It’s easy to forget that seeing an NP was not common until the past 20 years or so. The first NP students enrolled in 1965. It took between 30 to 40 years before NPs gained the authority to do more than work as glorified nurses.
Author: Devon Herrick
The Atlantic: Legal Weed Not Living Up to its Promises
Nearly half of states have legalized marijuana use in one form or another. Colorado and Washington State were the first to legalize cannabis more than a dozen years ago. In the years since, 22 other states followed suit. There are a variety of reasons.
Why is Price Gouging Allowed in Health Care?
What should be done about price gouging? What constitutes price gouging? There is no official definition, but we all know it when we see it. I have often said that during my lifetime medicine has turned into a gold rush. By that I mean some medical providers test the limits of how much they can charge with little regard for ethics or fairness.
What is Public Health and Why is the Definition Important
There are probably as many opinions on what constitutes public health as there are people. Is junk food and sugary beverages a public health concern? What about obesity? The former are amenable to individual action, but some public health concerns require collective action. One example is Cholera, a communicable waterborne disease that causes serious diarrhea, often leading to death.