Wednesday, 30 March 2016

F.D.A. Clears Use of Experimental Test for Screening Blood for Zika

The move means that Puerto Rico will soon be able to resume collecting blood donations from residents.









F.D.A. Clears Use of Experimental Test for Screening Blood for Zika

The move means that Puerto Rico will soon be able to resume collecting blood donations from residents.









Healing The Healer: Why Physicians and Medical Professionals Must Practice Self-Care

Self-care practices energize and sustain you while decreasing the emotional exhaustion, stress and potential burnout. As the saying goes, “Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others.” Self-care is the oxygen mask for us and it is time to be mindful of this fact!

Healing The Healer: Why Physicians and Medical Professionals Must Practice Self-Care

Self-care practices energize and sustain you while decreasing the emotional exhaustion, stress and potential burnout. As the saying goes, “Secure your own oxygen mask before assisting others.” Self-care is the oxygen mask for us and it is time to be mindful of this fact!

New F.D.A. Guidelines Ease Access to Abortion Pill

The move was a victory for abortion rights advocates who had been fighting laws in states like Texas, North Dakota and Ohio that required providers to follow the original F.D.A. labels.









New F.D.A. Guidelines Ease Access to Abortion Pill

The move was a victory for abortion rights advocates who had been fighting laws in states like Texas, North Dakota and Ohio that required providers to follow the original F.D.A. labels.









This Is How Uncertainty Makes You Lose Your Mind

You might be shocked to know just how much your brain craves knowing for certain.

Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl

Cheaper and far more potent, the synthetic painkiller is becoming the drug of choice for some addicts - and is killing them more quickly.









This Is How Uncertainty Makes You Lose Your Mind

You might be shocked to know just how much your brain craves knowing for certain.

Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl

Cheaper and far more potent, the synthetic painkiller is becoming the drug of choice for some addicts - and is killing them more quickly.









Monday, 28 March 2016

Well: Seeking Painkillers in the Emergency Room

“Why wouldn’t I give patients a Percocet prescription? It makes their life easier and my life easier,” a colleague said to me recently. But that’s not the answer to the opioid epidemic.