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A study in JAMA Pediatrics, attempting to prove that all sunshine is evil, used an intervention consisting of text-message reminders, read-along
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
A study in JAMA Pediatrics, attempting to prove that all sunshine is evil, used an intervention consisting of text-message reminders, read-along
Continue readingA new study showed that “Empathic responses to patients’ expressions of negative emotion were associated with decreases in patient anxiety and
Continue readingI was reading at throwaway journal when I came across this gem called the Elephant in the room of dermatology. It
Continue readingThe Star Wars medical parody saga continues! I love these. The opening dialogue here kills me every time I watch.
Continue readingFrom the archive of the Placebo Journal. We were ahead of our time as this is 5 years old.
Continue readingEverything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. C.G. Jung
Continue readingI know this may surprise you but researchers have found that reporting quality metrics is costly and not useful. Yeah,
Continue readingA couple of years ago I wrote about this dude from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (can their name getting any longer?). At
Continue readingThe VA’s problem-plagued suicide hotline, created in 2007 to deal with rising numbers of veterans threatening suicides, is in trouble. They
Continue readingIn 1628, the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus commissioned the construction of a massive warship, the Vasa, to contend for
Continue readingA long time ago, in a hospital not so far away…a Star Wars medical parody! I love this more than
Continue readingFrom the archives of the Placebo Journal. RIP.
Continue reading“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”. Rudyard Kipling
Continue readingAs you know, I like to mock the nonsensical terms using by our government as well as our medical governing bodies
Continue readingThe debate over high drug prices goes on. Reuters analysis found that the U.S. pays as much as seven times more
Continue readingA parody to promote early stroke recognition, because time is brain. Good job, Z!
Continue readingThere was an interesting wrongful termination suit that occurred recently in Oregon. Linda Boly RN complained to management that cost-cutting measures
Continue readingAbout five years ago, when I was an employed doctor in Maine, I was the “physician leader” for my particular
Continue readingFrom the archives of the Placebo Journal
Continue reading“As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.” Joan Baez
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