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As Students 'March for Our Lives,' What Are the Feasible Aims for Gun Control?
The gun massacre in Parkland, Florida, was nearly six weeks ago. In those weeks, thousands more Americans have died from…
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Society of Hospital Medicine But Seriously Now, Why Do Doctors Still Make You Fill Out Forms on Clipboards?
"Meditative practices emphasize returning to one’s breath. The clinical equivalent of this is to return to one’s patient. "
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Back to 'Throwing Like a Girl'
Most females 'throw like girls,' but not for the reason you think.
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Pushback on CIA and Fake Vaccinations: Maybe Not So Lame?
A defense of letting the CIA piggyback on public health workers
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First-hand experience with Chinese air, pro and con
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Festival of links, part 1
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Emptying the obesity-and-class mailbag
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A whole bunch more on obesity theories
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Obesity and politics
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Obesity and class: the "hotness" factor
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From Sudan, the Arctic, Shanghai: last takes on obesity
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More on obesity, geography, and class
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Weight, class, and Wal-Mart
