Yesterday marked the 36th year that the world observed World No Tobacco Day. This relatively obscure milestone masks a stalled effort to curb consumption of combustible cigarettes and other nicotine-related products. It’s unlikely most people paid any attention. But the impact of smoking is all around us, even if we don’t see it. Statistics rarely tell a provocative story to compel people to action.

Oversight of cognitively impaired or drug-abusing physicians/healthcare workers is a serious, delicate matter.

A paper on how prenatal drug use and overdose traumatize a new life before birth

A pregnant patient shares her journey to overcome opiate addiction to hydrocodone by starting Suboxone.