Stay Excited and in Love with a Career in Medicine + Scoring the Senate Healthcare Bill - The Doctor Weighs In

How to Stay Excited and In Love with a Career in Medicine

No matter what stage of your career you are at, it is never too late to learn new things, take on new challenges, and acquire new skills. Read more ?

The Surprising Ancient History of Drinking in Excess

The ancients recognized that wine was good for you in small quantities but harmful in excess. In Greek mythology, only the Gods were allowed to get drunk.  Read more ?

The Consequences of Disbelieving in Free Will Are Too Awful

Studies about the concept of belief or non-belief in free will shed light on the question of how ostensibly religious people commit atrocities.  Read more ?

5 Tips for an Effective Health Education Curriculum

School-based health classes can have a huge impact on students' lives by providing them with knowledge and skills essential to a healthy future. Read more ?

If You Follow the Money, Does it Really Take You to the ER?

The leverage wielded on politicians and policy makers by healthcare stakeholders whose ox would be gored if real cost-savings programs are put into place is enormous. It makes meaningful change all but impossible. Read more ?

Don't Miss These

• How Music Can Powerfully Heal a Physician’s Life
• CBD Has an Extremely Wide Range of Health Benefits
• Why is Pornography So Powerfully Addictive?
• Tips to Relieve Stress When Caring for an Elder
• Is it the Dawning of the Age of AI in Medicine?

 More Insightful Stories

1. Long walks can improve moods and reduce anxiety, but the benefits may be greatest if the walks take place outdoors.
2. Sigmund Freud thought dreams were all about wish fulfillment and repressed desire. But scientists now think they're linked to memory processing and consciousness. And they're often quite mundane.
3. In Appalachia, a primary-care clinic offers quick bursts of psychotherapy on the spot.
4. Cannabinoids are just as effective as existing drugs for the prevention of migraines. For cluster headaches, however, cannabinoids may only benefit patients who have experienced migraine since childhood.
5. Giving your child a smartphone is like “giving them a gram of cocaine”, a top addiction therapist has warned.

Featured Podcast

Scoring the Senate Healthcare Bill

Shortly before the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score for the Senate health care bill, Patricia Salber and Nathan Bays discussed how the Senate bill stands up to the House bill and speculation about how the CBO might score the bill. Listen now ?

Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to The Doctor Weighs In.?