WASHINGTON — A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet of the connection between the marketing of opioids to doctors and the nation’s addiction epidemic. It found that counties where opioid manufacturers offered a large number of gifts and payments to doctors had more overdose deaths involving the drugs than counties where direct-to-physician… Read More »
It isn’t a clinical condition, but doctors know what you mean when you say you have brain fog. “It’s one of the most common complaints I hear,” says Felicia Goldstein, Ph.D., professor in the neurology department at Emory University Brain Health Center in Atlanta. Brain fog feels like forgetfulness, slow thinking, those “it’s on the… Read More »
But that doctor was proved wrong when an MRI showed that the girl had acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, a polio-like disease that’s struck hundreds of children since 2014. Erin Olivera, mother of a child with AFM and founder of a private Facebook page for parents of 400 children with the disease, says Bailey’s experience… Read More »
As we enter peak cold season, new research has found the dreaded ‘commuter cold’ is real. Editor Anna Magee talks to leading GP Dr Ellie Cannon about exactly how to avoid the bugs in 2019 Most of us complain about our commuter journeys being the real reason we catch every cold going. But scientific research… Read More »
When I was in medical school, I didn’t realize the potential data would have in health care. Back then I learned from 1000+ page hardcover textbooks and handwrote notes in paper medical records. Fast forward twenty years — data and analytics are at the forefront of health care. Other doctors and I now have electronic… Read More »
The National Rifle Association ruffled a lot of feathers recently when it published a tweet that said that doctors should “stay in their lane” on the subject of gun control. As a practicing physician, you might be surprised to hear that I side with the NRA. There’s something fundamentally different between diagnosing and treating a… Read More »
Researchers have swallowed pieces of Lego to see how long it takes them to pass through their digestive systems. Despite the best efforts of parents, children are prone to swallowing small plastic toys – usually prompting a visit to the doctor. Paediatricians are often asked how long it will take for the toys to pass… Read More »