Policy & Ethics

As an advocate for people in pain, I have long been a critic of opioid prescribing guidelines of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published in 2016 and revis

Some of the most iconic over-the-counter name-brand medicines recently took a hit.

Join host Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and special guest Dr. Josh Bloom as they break down these stories on Episode 53 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

Just before cold and flu season is set to kick off, the Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel last month reported that an 

In April 2022, when the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and cigars, I blogged about it,

When the California legislature passed a bipartisan bill one month ago that would decriminalize possessing and

For those of you who don't follow the details of the so-called "opioid crisis" (finally being appropriately named the fentanyl crisis), some of the terms, names, and groups (like PROP) may be unfamiliar. Here's a primer.  

Training for Chiropractors Chiropractors must complete a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree, typically over three to four years. Some claim that this training is similar to going to medical school:

Mostly, patients don’t get to know what goes on behind the closed doors of M&M conferences. [1] Mostly, they don’t care except when malpractice is involved.

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