Harm Reduction

One of the takeaway lessons from the opioid epidemic was that physician’s prescribing behavior often lags behind recommendations.

Pop quiz! What is the cause of our opioid epidemic? A. Doctors prescribe too many opioids. B. The government insisted doctors control pain better C. Big Pharma created addictive drugs and lied to us

Quick quiz, what side-effects, if any, concern you about the use of statins, those medications designed to lower our cholesterol?  Most people would mention the most common side effect, muscle aches or myalgia that occur in roughly 11% o

There is valid concern about diversity and inclusiveness in research participants, and in the disparity in the severity and age of onset for cardiovascular disease among African Americans.

Violence in healthcare is not limited to surgery, where it is controlled in service to healing. There are infrequently, but not infrequently enough, the random gun violence we have seen in hospitals and other healthcare settings.

Low-value health care reflects activities by patients and physicians that add little quantifiable differences to care, e.g., going to the emergency department instead of a physician for a sore throat.

One of the benefits of data and scientific inquiry is providing a framework for making complex decisions about life and death, often when there is incomplete information or little time to carefully assess the situation.

E-cigarettes remain controversial, but as a physician, I see them as a bridge from inhaling burning tobacco to being rid of the habit altogether.

Prior to the birth of baby Archie to the Duchess of Sussex Meghan and her husband Prince Harry, there was much media speculation that they were opting for a home birth instead of a hospital one.

In my previous life as a surgeon, one of my achievements was bringing a national quality improvement program to my community hospital.