Practice Makes Perfect: Muscle Memory and “Brain Training” to Improve Patient Care
Certainly, when learning to play an instrument or perform a particular pose…
Smoking and Sudden Cardiac Death: The Time to Quit is NOW!
Tobacco was once the cash crop of the south. I grew up…
Industry Funded Medical Research and The Integrity of the Scientific Method: Have We Lost Our Way?
Recently, my middle school daughter has been learning about the use of…
The Doctor Becomes The Patient: Lessons Learned From Wearing A Gown
Physicians are terrible patients. That fact is one of the few absolutes…
The Changing Focus of Medical School Admissions: People Skills Required!
When I was applying to medical school in 1991, a stellar GPA…
The Perils and the Potential of EMR: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
As medicine moves forward in its most technologically advanced era yet, we…
Balancing Technology and The Art of Medicine
When I was a medical student at Wake Forest University in the…
Choosing Well: Patient Challenges in Choosing a Physician in a Rapidly Changing World
Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal published an article describing challenges today’s…
Addressing Medical Errors: Working to Improve Care and Reduce Costs
In the last week there have been two articles written addressing medical…
Build It Bigger? Maybe Not: Addressing Obesity in the US today
This week I came upon an article in the Wall Street Journal describing the…