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  • The Utility of Evidence-based Medicine: An Allegory for Those of Us Needing Direction

    As a student of naturopathic medicine I have gone through a few phases with evidence-based medicine (EBM). The initial seduction of the promise of certainty has given way to cynicism and disappointment with the realization of the level of bias and deception still present in publications. Now, as a young doctor-in-training with the responsibility of making informed clinical decisions for my patients, EBM and I are negotiating a middle ground. The following is an allegory for how I currently see

  • To pill or not to pill? That is the question.

    We have a pill for everything but there is more to a healthy lifestyle than supplements. Isn’t there?

  • To what degree is private health care a service industry?

    I recently had a case of a perimenopausal woman in her mid 50’s whose chief concern was that she wanted to begin lactating. She had never given birth, nor was it her intension to serve as a wet nurse. She simply had a strong conviction that to lactate, for her, would be a profoundly healing experience both spiritually and physically. She suffers from a chronic incurable illness and so the objective for me has always been to maximize her quality of life. As you might imagine, her request raised s

  • Toxic Cosmetics: Lead in Lipstick

    The FDA allows cosmetics manufacturers to develop products that contain lead despite research suggesting detrimental effects from chronic lead exposure.

  • World AIDS Day 2010

    Raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and promoting equality of treatment for those inflicted.