How I Survive Cancer
Erin Maloney, Intrepid explorer, Amateur photographer, Aspiring leader; Toronto, ON; Email: erinLmaloney@gmail.com Q: You have recently disclosed that you have had a diagnosis of cancer and described your experience in […]
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Who Owns Patient Data in Clinical Research?
Charlotte J. Haug, MD, PhD, MSc, International Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine; Senior Scientist, SINTEF Techology and Society; Adjunct Affiliate, Stanford Health Policy; Oslo, Norway; Email: charlottejohanne@gmail.com Q: Many people are coming […]
Nicotine Addiction: Harm Reduction by E-cigarettes and Snus
Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, Public Health Physician, New Orleans, LA Email: jlnitzkin@gmail.com Q: Tobacco smoking remains the most preventable primary form of cancer causation in Americans. A recent Medscape column urged that […]
Pharmacogenomics for Clinical Use of Cannabis
Saeed K. Alzghari, M.S., M.B.A. (HOM), Pharm.D., BCPS, Director of Clinical Pharmacy, Gulfstream Genomics, LLC., Dallas, TX; Email: salzghari@gulfdiagnostics.com Q: Proper use of Pharmacogenomics can inform better patient care in […]
Public Health Personalized Medicine
Gualberto Ruaño, MD, PhD, President, Genomas Inc.; Medical Director, Laboratory of Personalized Health; Hartford, CT; Email: g.ruano@genomas.net Q: Public participation by contributing specimens to assess personal genomic information is rapidly increasing. […]
Psychiatric Drug Use by Medical Students and Residents
Pamela Wible, MD, Founder of the Ideal Medical Care movement; Author of Physician Suicide Letters—Answered; Family medicine practitioner in Oregon; Q: Medical students and residents are among the most important human resources in […]
The Worst Phony Cancer Cures
Stephen Barrett, MD, Retired Psychiatrist; Medical Editor for Quackwatch.org and 24 other consumer-protection Web sites; Publisher for Consumer Health Digest; Chapel Hill, NC; Email: sbinfo@quackwatch.org Q: Who tops your list […]
Nordic Country Tobacco Control
Astrid Nylenna, MD, Acting Head of Department, Department of Global Health, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway; Email: Astrid.Nylenna@helsedir.no Q: Norway has been very active in tobacco control and prevention […]
Surprise: Vitamin K2 and Cancer
Micki Jacobs, Independent Researcher, Dayton, OH; Email: mickijacobs@yahoo.com Q: You know a great deal about Vitamin K2 and its precursors in human health and disease. What is the best evidence […]
Precision Medicine in the Universal Healthcare System in the Netherlands
Jack A. Schalken, PhD, Professor of Experimental Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, NL Email: Jack.Schalken@radboudumc.nl Q: Science is universal but the practice of medicine varies widely by geography, economics, […]