Cyberchondriacs welcome

It starts with typing a simple word in your search engine and ends with your doctor suggesting you see a therapist. You look at your doctor, mouth agape, eyebrows raised, and politely try to end an embarrassing visit.
Cyberchondria refers to people with an increasing sense of anxiety about their health because they search out medical [...]

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We are changing our name, and changing our focus!
We will soon be The Health Busters and focus our attention on medical myths, misnomers, and plain bad health science.
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Basketball collision ends with crutches and hematoma

Every Monday night I play basketball with a group of guys in Columbia. We, for the most part, represent the typical weekly basketball game: out-of-shape has beens who love the game and need the workout. Up until Monday, pure luck had kept me off the injured reserve list as I watched teammates sprain ankles and [...]

Declining mental health care puts families at risk

A woman seeks medical treatment for high blood pressure. As the nurse checks her out, the woman admits that she’s been hearing voices — voices that tell her to kill her newborn baby and other children.
The nurse, trained in helping patients with schizophrenia, looks for a place to send this woman so she can get [...]

Missouri doesn’t quite make the grade

As students in Columbia are busy cramming for finals, health experts have released a different kind of report card.
Overall, Missouri earned a C on this year’s National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine, created by the American College of Emergency Physicians. Here’s what the report said about Missouri:

Quality and Patient Safety: C
Medical Liability: [...]