Articles by Richard Feldman

Being an election year and with primary elections looming, the clear intention of the 2024 Indiana General Assembly leadership was for a short session avoiding controversial issues. Indeed, the session…

The corporatization of medicine. It can’t be good for patients. I know it’s not good for physicians. The corporatization of medicine removes much of the essential autonomy of physicians. According…

I have been practicing long enough to remember the time when prior authorization (PA) by insurance companies for medications, procedures, testing, and other medical services occurred very infrequently. Physicians felt…

The landscape has changed for the prevention of serious and life-threatening adult respiratory infections, especially for seniors and those with chronic underlying conditions. We now have the fall vaccination-responsive “tripledemic”…

One of my best friends, Jim, in South Bend died of an unusual intestinal cancer. This experience moved me to explore the issue of “medical aid in dying.” Is MAID…

“Magic mushrooms” for the treatment of resistant depression and anxiety? Really? Recent studies conducted by respected institutions on psychedelic-drug treatment of emotional and substance-abuse disorders have been reported in mainstream…

“Near-death” experiences have been reported for many years, especially with the advent of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Experiences by those brought back to life are reported universally throughout the world among people…

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was once one of the country’s leading and most effective environmental lawyers. He was known as an extremely intelligent, charismatic, and politically astute individual who challenged…

Many people consider utilizing artificial sweeteners since high sugar consumption promotes obesity, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and diabetes. Sugary-drink consumption is linked to early onset colon cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases,…