Contrarian

While celebrating the Fourth of July and all that it represents, we pondered whether physicians should do more to protect...

We teach medicine through memory. But memorizing facts does little to address the uncertainty that comes out of making decisions...

A better understanding of the pandemic’s effects on young people is essential to developing policy responses that can address the...

In game theory, outcomes depend on the nature of the game and the payoffs. Healthcare is a game of incomplete...

The CDC must decide whether to proceed with a new generation of vaccines that promise longer immunity. But many unknowns...

Globally, 1.15% of tweets related to COVID-19 vaccines mentioned side effects. Sentiments toward vaccines were on average more negative than...

Donald Trump is contagious. He infects susceptible patients with a flair for dramatic individualism. And it seems Trumpism will affect...

Ovarian cancer is the most deadly of gynecologic tumors. Fewer than 40% of those diagnosed with ovarian cancer are cured,...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, most people didn’t think through some basic decisions in the same way they might now. In...

There have been several cases of doctors expressing skepticism about vaccines in the media.

Coughs are everywhere this time of the year. They appear to be both harmless yet persistent, which make coughs particularly...

Clinical trials represent the science in healthcare. It is how we obtain new medical information. But to advance our knowledge...