Happy Nurses’ Week
This goes out to all those nurses that have saved my ass over the years. From med school
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
This goes out to all those nurses that have saved my ass over the years. From med school
Continue readingThere is a lot of media attention about a study claiming that Americans are on too many antidepressants and other
Continue readingYou’ve got to love the openness of the Brazilians. This is their mascot of testicle cancer awareness. And he
Continue readingThe above picture is of Dr. Grady Snyder. I saw this article and knew it was something you’d be
Continue readingAs a family doctor who has to do 50 CME credits a year, more yearly bogus educational stuff for my
Continue readingI thought this stuff didn’t even exist anymore. This was sent to me with the following info: This is
Continue readingThis is more “rant of the week” and I love it. I love Jay Mohr anyway but the fact that
Continue reading(Note to readers: This piece is not about the morality of birth control/abortion, nor do I in anyway intend to offer an
Continue readingMistakes are a fact of life. We would all like to think we do not make them but unfortunately this
Continue readingThis article was recently emailed to me by a loyal reader: Doug, you might appreciate this article. Just one more
Continue readingThe search for the “payment” unicorn continues. A new report calls for moving from a volume-based to a value-based physician payment
Continue readingFor those who have not had the joy of doing an independent medical exam, I thought I would share this.
Continue reading“I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it
Continue readingI have mentioned this trend before but I wanted to point out this editorial from a doctor in Kentucky.
Continue readingIn a new study in the BMJ Quality & Safety, researchers analyzed diagnosis-related claims from a national data bank from 1986 to
Continue readingIt turns out that closed windows in large hospital wards may increase patients’ risk of getting an infection. Using a
Continue readingThe Daily News did a nice piece about the last two family doctors left in one large section ( a
Continue readingI love seeing studies that are so obvious it makes you cringe thinking that someone spent time doing it.
Continue readingA recent JAMA study got some nice media attention (like in this NYT piece) when it concluded that hospitals profit
Continue reading“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” Isaac Newton
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