In medicine, our first charge is to do no harm. As providers in healthcare we are always cognizant of this imperative. We live with a certain fear of missing something, omitting something, of making a mistake which might bring harm to a patient. Those are...
In the United States, alcohol is a pervasive and socially acceptable drug. Unlike other mood-altering drugs, no prescription is needed. Supermarket and other retail outlet shelves are lined with all manners of alcohol containing beverages from beer to wine to liquor. All that is necessary...
It seems not a week goes by now without news of a celebrity who has committed suicide, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain being the two most recent celebrities. Sometimes suicide touches our lives more profoundly, more personally, because the victim was close to us. All...