BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant worldwide health problem, and often seen in primary care with comorbid medical problems such as hypertension, chronic pain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, and others. There is...

First came Spice1, then Bathsalts,2then Krokodil,3and now Kratom.4  All considered designer drugs by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and all with significant risk factors that today’s physicians need to be aware. Emergency room...

It’s bad enough not having any beef on one’s burger, but trying to pass off a knock off substitute as the real thing is sinful. Trying to pass of poor quality, outdated studies, or...

It’s all over the media these days about what chaos the health care industry is in, in our great country. It’s also all over the media about physician burnout and suicide. There’s a lot...

This project explored the effects of nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice (SOP) legislation on the distribution and practice patterns of NPs as well as their billing practices. The goal was to understand where...

A straw man argument is defined as “an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent’s real argument.”As such, the dishonesty under the guise of promoting a...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the physician shortage is a physician problem to solve; but it literally will take an act of Congress to change. Bottom line up front (BLUF):...

So I’ve seen several trends in the non-scientific literature (news articles, blogs, social media etc) on the topic of nurse practitioner (NP)/physician assistant (PA) full practice authority (FPA) versus physician collaboration and/or supervision. I...

I’ll admit it, this article made me mad. Why? Probably because I have a daughter and could empathize with her and her parents hurt and anger. When does the medical community say enough is...

This article has been floating around various news feeds for a couple days now and I thought it could use a more formal response. In my opinion, the Kansas State Legislature, The Kansas Medical...