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Revisions to CDC opioid guidelines and reflections from a pain specialist

March 4, 2022 CDC, Chronic Pain, opioids, Pain, Pain Specialist, Prescribing

Last month, the CDC backed down on strict opioid guidelines amid backlash from providers and chronic pain patients. As a pain specialist, I’ve seen firsthand

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Humility, flexibility, and resilience: applying global health experience locally

February 25, 2022 COVID-19, Domestic, Global Health, International, Pandemic, Physician, Resources

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected health institutions, plunging well-resourced health systems into an unfamiliar state of relative resource limitations. The U.S. leads the world in

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upLIFT-ing Moms: A new free service to support pregnant and postpartum women

February 18, 2022 Mom, Motherhood, pediatrics, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, Postpartum, pregnant, public health, Women

Let’s just admit it, motherhood is hard. Being pregnant and having a baby is portrayed as one of the most joyous times for a family,

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“To see yourself seeing”

February 4, 2022 clinical ethics, Fellowship, Houston, Houston Methodist, Narrative Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

It is perhaps slightly unprofessional to admit this, but one of the things I was most excited about as I embarked on a week’s trip

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Reboot, reframe, reimagine after two years of COVID-19

January 28, 2022 Baylor College of Medicine, Community, COVID-19, Future, Ideas, TEDx

What does a post-pandemic world look like and when will it be here? The truth is, no one really knows. But what we do know

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Who should be prioritized for scarce medical assistance?

January 21, 2022 antiviral, Baruch A. Brody Award Lecture, COVID-19, immunocompromised, Inequity, scarce medical assistance, scarce medical capacity, Supply, Unvaccinated

This post is a preview of a presentation for the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics. Want to learn more about this topic? Tune into the lecture Feb

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Emergency Medical Services decision making on where to transport a child

January 7, 2022 Child, Emergency care, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, Houston, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital

Emergency care does not begin in the hospital; it begins the moment a patient or bystander recognizes the emergency. When someone calls 911 for an

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When your home no longer feels safe

December 17, 2021 Home, Homebound, Narrative Medicine, safety, Security

Editor’s note: The following story explores feelings of safety and sacrifice. A version of this piece was performed at Off-Script, the Texas Medical Center’s storytelling

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Location. Location. Location. Does it impact birth defects?

December 10, 2021 Birth defects, Center of Epidemiology and Population Health, Pregnancy, Rural, Urban

In the United States, birth defects affect about 3% of births yearly and are responsible for 20% of infant deaths. Common birth defects include neural

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As good as dead? The ethical complexities of declaring someone dead

December 3, 2021 bioethics, Brain Death, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Circulatory Death, Dead, Death, ethics, Technology

It is often said that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. And while it is certain we will all die, the definition