Contrarian

We reflect on our experiences at the recent Association of Health Care Journalists conference in St. Louis.

Most abortion laws default to restricting access. But making a clinical behavior more difficult to accomplish does not deter it.

We dive into the cognitive dissonance physicians face when challenging false narratives surrounding the opioid epidemic.

Fear affects healthcare in curious ways, turning worst case scenarios into looming inevitabilities. We compare the fear in the COVID-19...

The now month old behavior of the artist reveals a complex reality at the intersection of black history and mental...

Behavioral intervention has limited benefits because it doesn't address how patients think about their clinical decisions.

Viruses are acting differently. It's clear the pandemic altered the virosphere in unknown ways, with consequences yet to emerge.

Most providers feign confidence when they should acknowledge their uncertainty. It would improve their clinical decisions.

In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, developing more contraception options for everyone becomes even more important.

The latest scare tactic in the war on drugs appears to be more of a farce than anything based on...

Medical guidelines that embrace the humility of uncertainty could help doctors choose treatments with more research evidence behind them.

All data carry implicit bias. In healthcare, these biases belie deceptive tendencies that lead us to react not to data,...