I don’t care what you say. Zubin is a genius. And he will probably take a lot of crap for this. Tweet

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“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” Mahatma Gandhi Tweet

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I was just blown away when I read this article the Wall Street Journal. It is such a perfect example of the disrespect we physicians are getting. The title is It’s Time to Fire Your Doctor by Andy Kessler. Here is Andy’s bio: Andy Kessler is the author of Inside View, a column he writes…

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This recall of the ARB’s (Angiotensin Receptor Blockers) is wreaking havoc on doctors and pharmacists. It started with Valsartan.  So, we switched people to Losartan.  Then Losartan was recalled.  We tried Olmesartan but the insurance companies rejected the switch due to costs.  We then tried Irbesartan, which worked… until the recall hit Irbesartan.  Now, all…

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I run the risk of pissing a lot of people off here but this study just gives me pause. Here is what it found: Leave policies for residents who become new parents are uneven, oft-ignored by training boards, and provide less time off than similar policies for faculty physicians.  Though all 12 schools provided paid…

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It’s sort of shooting low hanging fruit in a barrel, but is there ever a wrong time to make fun of production-line health care? The land that brought us Monty Python and is now banning scary-looking knives is also an epoch leader in the “health care is a right” thought disorder, and as ever is…

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Okay, so you are not going to believe this, but: Participants with chronic disease undertook 9% or 61 minutes (95% confidence interval: 57.8–64.8) less moderate activity and 11% or 3 minutes (95% confidence interval: 2.7–3.3) less vigorous activity per week than individuals without chronic disease.  To be clear, it is not saying that those who exercise less…

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I did not make this up. It’s scraped from the Internet. Tweet

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“A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men.” Willy Wonka Tweet

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I found this from the AMA: Committed to making physician burnout a thing of the past, the AMA has studied, and is addressing, issues causing and fueling physician burnout—including time constraints, technology and regulations—to better understand the challenges physicians face.  The AMA’s STEPS Forward™ is an open-access platform featuring more than 50 modules that offer actionable, expert-driven strategies and insights supported…

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