-interested doctors need to get over their archaic ways of doing business
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007My 87-year-old grandmother wants to die. And no one will let her.
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007A study from the June 2007 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, written about here by Reuters, found that dressing conservatively can cause deficiencies in vitamin D.
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
At 17, my son was a funny, odd autistic boy. But a misdiagnosis turned him into a violent, unpredictable man, and drove our family to the brink.
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
A hospital that performed a controversial procedure that stunted the growth and sexual development of a profoundly disabled child violated Washington state law by sterilizing her, according to an investigative report released Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself.
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers’ compensation claims as their fit co-workers.
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