The Hidden Costs of Medical Testing
Each year, doctors order more than a million tests that patients don’t actually need. Some are even harmful
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How Literature Can Lead to Better Health Care
Doctors face constant pressure to be resilient. Can the arts address the deeper problems that self-care can’t?
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Why It’s So Hard to Find a Doctor in Toronto
We talk a lot about food deserts. It’s time to start talking about health care deserts too
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When Is Dead Actually Dead?
As a doctor, I can keep somebody breathing even after brain death. How do I make the final call?
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How Much of a Doctor’s Diagnosis Is Gut Feeling?
Why physicians should revisit their traditional response to decision making
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The Case For Diagnosing Yourself Online
Googling our ailments is turning us into a nation of hypochondriacs. But it could also help fix an overburdened health care system
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