US attitudes toward aging drive patient demands for elective medical and surgical services. Ethical physicians must make sure patients have realistic expectations.

A look at Pamela Bjorkland’s critique of the use of psychoactive drugs to improve mood, a practice known as cosmetic psychopharmacology.

Two physicians assert that pharmaceutical companies' sponsorship of clinical conferences for residents and physicians represent a conflict of interest.

Two physicians assert that pharmaceutical companies' sponsorship of clinical conferences for residents and physicians represent a conflict of interest.

The medical humanities can help students access and learn information they might otherwise find very difficult to master.

The medical humanities can help students access and learn information they might otherwise find very difficult to master.

Concerns about the deleterious effects of stress on the mind and body have led to the beginnings of a stress vaccine, an injection that will reduce these effects.

The biomedical definition of pain is inadequate to encompass the experiences of patients living with chronic pain.

The medicalization of addiction has greatly improved identification, early intervention, and referral to appropriate treatment.