Harm Reduction

Halloween was last night and so I watched "Ghostbusters" once again, like I have every year since it came out.

The latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the CDC describes how working adults (over the age of 18) are using tobacco products.

Despite the mounting data about the benefits of electronic cigarette use, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo must not be getting the memos.

As a physician, I can unequivocally say that about 70 percent of the illnesses I have encountered has been either directly or indirectly related to cigarette smoking.

“The doctor tested for everything” is a common refrain heard in many realms within medicine. As are its permutations. 

E-cigarettes are "effective in helping people quit smoking" and "95% safer than smoking."* Additionally, there are "no health risks to bystanders."

The King County Health Department, which serves mostly the city of Seattle and its suburbs, has recently earned a reputation for being driven by politics rather than by evidence-based medicine or common sense.

When I saw Prevalence of Pubic Hair Grooming-Related Injuries and Identification of High-Risk Individuals in the United States, a review of injury and morbidity publ

There are tons of mommy forums and mommy blogs that are influential and followed by a great many women. Some provide really great advice, some are humorous and some share stories of triumphs and tribulations.

You would have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the opioid crisis going on today.