Yes, the wolf hunt stirs emotions
You say I’m being emotional about your wolf hunt like that’s a bad thing. Star Tribune, November 19, 2012 Read Article
View ArticleMayo and the medical industrial complex
Mayo wants to become a global medical destination of healing, but the marketplace is ever more dependent on poor health. Minneapolis Star Tribune Sunday Opinion, March 16, 2013 Read the Article
View ArticleIneffective drugs and drug journalists
The unbearable hype over PCSK9, the latest LDL cholesterol-lowering wonder drug. Minneapolis Star Tribune Sunday Opinion, August 11, 2013 Read Article
View ArticleThe phony outrage over the medical device tax.
If it’s a Tuesday, that must mean the device tax is killing jobs and destroying lifesaving treatments. Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 10, 2013 Read Article
View ArticleThe Military’s Billion-Dollar Pill Problem
Soldier suicide and the overmedicating of veterans. Men’s Journal, Dec. 2012 Read Article
View ArticleMental Illness: Want to Talk About it?
Are the anti-stigma campaigns interested in supporting patients, or the bio-based disease model of mental illness? Minneapolis Star-Tribune, December 8, 2013 Read Article
View ArticleWhat would you pay a person to run a college?
I went to Macalester, and loved it, but have no idea why the president needs to be paid $750K, so I am not donating to annual fund. Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 19, 2014 Read Article
View ArticleAre You Fan Enough?
Why being a rabid fan of the local team is one of the best things you can do for your health. (The surprising science of fandom.) Men’s Health, October, 2013 Read Article
View ArticleThe Drug that Kills Your Sex Drive
Sexual dysfunction upon taking antidepressants is remarkably high, and can include not just delayed orgasm but genital numbing, sometimes persistent upon quitting (PSSD). Couple that with emotional...
View ArticleYou’re Gonna Regret That
Medicare tried to do the right thing when it came to overuse of antipsychotics, but the patient group lobby prevailed. Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 27, 2014 Read the Article
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