Unethical Medical Student
Emily Dirr, a female medical student from Northeast Ohio Medical University, is being accused of having a phony blog for
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
Emily Dirr, a female medical student from Northeast Ohio Medical University, is being accused of having a phony blog for
Continue readingIn an article I originally found in Medical Economics, Dr. Jeffrey Segal does a wonderful job explaining how defensive medicine
Continue readingIn the ongoing concussion controversy in sports, we tend to forget that there are physicians in place who are supposedly
Continue readingFrom time to time I like to throw out acerbic and scornful judgments regarding what we are pleased to refer
Continue readingNot too many years ago the attraction of medicine as a profession was tremendous. There continues to be considerable attraction
Continue readingIn a really interesting “review and outlook” in the Wall Street Journal, there is a synopsis of what they call
Continue reading“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” William Londen
Continue readingThis is what you get when you make overreaching laws in the name of health. Humor.
Continue readingI enjoy baseball. Heck, I am involved in a fantasy baseball team. When I see injuries, I tend to
Continue readingHere is some new information from an article in the American Medical News: The VA is launching the “Clinic-in-Hand” pilot
Continue readingEdith Wilma Connor began working out in her 60s. By her 65th birthday she entered her first competition, the Grand
Continue readingHere is a nice story about a doctor, Roger LaRosa, who served in the U.S. Army for four years as a
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Continue readingMedical insurance was not always like it is today. Obviously. It started as a perk that companies used when hiring
Continue readingTake a look at this article in the American Medical News. They discuss a “new” way doctors are negotiating directly
Continue reading“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.”—The Shawshank Redemption (Tim Robbins)
Continue readingFrom the late, great Placebo Journal. Buy a back issue package here.
Continue readingEveryone has heard of “whiskey muscles”. It is that sensation of invincibility that comes when one drinks a bunch
Continue readingBased on a review of evidence, including a large National Cancer Institute study involving more than 53,000 people with a
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