Two girls from Florida and Georgia, ages 14 and 12, live-streamed their suicides on Facebook last month. Another man, who was 33, did the same in Los Angeles. Three million American teens are currently experiencing a major depressive disorder. According…
During the holidays, there's a prevailing sense that everyone is living a Hallmark movie with the ideal family and perfect celebrations. But this is far from the truth. The United States is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness; some label this…
The epidemic level of loneliness has warranted the emergence of the issue as a serious American public health hazard. Sixty million people currently suffer from loneliness that is both chronic and severe enough to be a major source of unhappiness,…
For their own end of life care, more than 88 percent of doctors say that they would choose less medicine than their patients and do-not-resuscitate orders for themselves. However, studies do not support that what they say is what they…
This past summer, the Obama administration tripled the cap on the number of opioid-addicted patients that an authorized physician can treat with buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone), a drug that eases the effects of withdrawal from prescription opioids and heroin and markedly decreases…
Most do not wish to think about a do-not-resuscitate order, whether for themselves or for a loved one. However, this is not a decision that should wait until a crisis and hospital admission, especially as we age. An advance directive…
Even though the government could choke off the supply of opioids that are ripping apart families and communities, characteristically our "fully committed" politicians and President Barack Obama signed a new law this spring that makes it more difficult for government…
A Path To Intended Death And A Gateway To An Opioid Epidemic The authority to diagnose, treat and prescribe provides physicians with extraordinary influence over a patient’s life. What appears to be a simple act of prescribing medication can bring…
Who decides the definition of “affordable” for individuals and families? Just because the ACA is named the “Affordable Care Act” doesn’t mean that health insurance is within reach for millions of Americans. A spokesman for the Department of Health and…
“Silence gives consent,” according to St. Thomas More. That deafening silence was evident on CBS Sunday Morning last month during an interview with Barbara Coombs Lee, a leading advocate for physician-assisted suicide and president of Compassion and Choices. When did she…