A Brief History of Combat Trauma
Despite its martial traditions, Germany has lagged in coming to grips with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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More Can Also Be Less in Medical Effectiveness
The president of the Center for Advancing Health argues we need a more complete public discussion about comparative effectiveness research, not only for innovative therapies but for the standard ones, too.
The AIDS Funding Dilemma
In the "AIDS exceptionalism" debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.
Convincing the Public to Accept New Medical Guidelines
When it comes to new treatment guidelines for breast cancer, back pain and other maladies, it's the narrative presentation that matters.
(Wheel) Running Addictions Away
Here's a thought for the New Year: Binge-drinking mice could help pave the way for exercise-oriented alcohol addiction treatments for humans.
Special K is Tough on Pain
A promising but unproven treatment for people in chronic pain highlights obstacles of using mature drugs in off-label ways.
Addiction Advances Haven’t Made AA Obsolete — Yet
Although they approach the challenge of addiction differently from scientists, 12-step programs still have a therapeutic role in helping human beings.
A New Weapon Against Staph Infections
A new sheriff in town is gunning for drug-resistant staph infections, but this sheriff is very, very small.
Study in Contrepreneurship
In its first four years, Catherine Rohr's Prison Entrepreneurship Program shows some success in turning drug dealers and other convicts into legit businessmen.
A Better Way to Anesthetize?
Researchers have created a new system of slow-release delivery for anesthetic drugs, producing long-lasting local anesthesia in rats without signs of toxicity in their nerve or muscle cells.